The ranch operates a sustainable and profitable cattle operation on 500,000 acres in Wyoming and Montana. In addition, it offers vacationing guests an opportunity to share in the Western lifestyle through working ranch, hunting and fishing and photography vacations.

A tour of the ranch will take place on July 9, Wyoming Environmental Stewardship Day. The annual Environmental Stewardship Tour is hosted by WSGA and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, and showcases the award recipient.

Homer and Mildred Scott started the ranch in 1943 with 300 cows and 3,000 acres. It has grown to 11,000 head of cattle on land straddling the Wyoming/Montana state line.
 
The operation now is led by Wayne Fahsholtz, who manages the resources and assets of the ranch for long-term sustainability, while conserving and improving the environment through good grazing and other practices.

Those who operate the ranch are “excellent examples of ranchers who are committed to living as responsible stewards of the land,” said WSGA Executive Vice President Jim Magagna.

“We believe that if we can graze in a manner that protects habitat, and if the wildlife species that should be here are here," added Fahsholtz, "then we are doing the job we set out to do."

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The award in Wyoming is made possible through the support of Peabody Energy, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Monaghan Foundation.

For more information or to attend the tour, call the WSGA at (307) 638-3942.  end mark

—Wyoming Stock Growers Association news release

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Courtesy of Wyoming Stock Growers Association.