Ranch life learned by Dew student at Texas Ranch Brigade

  • Emery Black, of Dew, practices goat-roping during her time at Texas Ranch Brigade, a camp in Santa Anna, offering hands-on experience in ranching and wildlife activities. Contributed Photo
    Emery Black, of Dew, practices goat-roping during her time at Texas Ranch Brigade, a camp in Santa Anna, offering hands-on experience in ranching and wildlife activities. Contributed Photo
  • Emery Black, of Dew, learns at camp how to identify different grassess. Contributed Photo
    Emery Black, of Dew, learns at camp how to identify different grassess. Contributed Photo
Fifteen-year-old Emery Black has been interested in ranching for most of her life, early on watching her father taking care of the livestock at their home in Dew. “My whole family has always had some sort of livestock or cattle,” she said. Growing up, when Emery wasn’t being homeschooled by her mother, Marsha Black, the little girl would follow her father, Martin Black, around their land as he…

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