Category Archives: Real Ranching

By Hallie Jette It’s been a busy couple of weeks after attending the Stock Growers 150th Summer Convention in Cheyenne where I had a lot of fun meeting members and sitting in on meetings. On Monday, I learned how to use a tire machine because the 4-wheeler needed new tires, so we mounted the newContinue reading “What I have been up to at the E – U Ranch!”

Last week was my first week at the ranch. It was a pretty busy week, but overall a great week of work. I worked about 60 hours last week, but it sure didn’t seem like it. Time flies when you’re having fun! We did a little bit of everything; hauled and moved some cattle, branded,Continue reading “First Week on the Job!”

Hi y’all my name is Hannah Alto and I am the WSGA Public Relations and Communications Intern this summer! I’m currently a junior at Texas Tech University where I am double majoring in Agricultural Communications and Agricultural Education. I was born and raised in a small town in Northern California named McKinleyville; where I amContinue reading “An additional welcome to the WSGA Public Relations and Communications Intern!”

My name is Hallie Jette. I am a super senior at the University of Wyoming, and the Invasive Species Intern for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association for the summer. I am majoring in Environment and Natural Resources with a concurrent in Energy, Land, and Water Management, and minors in Agroecology, and Rangeland Ecology and WatershedContinue reading “Welcome to our Invasive Species Intern!”

This is my final week at the Kane’s ranch and my final week for the Invasive Species Rangeland Internship. Reflecting on the first couple weeks of this internship, I did not expect to switch ranches, nor did I expect to deal with a lack of communication with the first ranch owner. I also expected toContinue reading “#RangelandWednesday: Looking Back”

This week started off as usual, checking water tanks and gathering supplies for projects that needed to be done around the ranch. This week’s project was building sturdier H-braces, building “blockers” for cattle on water tanks, and finally concentrating on eradicating prairies dogs. Kyle, David, and I built steal braces and reinforced blockers on aContinue reading “#RangelandWednesday: Invasive Species Work”