Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Some of the Santa Lucia calves run frantically at the sight of strangers on the ranch on Monday, Sept. 26. Calves live and grow at the Santa Lucia Ranch until they are about 500 pounds and are then moved to a farm in California or Nebraska. (Photo by Sydney Richardson / Arizona Sonora News)

In Southern Arizona cowboy country, the seasons and years add up

Sydney Richardson December 2, 2016

By SYDNEY RICHARDSON Arizona Sonora News A cowboy, at least as the stereotype suggests, is a young, muscular man, riding a horse into the sunset. But at the Santa Lucia Ranch, 55 miles south...

A wildfire rages on a nearby ridge in June of 2011. (Courtesy of Dan Bell)

Southern Arizona ranchers view range fires as part of the routine

Sydney Richardson November 4, 2016

By SYDNEY RICHARDSON Arizona Sonora News Out of all the conflicts that might arise from trying to make your livelihood off of ranching cattle, the last thing ranchers in the Sonoran Desert want to...

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