#42: Terry Gardner on Rejoicing in the West Through Painting
Terry Gardner is an artist who has been involved with Ranchlands for almost 10 years. He is originally from St. Louis where he had a career balancing commercial and fine...
The Ranchlands Podcast
Featuring conversations with members of our community– discussions about our shared connection to the land, stewardship of natural resources, the pursuit of purpose-driven work, lessons learned, and wisdom earned.
#41: Colorful living with Janelle Pietrzak
Janelle Pietrzak is a textile artist and co-founder of All Roads design studio, based in the high desert near Joshua Tree. With a history of over ten years working in...
#40: Ranchlands then and now with Duke Phillips III
Duke Phillips III is the CEO and founder of Ranchlands. Ranchlands owns and manages large scale, conservation oriented ranching operations in the American west, and provides management and strategic advisory services...
#39: Hunting, Conservation, and Human Nature with Bruce McGlenn
Bruce McGlenn has nearly 40 years of bird and big game hunting experience in the Pacific Northwest. He is the owner and founder of Human Nature Hunting, a business that...
#38: Managing resources with Kirk Gadzia
Kirk Gadzia is a longtime friend of Ranchlands’ CEO Duke Phillips, as well as an educator to countless Ranchlands employees. He is the founder of Resource Management Services, a New...
#37: Land Monitoring with Dr. Caitlin Youngquist
Dr. Caitlin Youngquist, is the Director of Education and Communication for SnapLands, LLC. She has a PhD in soil science, specializes in soil health, compost, no-till farming, and cover crops....
#36: People of Ranchlands: Madi Phillips
Madi Phillips is the Leather Shop Manager for Ranchlands. She was born and raised in the mid-West, was a wrangler at Zapata Ranch, and moved to the Chico Basin Ranch...
#35: People of Ranchlands: Jonathan Tullar
Jonathan Tullar first joined Ranchlands back in 2009, and he has played an integral role in almost every aspect of Ranchlands’ businesses. He is currently the Foreman of the Wyoming...
#34: People of Ranchlands: Lynae Risinger
Lynae Risinger is a ranch management apprentice and currently manages the MP Ranch in New Mexico. She started as a ranch intern three years ago on the MP and spent...
#33: People of Ranchlands: Oliver Tautkus
Oliver Tautkus is a ranch apprentice on Ranchlands’ Paintrock Ranch, our 80,000-acre ranch located on the western flank of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. Prior to working at the Paintrock, he was...
#32: The Conservation Value of Working Lands with Lesli Allison
Lesli is a founding member and chief executive of the Western Landowners Alliance. She was also a founding member of the Chama Peak Land Alliance. For the past three decades,...
#31: The Audacity of a Creative Vision with Photographer Parker Fitzgerald
Parker Fitzgerald is a photographer and director. He co-founded a Portland-based creative studio with his brother, and they’ve combined their expertise in design, strategy, and visual media to work with...
#30: The Process of Groundbreaking Photojournalism with Helen Richardson
Helen Richardson is a photojournalist who has been working at the Denver Post for more than thirty years.
#29: People of Ranchlands: Mike Giordano
Mike Giordano grew up on a small hobby farm in central MA. His brothers and him all worked that farm mucking stalls, tending to chickens, feeding horses, chopping wood etc. Mike...
#28: Then and now: an environmental history of North America with Dan Flores
Dan Flores is an environmental writer whose work helps us better understand the complex and fascinating history of people, animals, and wild places in North America and beyond. He’s the...
#27: Conservation and Birding with Tammy VerCauteren
Tammy VerCauteren is the Executive Director of The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, a highly effective conservation organization whose mission is to “conserve birds and their habitats through science, education...
#26: Painting the West with Teal Blake
Teal Blake is a renowned Western artist whose paintings reflect his deep love and appreciation for the tradition of ranching and cowboying. Teal was born and raised in Montana, and...
#25: The Art of Leatherwork at Colorado Correctional Industries
For this episode, Ranchlands’ leather shop manager Madi Phillips and Ed headed to Sterling, Colorado, where they sat down with Freddy Z and Duncan Clarke to discuss leatherwork, craftsmanship, and...
#24: Exploring the World on Horseback from Argentina to Wyoming with Lauren O'Toole
Lauren O’Toole joined the team at Ranchlands back in 2021 when she was hired to work as a Wrangler at the Zapata Ranch. Over the past three years, her role...
#23: The History of the Zapata Ranch with Nancy Fishbein
Nancy Fishbein is the Director Resilient Lands for the Colorado Program of The Nature Conservancy. Nancy’s team is responsible for protecting and stewarding critical lands across the state, as well as...
