(BPT) - When you picture a cattle rancher you might imagine someone wearing a cowboy hat and riding a horse, not a conservationist. But that's what most ranchers are.
"Ranchers and farmers were the first environmentalists, and we take that very seriously," said Darrick Whipple, Land & Government Affairs Manager at Deseret Ranch.
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