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The state soon developed a plan for wolf recovery that included powerful protections and aimed to also protect ranchers and others whose livestock might at times be threatened by wolves seeking food.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Yet painful reminders still linger on the rancher's land.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
More than 100 partners — including private ranchers, local communities and government agencies — have teamed up with Bat Conservation International to continue sampling for DNA and surveying agave patches.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Yet painful reminders still linger on the rancher's land.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
More than 100 partners — including private ranchers, local communities and government agencies — have teamed up with Bat Conservation International to continue sampling for DNA and surveying agave patches.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rancher. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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rancher
noun
ranch·er
ˈran-chər 
: a person who owns or works on a ranch
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