Ranch provides top habitat for wildlife
Headlight staff reports
CATRON COUNTY, N.M. – Every day across New Mexico, ranchers care for their land and livestock. They protect and develop water resources that provide wildlife habitat and maintain the wide open landscapes that our state is known for. Ranchers Tom and Callie Paterson, along with their daughters Lindsay and Caroline, run a cow-calf operation near Luna and Alma, in the southwestern part of the state.
The family founded Spur Ranch Cattle Company in Catron County two decades ago, but the ranch name and area of operation date back to the 1870s. Spur Ranch Cattle Company is a member of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association. Lindsay and Caroline work alongside their parents, sharing in the hard work, the joys and the disappointments that are part of ranch life.