An evening with Heidi Redd, author of “A Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey.” Join us as Heidi relates her adventures at the Dugout Ranch – one of the most significant conservation and ranching properties in the West. The book book winner of the 2025 Spur Award for Best First Western Nonfiction Book and Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction from the Western Writers of America.

Heidi will share her tales of adventure, loss and courage as she reflects on her transformation from a young ranch bride to a gritty cattle boss to a trailblazing conservation ambassador devoted to a vanishing way of western life and a passion for the unique desert landscape. The Dugout Ranch is adjacent to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park and is the largest private inholding in Bears Ears National Monument. In 1997 The Nature Conservancy purchased the Dugout, joining with Heidi and her family to preserve this spectacular working ranch from development and helping to foster the growing alliance between ranchers and conservationists.

Today, Heidi has retired from running cattle, but she still rides the range at the Dugout – where she has lived for sixty years. She was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2022. The Dugout itself is now home to The Nature Conservancy’s Canyonlands Research Center program, a science collaborative that is advancing climate change research and sustainable land use solutions for ranchers and other arid-land users and managers.

Registration recommended to join us in person. Copies of “A Cowgirl’s Conservation Journey” will be available for sale – cash, checks, and PayPal only.