Sangres Broadband Visits Maytag Mountain Ranch

Sangres Broadband Listens to Ranch Presentation

  Members of the Sangres Broadband visited Maytag Mountain Ranch on April 3, 2010.   The Sangres Broadband is the Westcliffe, CO chapter of the Great Old Broads.  The Great Old Broads is a national grass-roots effort of volunteers who tend to the wilderness.  The local chapter of the Great Old Broads, the Sangres Broadband, has a very active group of volunteers that work with the BLM and Forest Service to clear trails in the Sangres, pick up trash along the local Custer County highways, plant trees in burned out areas, and clean trash from campsites in the local National Wilderness areas.    This group recently visited Maytag Mountain Ranch and learned about the ranch preservation philosophy.   The Ranch is dedicated to sustainability of the land and improving the grass lands on which the Maytag cattle graze.   The Ranch is organically certified and raises grass-finished beef.  The beef is sold locally directly to consumers.    Following the presentation the group takes a hike across to see the cattle.