The Gazette

Cattle rustling — the ‘easy crime’ — decimating Western Slope ranchers

The grass crunches underfoot and dust billows in dense clouds as a truck and trailer speed out of public lands in Montrose County. The trailer is full of calves lowing plaintively. The driver gives ...
The Journal

Cattle trails unify to promote western history

Groups representing the historic American cattle drives have pledged to work together to promote the valuable role of the cattle drives in the history of the Old West. On Nov. 1, in Dodge City, Kansas ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Inside the investigation of Western Slope ranchers’ missing cattle

From early June to mid-October, Gayle Ware surveys 30,000 acres of remote and rocky national forest land by horseback, traveling east to west across four sprawling pastures west of Hotchkiss. As the ...
Colorado Public Radio

At the National Western Stock Show, bloodlines and family legacies run deep

There are more than 12,000 head of cattle from all across North America attending the 2025 National Western Stock Show this year. Some will simply be shown to help build the reputation of their ...
The Gazette

Cattle rustling — the ‘easy crime’ — decimating Western Slope ranchers

Short Horns graze near Needle Rock in Delta County. Ranchers on the Western Slope have seen a dramatic increase in cattle rustling in the last few months. The grass crunches underfoot and dust billows ...