Excerpt from Pam Eubanks at Your Observer: https://www.yourobserver.com/article/myakka-city-rancher-honored-by-audubon-manatee-county Wearing his cowboy hat, cattle rancher Jim Strickland rolled through pastureland on the 4,500-acre Blackbeard’s Ranch in eastern Manatee County in his pickup truck. He nodded toward the window. About 50 feet away, deer walked along the tree line, barely noticing the truck had stopped. On the...Read More