Q: If two ranches are separated by a length of old barbed-wire fencing and that fence needs repair, who is responsible come fence-mending time? Name Withheld, Weatherford A: Your inquiry is more ...

Nico Sanchez, the 72-year-old ranch foreman, helps Rene Ramirez fix a barbed wire fence at El Milagro Ranch in Zapata County, TX on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Ramirez, a Dallas-area teacher and football ...

Clippers in hand, volunteers snap the metal lines of an old fence, its strands drooping and thorns rusted. Once they sever the wire from the posts, they coil it up and cart it away. These are the ...