As the Southwest grows more arid, ranchers are using tech to sustain the economic and ecological viability of cattle — and protect the fragile living soil beneath their hooves.

Bovines and Biocrusts

Siri Kaur

A prodigal daughter moves from NYC back to Montana to help her family’s cattle give birth. 

The Night Calver

New Cowgirl Camp hopes to teach women skills ranging from holistic land management to checking pregnant cows.

Let Your Girls Grow Up to Be Ranchers

Livestock producers are feuding with black vultures, who sometimes attack and kill newborn cattle. But there’s more to the story.

Buzzard Kill

After an interstate project caused hundreds of thousands in damage on an East Texas ranch, the state refused to pay up due to a legal loophole.

A Texas Highway Project Flooded a Fourth-Generation Farmer’s Ranch — Now He’s Headed to the Supreme Court

Letting “nature’s engineers” do their work can help mitigate drought, improve biodiversity, and help curb the spread of wildfires.

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Bovines and Biocrusts

The Night Calver

Let Your Girls Grow Up to Be Ranchers

Buzzard Kill

A Texas Highway Project Flooded a Fourth-Generation Farmer’s Ranch — Now He’s Headed to the Supreme Court

From Foe to Friend, (Some) Ranchers Are Welcoming Beavers Back