Pikes Peak and is 30 minutes southeast of the Colorado Springs airport. People on the Chico make their living caring for the 2,000-head cattle herd and the land they graze. Its vast expanse of rolling prairie, pools of water and meandering creek bottoms support a rich wildlife population, including one of the highest densities of pronghorn antelope in North America, mule deer, coyotes, prairie dogs, eagles and other raptors, waterfowl, dove, quail, and more than 150 species of migratory and residential birds. Duke Phillips was raised on a large cattle ranch in Mexico and has spent a lifetime ranching in the United States and around the world. He is managing the Chico Basin Ranch to provide for education and recreation along with a cattle enterprise that supports long-term conservation of the ranch's natural resources and the persistence of our precious biodiversity.
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