Sixth-generation rancher Lauren Sizemore has never seen this much snow on the ground reaching all the way down to sea level around her family’s Lonestar Ranch in rural Humboldt County.
The northern California ranch’s 300 cattle usually have no problem finding land to graze during the winter. But 70 cows crossed over a creek during recent winter storms onto the south side of the property.
“These cattle were just stuck and unable to feed,” Sizemore told The Epoch Times March 10.
Sizemore was just one of many ranchers who were cut off from their cattle after snow blocked private roadways in the county….