Montana internship program exposes state’s “city kids” to ranch life
“It’s like drinking from a firehose and living like a nomad for the summer.” That is how Stacey Barta, State Coordinator for Rangelands with the Montana Department of Natural Resources
Feed your tortillas to the birds
And I do. I cut tortillas into tiny squares and toss them out in the yard. My birds consume finely chopped apple peels and potato peels and ends off asparagus.
Trina. A Human of the Working Wild
Humans of the Working Wild is a collection of stories from people in the West who are living, recreating and working with and among wildlife on working lands, lightly edited from
The center of my everything
Isolation is a word that most people were far less familiar with prior to 2020. However, it’s a word that many of us in agriculture know a lot about. I
Seek Collaboration: Valuable Reflections of a Ranch Apprentice
As a young woman who did not grow up on a ranch, I’ve learned that I’m responsible for a lot of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad ranching. On a cold
Lord willing and the creek don’t rise: How we show up for each other in community on the range
I shared my nervousness with our new general manager and he replied, “You know, we have to allow each other the space to make mistakes.” Right then I knew I
Designing women’s-specific training from the ground up
Part 1 of an interview with Liz Barbour of Cinch Buckle Ranch Amber: What inspired you to develop an educational program to help support women learning traditional ranching skills? Liz: What inspired
Picturing Rural Life in the West: Katie Geary Comes Home
Katie Geary has come home to Helmville in the Blackfoot River valley. It has been a long journey that started for her family in 1867 when her great-great grandfather immigrated
A life in connection, with horses
Perhaps some of you have shared this same frustrating situation in the high country, or can imagine what it may feel like; the moment after gathering pairs from the mountainside
How to create ranch job descriptions that encourage female applicants
Many traditional position descriptions for ranch jobs consciously or unconsciously discourage women from applying. If you're hiring, use these tips to get the biggest possible pool of qualified applicants.
Springing from farm to wild and back again
This May marks my 5th anniversary of walking first irrigation water down this land. Today is the first year I’ve truly heard the spring call of a pair of sandhill