25 Aug Telluride Library: “Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey” – An Evening with Heidi Redd, 9/4!
Join Sheep Mountain Alliance and Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library in welcoming rancher and conservationist Heidi Redd for a talk about her life as written in her new book, “Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey: Stories from the Dugout Ranch.” The event takes place Thursday, September 4th at 5:30 pm.
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Heidi Redd is an accomplished adventurer: skydiving led her to ranching. She is credited with co-creating an innovative partnership between working ranches and land conservation organizations.
In 1967, Heidi and her then-husband Robert purchased the Indian Creek Cattle Company and historic Dugout Ranch near Canyonlands National Park, one of the most significant conservation and ranching properties in the West, adjacent to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. The Dugout is the largest private inholding in Bears Ears National Monument. bThere the couple ran cattle on 5,200 acres of land with 300,000 acres of grazing allotments. ‘
In 1997, Heidi chose to partner with The Nature Conservancy Utah Chapter in order to preserve the ranch’s biodiversity and unspoiled red rock scenery. In 2009, she established the Canyonlands Research Center as a year-around outdoor laboratory for studying the region’s ecological health.
Featuring a foreword by former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, readers will be captivated by Heidi’s tales of adventure, loss and courage as she reflects on her transformation from a young ranch bride to a gritty cattle boss to a trailblazing conservation ambassador in a mission to save the land she loves and preserve a vanishing way of western life
Heidi will be available to sign copies of her book after the talk.
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