Awards and feature articles on the Work Ranch

We offer customized mini-retreats, Marriage Encounter weekends, trail rides, bird watching, fossil digs, educational tours, or just ask!
Ranch owners, George and Elaine Work are national award winners for environmental stewardship and offer their expertise to those wanting to learn more about land stewardship.

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Family owned and operated in San Miguel, California since 1880.

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The Work Ranch was featured in the travel section of the LA Times as a "Weekend Escape."
	Featured Diarist in the "The Way We Live in California" column on page 42 in the April/May 2005 issue.	Looking for a family vacation destination? Get the kids involved and try something off the beaten path. Keith and Melina Bellows of National Geographic offer some helpful hints.

California Ranch Wins National Environmental Stewardship Award!
Other honors and awards to George Work: Soil Conservation Society of America, Distinguished Service Award California Resource Conservation Districts, Conservationist of the year National Endowment for Soil and Water Conservation, National winner Society for Range Management, California, section, Excellence in Range Management Paso Robles Roblan of the month Monterey County Cattleman of the year Farm Journal Publishing, National Farm Steward of the year Kathleen Barsotti Pioneer Agriculturist Award, Small Farm Center, UC Davis Region VI Environmental Stewardship award National Cattlemen’s Beef Assocation

George and Elaine Work in Washington D.C. with President Bush as National Water and Soil Conservation Award winners.

George & Elaine Work - 75903 Ranchita Canyon Road - San Miguel, CA 93451

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