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Hello and Happy Saturday Friends!

Well, we made it, it wasn't easy, and it wasn't hard, just work, with some extra steps...we went 7 days here without running water. We managed fine, things warmed up a bit, and all is good now. It looks like some more pretty cold stuff coming this weekend though.

T has returned home with the buffalo truck, she flew back to Denver to get it on Thursday, drove home solo. She is pretty awesome.

In the meantime, the business has been busy, a little cold snap really has that effect here, and our delivery services were than stellar this past week, post office here wasn't able to pick up Monday, did get stuff out Tues, and FexEd was shut down till Thursday...and the delivery from the Knitting Mill that was suppose to show up on Saturday got here around 5pm last night, took a full week to make it three hours north, but we now have our Extreme and Ultralight beanies restocked.

We truly apologize for any and all delays in delivery. I did have 200+ packages packed up on Monday waiting for a driver that never came. All is out and in transit now... things seem to be moving quickly too.

We got our first prototype samples in from our new friends at Nester Hosiery, and they look great! They are getting production started, and hopefully soon, we will see more socks.

Other than all that, Life here is good, not exciting, just working, but now we have some fun old friends staying with us for a bit, and we get to go to The Little Red Barn/Giving Garden for a very special dinner tonight, really looking forward to it. Ms. Cindy has been an inspiration for all we do here growing food and sharing it with friends and neighbors. If you are in the area and have time, would love to see you there! It's gonna be fun.

I am supposed to be trying to encourage you to order stuff for Valentine's Day, but you are a grown-up, you got this. I also don't feel like being salesguy today, just want to share a couple of things from family and friends and the NBA has a good statement on the BLM grazing situation. It's not long today, and we did get more of the Faribault Bison Ponchos and Camp Throws in... I know a lot of friends have been waiting for those. The last rounds went super quickly.

Hope you have an excellent weekend!

Ron, T, Cecil, Stacy Paula, Piggy Wrangler and the rest of the crew here at BWC

We might have broken Maverick here, I let him stay in the house a couple nights... he has been making himself at home, and If you aren't familiar with the Hank the Cowdog series, if you have a kid or grand to read to, they are truly excellent, (we record the books for the grands ourselves, so we get to read to them long distance)

The BWC/Fairbault Buffalo Poncho

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The BWC/Fairbault "Camp Throw"

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Looking for some Valentine's Day Fun?

Come Join us in OKC in two week!

Found the perfect way to spend a romantic weekend in Oklahoma City. (don't tell T, it's gonna be a surprise) and I think we are going to aquire a few animals ourselves here.

I have been so impressed at how well the OKBA has grown and what they have accomplished, some truly wonderful people. Love getting to spend time with them.

The Texas Bison Association is going to have their winter auction two days after that. Online auction at www.QASbuy.com

Thank you to all who jumped in and did a "pre-order" on NATIVE.

I am still so blown away at how great the film turned out, and I know that Charlie and Shauna are gonna sweep up accolades and awards this spring when Native gets shown at the lineup of film festivels that it's been accepted into... it's gonna be epic, and you are gonna want to have this in your collection.

You can still "pre-order" the DVD - which will not be released until AFTER the TEN FILM FESTIVAL showings already scheduled the next couple months. Click the image of the dvd and reserve a copy for yourself. Ordering now also helps Charlie and Shawna get parts 2, 3, and 4 of NATIVE done.

you can click the image below and reserve a copy for yourself.

NBA Consults with BLM Amid Proposed Bison Lease Termination

Good News for Bison Producers

This is something I have been asked about a lot this past week after the BLM leases for APR were revoked, the NBA staff met with the BLM leadership on American Prairie's Montana permit decision doc here. Fear: Bad precedent for public land users.BLM Clarifies: Taylor Act focuses on "productive use" (e.g., food). Bison for production qualify as livestock. 37 active bison leases; no species rejection—just ag emphasis.NBA Concern: Protects 1,200 members' access. BLM updating rules; NBA to comment.NBA advocates via policy, health research, disease/market/conservation efforts. Herd's future: Strong!

From the Herdwear Store: V Day gift Ideas:

Silver Pearl Ranch has generously re-stocked us with their always welcomed and popular "heart" collections. Turquoise, red coral, pink Peruvian opal. Open, solid or sterling backed. A heart for every heart's desire.

Hearts at Herdwear

and if that's not your thing, Dad has been expanding his collection of antique firearms... has found some pretty amazing stuff. Not everything is on the site yet, but you might enjoy poking around and seeing what he has up so far... there is going to be more to come too

Antique Firearms at Herdwear

Stuff we have in stock. I have been asked if we will be doing more of the Red Socks we did last Valentines Day.. (and this Christmas) I think I can get them dyed on Monday...