October 22nd - October 25th, 2025
A set of guttural bugles from a chevron of Sand Hill cranes acts as welcome at the Off Ranch in Del Norte, CO. Settled in 1872 by the Off family, the ranch has produced calf-cow pairs for four generations and counting. Bordered by a dirt-silken Rio Grande, rapidly defoliating Cottonwoods, and a herd returning home for fall forage, the Off Ranch was an idyllic site for considering the challenges of agriculture in the arid west.