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This Week’s Story: Ancients on the Range

Mammoth tusks. Images of ancient ivory filled my mind as I followed the mud and ice track in my pickup, meandering off the high ridgeline of the Continental Divide yesterday. It was a lovely day for the drive into our county from the Montana outback. I’d only passed one other pickup over the last hour of driving, averaging a nice clip of 50 miles an hour…

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Ranch News

In preparation for moving the herd to new pasture Josh, Annie, Jed, and Rose moved and set up the water tanks. When possible we like to place the tanks on dry ground where the heavy traffic of cows coming and going won’t trample established plant communities. Photo credit Rose Morris.

On the move heading to new pasture! Photo credit Rose Morris.

The stragglers bringing up the rear of the cattle drive. Photo credit Annie Elzinga.

This mama had a surprise calf recently. The yearlings who were in the herd with this mama and her new baby were a little too curious about the new calf. To give this pair time to bond without being harassed by over-curious yearlings we constructed a temporary corral in the field and put mama and baby in it for awhile (the calf is hard to see from this angle, but he is in there!). Photo credit Rose Morris.

A gentle, early-spring sunset!

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Emily, Annie, and Melanie recently took a road-trip along the California coast to enjoy some sun and sand before the grazing and range riding season begins in earnest. Here are some picture from their trip.

Emily, Annie, and I (Melanie) along the coast above Cambria, CA. The kind woman who took the picture for us made sure she got a bunch so we had a good one in there! -Melanie

It’s so interesting to travel and see people ranching in other parts of the country! The area around San Luis Obispo was pretty cool; the cattle graze these steep hillside meadows amidst oak forest. -Melanie

Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Big Sur area, with some sun slipping through the clouds. -Melanie

Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Emily (right) and Annie (left) on a hike in Montaña de Oro State Park! -Melanie

Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Camp on our last morning before starting the drive home. This was in Fort Bragg, which ended up being our favorite place along the coast. -Melanie. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

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