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Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation
Photography by Tony Stromberg Through sanctuary and advocacy, Neda DeMayo has devoted herself to saving wild horses — and to helping people re-connect to the natural world. To understand Neda DeMayo,...
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Meet Sutter
Photography: Karen Asherah/Courtesy Return to Freedom Horse Sanctuary This Palomino stallion is Horse of the Year and one for the ages. Christmas came early last year for the Return to Freedom Wild...
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Western Homestead: Your Autumn Checklist
Now is the last chance to get your Western homestead ready for winter. Late fall, when it starts freezing most nights and soil temperatures dip below 50 degrees, arrives anytime from the end of...
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Western Homestead: Your Winter Checklist
Learn how to winter-proof your Western homestead. The restful, relaxing days of deep winter—when nothing is growing and not much has to get done each day, besides livestock chores and keeping the wood...
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Where the Elk Roam
Wyoming cowboys feed elk forced from their winter migration routes, but some question the wisdom of doing so. Hundreds of elk lift their heads as John Fandek arrives at the Black Butte elk feed ground...
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Ansel Adams at the Manzanar Relocation Center
Not 10 miles from the famous western film location of Lone Pine, California, photographer Ansel Adams documented a very different chapter of western history at the Manzanar Japanese internment camp....
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Cow Country Cooking
Photography: Rick Ferguson cooking with pot rocks at West Split, June 1993/Kathy McCraine Photographer Kathy McCraine captures the life and food of chuck wagon cooks on a historic Arizona ranch. It’s...
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West Texas Road Trip
If you’re headed out to Big Bend National Park, you’ll appreciate this itinerary of towns along the route — and a few flavorful local recipes. Photography: Courtesy Hotel Settles Stop 1: Big Spring...
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America’s Musical Journey Makes Its Way to IMAX
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc traces the roots of American music through iconic cities like Chicago, Nashville, and New York in the latest IMAX feature film, America’s Musical Journey,...
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Cowboy Sculptor Tom Ford
Sculpting a bronze or welding a creation made from castoff metal scraps, this Wyoming artist takes his inspiration from ranching and cowboying, family, and Mother Nature. Tom Ford pulled off his cowboy...
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Video: Yeti Spotlights the Cowboys of Hawaii
Photography: Courtesy Backbone Media The paniolo on Hawaii’s Big Island have passed down ranching traditions for generations. This week brought us the latest lifestyle documentary video from the folks...
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Western Homestead: Your Spring Checklist
It’s the first day of spring, which means it’s time to get ready for that spring rush. Everything on that spring checklist seems to happen at once: new chicks, livestock babies, moving manure, planting...
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Riders on the Storm
When Hurricane Harvey flooded Southeast Texas farms and ranches, cowboys answered the call. Chance Ward ducked out onto his trailer’s screened-in front porch and listened to the rain beat against the...
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The Ranch at the Edge of the West
Pat Harvie’s spread in the Aleutian Islands has lush grasslands and no natural predators, but that doesn’t mean ranching in the Cradle of Storms is easy. America’s westernmost ranch does not lie along...
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C&I’s National Pet Day
Happy #NationalPetDay! To celebrate, we’re looking back at our favorite images of furry friends from past years’ photo contest issues. In the West, we love our pets as much as our people, treating...
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Best of the West: Go Wild
We’ve got vacation ideas in the West for folks who live on the edge and folks who just want to relax. America’s long infatuation with road trips of all kinds has always transcended the beaten path —...
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The Family Ranch
Determined to keep their family ranch, Wyoming brothers Cody and Chase Lockhart have created a Jackson Hole niche: local beef. Bruce Porter’s descendants imagine their ancestor gazing out at the Teton...
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Spas Of The West: Let The Healing Begin
Get the five-star treatment as we take a look at some of the best spas in the West. Let the healing begin. People have been taking the waters, wrapping themselves in mud, and sweating in huts for...
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Honoring a Young Cowboy Taken Too Soon
A tragic death, a brand-new memorial rodeo, and the hearts of parents and cowboys everywhere. Every day in the magazine business, a lot of press releases cross your desk looking for coverage and...
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Real Westerner: Ben Higgins
Photography: (from left): Ben Higgins (second from left) with fellow Hearst Ranch employees Lindsay Miller, Dann Russell, and Roland Camacho in front of the Hearst Castle. Courtesy Joe Johnston/SLO...
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