When Gary Visintainer’s grandparents immigrated to the US from Austria in 18xx, they settled under the expansive skies of northwest Colorado.

After a catastrophic wildfire in 2010, the Visintainers partnered with the Natural Resources Conservation Services’ Sage Grouse Initiative, in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, to restore and rehabilitate lost sage-grouse habitat and rangelands.Species including deer, elk, pronghorn, greater sage grouse, and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse are found on their land. Today, their ranch is a true refuge for wildlife.