Colvin Ranch is a family-owned and operated cattle ranch located in Tenino, Washington. The ranch was founded in 1854, and is one of the oldest ranches in the county still owned by the original family. Five generations later, the Colvin Ranch family heritage continues through our humane livestock handling, sustainable grazing practices, and stewardship of the land, ensuring that native and endangered plants and animals flourish alongside our animals.

• Thurston Green Business
• Slow Food Snail of Approval
• Washington Conservation Society Creating A Legacy Award
• Thurston Conservation District Doug Rushton Conservation Legacy Award
• Golden Paintbrush Recovery

• Partner Spotlight: Colvin Ranch, Washington State Department of Agriculture Focus on Food, July 22, 2024
• Focus on Agriculture: Boistfort School provides blueprint for healthy, local food for students, The Daily Chronicle, May 29, 2024
• Spring calving season, Ketch Pen, May 2024
• Regenerative farming means better food, Experience Olympia & Beyond, February 12, 2024
• Slow Food Greater Olympia Launches Snail of Approval and the BIPOC Farmer Oral History Project, Thurston Talk, December 23, 2023
  
• Can cattle grazing contribute to butterfly habitat? Using butterfly behavior as an index of habitat quality in an agroecosystem, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, December 12, 2023
• Tenino Farm Wins Award, The Olympian, October 22, 2023
• Thurston County’s Colvin Ranch Receives Award, South Sound Business Journal, October 19, 2023
• Thurston County’s Colvin Ranch First Ranch in Washington State to Receive Slow Food Snail of Approval Award, Thurston Talk, October 11, 2023
  
• 'Conservation grazing' uses cattle to preserve species and landscapes, Seattle Times, August 18, 2023
• Meat, dairy, agriculture products from Washington to get a branding boost under new law, King 5 News, May 30, 2023
• Enhancing habitat diversity and functionality with conservation grazing, South Sound Science Symposium, October 20, 2022
• Ecological and Economic Benefit-Cost Comparison of Grazed and Ungrazed Prairie Land for Critical Species Protection in Western Washington, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Projects, Final Report 2022
• Colvin Ranch Nominated for Economic Courage Award, Thurston EDC, July 19, 2022
• Pioneer Ignatius Colvin Sought Fortune and Created the Colvin Ranch Legacy, Thurston Talk, June 23, 2021
• 170-Year-Old Tenino Area Ranch Has Been in the Colvin Family Since 1850, Nisqually Valley News, August 20, 2020
• Thurston County farmer: Climate panel 'misguided' in calls to reduce beef production, King 5 News, August 8, 2019
• Colvin Ranch in its fifth generation, Capital Press, December 18, 2018
• "Meat" Your Vendors at the Olympia Food Co-op, Thurston Talk, November 8, 2017
• Washington State Conservation Commission Tours Projects in Thurston County, Thurston Talk, March 25, 2015
• Cattle could protect butterflies, conserve prairies, WSU Insider, September 3, 2014
• Spotlight on Spud’s – Grass-Fed Beef from Colvin Ranch, Thurston Talk, April 29, 2014
• Historic prairie preserved by federal program, The Chronicle, May 6, 2005