Konrad, Ethan's dog, was quite the heartbreaker when he was a pup. Now he's just Konrad. Although he may have lost his puppy charm, he is quite the cowdog. …
Photo of the Day: Horses in Spring Rain
Alderspring's remuda enjoys the June rainstorms that fill the valley with the fresh scent of growing alfalfa and sagebrush from the nearby rangeland. …
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Alderspring Consultant Spotlight: Lewis and Clark and the Shoshoni
High Valley summer officially arrived at Alderspring this week. The mercury pushed near eighty degrees—a fairly wide swing from frost this morning. I often leave sweaters and wool vests around the ranch at this time of year and my aging cranium often has trouble recalling which fencepost I left them …
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Photo of the Day: Lemhi Mountain Range
The beautiful Lemhi Range, as seen from the ridge above Hat Creek. …
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How Wild Redefines Us…And Beef
Five of us broke away from the Ranch yesterday on horseback to check out the low country of Alderspring's summer range. There was a water tank to get fixed up at Magpie springs, we had spring-green horses to ride and get buck and crow-hop out of, and I just wanted to scope out the grass situation …
How Alderspring Relates to Arctic Reindeer
I've never been fond of the rock and roll hybridized country music. I enjoy either, but not the bastard child of both. It turns out that Black Angus mama cows don't particularly show affinity for it either. Maybe it was just the sheer 85 decibel volume of it. A big speaker boom box pulsed out the …
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