“Everything is connected to everything else.
 Everything has to go somewhere.
 There are no free lunches.
 Mother Nature always bats last.”
    - (Author Unknown)

Melville, Saskatchewan
Spring, 2004

Howdy there stranger,

I went to one of those ranch management workshops a few winters back and that note about “The Four Laws of Mother Nature” was tacked up on the back wall. It was the first thing you read as you came into the Community Hall. I have to admit I have forgotten more than my fair share of things learned at the management workshop, but that saying has always stuck in my head. It seems to me plenty of things have happened in this industry that defy all the common sense I can muster – but the above message just keeps on ringing true. And that’s what this Tour is all about – working a bit closer with Mother Nature, trying to figure out a few things about her ways and recognizing when nothing else seems to make sense, just maybe Mother Nature can put it all back into perspective.

Happy Trails,
Lee