Author: Sydney Richardson

By SYDNEY RICHARDSON Arizona Sonora News A cowboy, at least as the stereotype suggests, is a young, muscular man, riding a horse into the sunset. But at the Santa Lucia Ranch, 55 miles south of Tucson and 40 miles from the U.S-Mexico border, the cowboys are all above 60 years old out on the range…

By SYDNEY RICHARDSON Arizona Sonora News Out of all the conflicts that might arise from trying to make your livelihood off of ranching cattle, the last thing ranchers in the Sonoran Desert want to deal with is fire, especially fires that may have been deliberately set. Sometimes it’s just part of the job, says Dan…