In December of 2021, the Arizona Land and Water Trust closed a conservation easement on the Vera Earl Ranch in Sonoita, protecting 5,000 acres and decades of intertwining social and ecological heritage in perpetuity through this collaborative partnership with the ranch landowners. Animals have always moved through the area, from pronghorn antelope to cattle herds, across its vast expanses of native desert grasslands. The complexity of the relationships sustained here demanded …
