Guest Ranching for Life
WHAT GUEST RANCH OPERATORS SAY ABOUT THE BUSINESS THEY LIVE: YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PASSION FOR PEOPLE AND A LOVE OF THE LAND. WE SPOKE WITH four Western Landowners
Taking the Mystery out of Risk Management
Lessons learned the hard way at Montana's Hollow Top Angus I got into cattle ranching in 2012, at 60 years old, after a long and successful career as a consultant in
Feeding the Wildlife Isn’t Free
WE CALL THIS THE RANCH’S CATCH-22: THE BETTER THE JOB WE DO, THE MORE OF A CHALLENGE WE CREATE FOR OURSELVES AS INCREASING NUMBERS OF ELK, DEER, ANTELOPE, MOOSE AND
You Never Eat the Same Meal Twice
THE STEWARDS AND CHEFS OF OLD SALT ARE WORKING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME AND PLACE TO PRODUCE TRULY UNIQUE FOOD. HERE, THEY HOPE TO INSPIRE YOU TO MAKE A
Racing to connect the dots: The Crazy Mountain 100
A handful of half-naked people are lying in the creek on the Berg Ranch, near Lennep, Montana. They are exhausted, dirty, sore and grinning. Rancher Kari Marks is smiling too,
For Josh Elliott, the good old days are now
WLA members and mother and son Carolyn Quan and Kelly Bennett recently sat down with artist Josh Elliott to discuss his vision of the Next West and the unifying effect
Placing ourselves beside a river
When John Maclean writes of the Blackfoot River, he invokes swirling foam, shallow rapids and bottomless holes below rock reefs. He conjures a powerful sense of place, one richly etched
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
Birds Got no Beef with Burger
Opening the pickup door and stepping out onto native grass, the sun begins to rise amidst the sound of the dawn chorus. I listen to the melodic tinkling of a