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Article: TREASURE OF LA SIERRA.(management of Taylor Ranch near San Luis, Colorado)
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- October 1, 1999
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Colorado's embattled Taylor Ranch is the West writ small. Here's how capitalism may conserve it.
One night in 1975, a hail of lead tore through Jack Taylor's home on his ranch on the Rio Culebra, near the town of San Luis, just north of the Colorado - New Mexico border. One bullet shattered his ankle. Years later, arsonists set fire to his house; only a scorched chimney remains today. More recently, protesters chained themselves to the Taylor Ranch's gates and proclaimed a new war against logging on private land. And earlier this year, Costilla County unsuccessfully attempted to enjoin Jack's son Zack from logging even one more tree.
For a generation, ...