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Summer ’99

Spring '99 RANGE magazine, Photo ©Copyright Joel Sartore

ON THE COVER: Hugh Straatman, ranch hand at Broadbent Ranch, Utah near the Wyoming line. The cows behind him are ready to move.

Photo ©Joel Sartore

Table of Contents

Copyright ©by Michael Eller


"Backlit Horses"
Copyright ©Michael Eller

Outback Roundup '99

6th Annual Contest
Best of Show


FEATURES

5 ACRES, 5 MILES FROM TOWN
To protect ranching, is it too little, too late? By Reed Karaim

CAN THE WEST FIND PEACE?
The future of the western way of life is in doubt. Interview with Senator Malcolm Wallop. By Tim Findley

GOING POSTAL IN AREA 51
Steve and Glenda Medlin’s problems are simply out of this world. By Richard Menzies

THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE
Generations on Washington’s Stokes Ranch. By Virginia Bennett

ROARING SPRINGS
Stacy Davies finds creative solutions in eastern Oregon. By Becky Hatfield-Hyde

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Willy Hagge, California’s idealistic rancher. By Lee Juillerat

GROWING CREDIT AT THE GRASS BANK
Collaboration at New Mexico’s Valle Grande. By William deBuys


PEOPLE & POETRY

THE WAR ON THE WEST
The Sagebrush Rebellion and Cliven Bundy’s sad, scary tale. By Tim Findley

JUST A GOOD OLD BOY
Wilford Brimley, team roper. By J. Zane Walley

THE SUN ALSO SETS
A rough talking, heavy smoking dairyman. By Dennis C. Hollingsworth

CONFESSIONS OF RED MEAT SURVIVORS
Emily Matthews, California; Wil Dean, Oregon; Louise Jones, Montana; Mark Freeman, Oklahoma; John Withers, Oregon.

FINDING JESÚS
Tending the flock on Highway 64. By Carolyn Fox


CRITTERS/HABITAT

GRAZING'S IRONY
Cattle were banished from a California wildlife refuge. Now they are back! ©Scripps-Howard

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
Colorado’s bad timing for the lynx. By Eric Grant

A CREEK RUNS THROUGH IT
A treat for rough and tumble boys. By Frederick Benton

KILL & BURN
Animal terrorists heading East.


PHOTOGRAPHY & ART

BUCKEYE BLAKE
Portraying the cowboy life.

JOEL SARTORE IN NEBRASKA
Branding at the Vinton Ranch.

PORTRAIT OF THE WEST
Waiting for the skies to clear. By Adam Jahiel

OUTBACK ROUNDUP '99
RANGE photo contest winners.


OPINION/POLITICS

COWBOYS & TREE-SQUEEZERS
Common ground for a wilder West. By Jesse Wolf Hardin

WHERE'S KING GEORGE?
The livestock industry, as we practice it, lacks perfection. By Vess Quinlan

NUTS ON A MISSION
Hart Mountain and too many studies. By Sunny Hancock

TANK TRAPS & THE FOREST SERVICE
A stranglehold on livelihoods. By Idaho’s Senator Larry Craig & U.S. Representative Helen Chenoweth


YESTERDAY

SKETCHES FROM THE RANCH
A Montana Memoir. By Dan Aadland

COWBOY WITH A CAMERA
Erwin E. Smith, Texas


HUMOR

TEXAS HOSPITALITY
Buzzards and suction. By Lin Sutherland


DEPARTMENTS

Photo of C.J. Hadley -- Copyright ©Jeff Ross

Up Front
Charlie's good life.
By C.J. Hadley

LETTERS
AMAZING FACTS & QUOTES
RANGE HEROES
RANGE AGENTS
RANGE COLLECTOR SET
AMAZING FACT & QUOTES
RANGE ROUNDUP


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