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  • Ferguson Family Ranches

    Ferguson Family Ranches

    Above: From left to right, Lizzie Tilles, Liza Clarke, Tyler Ferguson, Ana Worswick, Tyler’s daughter and Ana’s son at their home in Ridgway, Colorado. “I feel very fortunate to have my family living right here on this ranch. I couldn’t do this without them,” says Liza. Liza Clarke, her son Tyler Ferguson, and his girlfriend…

  • Tony Prendergast

    Tony Prendergast

    Above: Tony Prendergast at his home in Crawford, Colorado. “The original idea was to have four shareholders who owned the ranch equally but ideally have it so that people had different interests or different ways of using the land,” said rancher and outfitter Tony Prendergast at his home in Crawford, Colorado.  Today, 20 years…

  • Mabel Dobbs: Fighting for Fairness in Agriculture

    Mabel Dobbs: Fighting for Fairness in Agriculture

    Mabel Dobbs sat at her kitchen table with her hands folded neatly on a stack of papers. The room is sprinkled with family portraits and ranching memorabilia. A wedding portrait of Mabel and her late husband Grant from 1984 hangs to her left – “Bull Rider” is written in rope below the photograph.   “I…