What's New (Updated 5/6/08)
| Register Now -- Wild About the Grasslands! Summer Day Camp at Empire Ranch, June 16-20 | |||||
| Let your son, daughter, or grandchild be part
of the fun and excitement this summer at the Empire Ranch! Registration is
now open for the 2008 Wild About the Grasslands! Outdoor Education Summer
Camp, June 16-20, for youngsters who have completed grades 5 through 8. This unique 5-day-long ecology and ranching heritage program is designed to foster environmental literacy by bringing kids to the Empire Ranch, one of Southern Arizona's oldest working cattle ranches. Established under the auspices of the BLM's Hands on the Land Program, it provides engaging hands-on, minds-on experiences to foster environmental literacy and grasslands appreciation, while hiking nature trails, learning naturalist and outdoor navigation skills, ranching history and preservation techniques. See photos from 2007 session and learn more at: http://handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=emra |
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| ERF Recognized by BLM National Award | |||||
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The Empire Ranch Foundation was recently
awarded the BLM's Public Lands Partnership Excellence Award for 2008, a
national award granted bi-annually to recognize exceptional contributions
by a BLM not-for-profit partner organization. The award was accepted
by ERF board member Sarah Miller, at the 2008 Association of Partners for
Public Lands (APPL) convention held in Denver, Colorado. |
 ERF president Alison Bunting and Sarah Miller, with BLM Award. |
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| 2008 "Empire 100" Art Show a Standout Success | |||||
| The 2008 Empire 100 Art Show and Sale at Northern Trust was an unqualified success, with 42 pieces of artwork sold with total value of more the $60,000, and a final tally adding a net of $10,800 to the Empire coffers. Our sincere thanks to Northern Trust and Northern Trust staff members for their outstanding contributions on our behalf; to our hardworking volunteers and talented artists whose efforts made the event possible; and to our enthusiastic visitors and patrons. | |||||
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"Empire Ranch" oil
painting by Michel Ewing was winner of the show's |
"Rule No. 1: Never Touch a
Cowboy's Hat" bronze by Deborah Fellows |
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Planning for the 2009 Empire 100 Art Show and Sale is now underway. Information will be available on the website after August 1, 2008. Please plan to join us again next year! |
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| 2008 Preservation Plans and Volunteer Opportunities | |||||
| This coming year we'll undertake a
number of important new preservation tasks. A structural evaluation
of the Empire Ranch House, the Adobe Haybarn, the Grove House and the
Hired Man's House, now being done by our preservation specialist
Statistical Research, Inc., will identify problems and deficiencies
and provide guidance for strengthening and retrofit measures. It
will be a critical tool for prioritizing our work for long-term
preservation of these adobe
structures. Planning and work will also move ahead for interpretation of rooms in the ranch house, beginning with the Victorian Addition, and for landscaping compatible with the ranch's history and environment. Please contact us if you have an interest in helping out with either of these initiatives. Volunteers will begin hands-on work to repair deteriorated posts and rails of ranch corrals, keeping as much of the existing material as possible. If you would like to volunteer to help on these or other volunteer projects, please call (888) 364-2829. *(Click here to see a cumulative list of Empire Ranch preservation projects completed or scheduled since 2000.) |
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| November 1, 2008 - Come On Out to the Empire Ranch Roundup Open House | |||||
| "Cowboy Life on the Empire Ranch" will be the theme for the 2008 Empire Ranch Roundup Open House, to be held at Empire Ranch Headquarters. In the good ol' days, the cowboy was the glue that held the West together. The 2008 Roundup will pay homage to that icon of the West, showcasing past and present cowboy (and cowgirl) traditions, and featuring arena events, skills demonstrations, wagons, kid's corral, entertainment, barbecue, auctions and raffles. Save the date -- November 1 -- and plan to join us! Click here for more information. | |||||
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| Your Membership Is More Important than Ever! | |||||
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Our annual Membership Drive is now underway, and again we need your help. We've made great strides this past year, with member's help, and are very proud to have been selected to receive the 2008 BLM Excellence in Public Lands Partnership Award, to have completed major improvements in and around the Ranch House, and to have launched the new Wild About the Grasslands! summer program for kids. But much remains to be done. Even with our progress, the challenges that face us are daunting and your membership contribution is more important than ever! Members, when you receive your renewal mailing, please reply as generously as you can. And if you are not now a member, please join today! Thank you! Click here for Membership form.
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