Cattle and Rangelands: An Environmental PartnershipAs Williams describes it, when managed well, the relationship between a rancher and the land is a harmonious one. “If you take care of it, it takes care of you.†About an hour and a half northeast of downtown Los Angeles, among the rolling hills where the sun seems to descend for hours on summer nights, it’s a mostly rocky terrain. Since the early 1800s, an unlikely groundskeeper has been responsible for sustaining a symbiotic relationship between rancher and land in this dry, grassy region. Keeping these 12,000 acres manicured- that’s only part of the cattle’s job.