Tucked into every corner of the Colorado landscape are places where legends still live. The ranches of the West, and the ranchers who run them, embody what is true about America, and what we Americans want to be true: self sufficiency, determination, independence, competence, fearlessness, and an abiding reverence for the land that has blessed us with abundance and opportunity.
In 2007 and 2008 John Fielder traveled to photograph 50 of Colorados most beautiful multi-generational working cattle ranches, most already protected from development. The resulting book Ranches of Colorado will play a part in the protection of other ranches. The project is a partnership of Fielder, Colorados preeiminent outdoor photographer, and the Colorado land trust community including Colorado Cattlemens Agricultural Land Trust, Colorado Open Lands, and the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts. These organizations earn royalties from each copy of the book sold.
16 x 12 simulated leather cover with a barnwood-like inlay
232 pages, 375 photographs of 50 Colorado ranches
Essays by the late James Meadow based on interviews with 10 ranch families
Published by Westcliffe Publishers, a Big Earth Publishing company