Beefmasters: The Fertile Cow
Of all the diverse classes of cattle we have on the Chico, our mother cows work the hardest.
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Beefmasters: The Bull
The Beefmaster bull is a symbol of strength and resilience in a herd that is built for production, endurance, and efficiency.
Beefmasters: A Philosophy Embodied
A Beefmaster cow is more that an animal; she is a management philosophy embodied – a flesh-and-blood way of living with the land that represents how humans and their animals...
Spring Musings
I was thinking today about how different spring times can be from one year to the next.
Here Comes Branding Season
As the days lengthen, drawing winter closer to spring, we begin readying ourselves for calving season, which officially starts for us April 1st and goes into June. In a normal...
Elk Encounters
Wildlife biologist Wes Larson, also known as Griz Kid for his frequent work with bears, spent some time at the Zapata tracking down and photographing a few of the ranch’s...
The Bison and the Rancher
How ranchers and the bison they manage might save each other from extinction.
Meet Deuce the Ranch Dog
Deuce Meldon, the hanging tree cowdog who belongs to Chico Basin Ranch’s foreman Jake, is both a loyal companion and a helpful herder. His whole life revolves around working cows,...
History of Bison in the San Luis Valley
The evidence available to determine the history of bison ecology in the SLV is scant.
Learning to Think Like a Mountain
Aldo Leopold, considered by many the father of wildlife conservation and the wilderness system in America, once wrote of watching a wolf die when he was young.
The Past, Present, and Future of Wild Bison
The Nature Conservancy’s Chris Pague sat down with us at Bison Works 2018 to discuss the history of the Medano-Zapata herd, bison ecology, and the prospects for a future of...
Danger! Bison (Do Not Approach)
What does it take to conserve a species whose original range once stretched uninterrupted across an entire continent?
The Figure of the Horse in the Art of Jill Soukup
“Horses are one of the most perfectly created animals in nature. They seem so proportionally perfect. I’ve always felt that the way the move, the way they’re built, there’s something...
Origins of the Diamond Star
Our brand has become a symbol of the pride we take in breeding a herd of cattle that is the embodiment of our philosophy of ranching.
A Photo Intern’s First Impressions
I detasseled corn for four summers growing up in Nebraska. As a thirteen-year-old kid, I walked miles of cornrows, pulling tassels I saw that had been missed by the machine...
Hope on the Range
Over the course of the summer of 2017, I tried to grapple with understanding the meaning of the ranching heritage of the West, and, given the history of irresponsible and...
Colby’s Campfire Grilled Corn
Ranchlands Camp chef Colby Richards has been whipping up some spectacular meals over the open fire grill down at camp. His Mexican dinner has quickly become one of our favorites....
A Month at Zapata Ranch
The fire flickered, reaching up to a brilliant indigo sky. Billowing charcoal clouds lazily settled against the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. I sat on the porch of a homey log cabin,...
