The Tierra Blanca Ranch is a 30,000 acre working cattle ranch situated in New Mexico’s Black Range 40 miles from the nearest town. The Chandlers are Cattle ranchers with a heart for God, and turning kid’s lives around. The environment is similar to what a ranch would be like 100 years ago. It is a simple life, where kids get back to nature by camping, cooking, physical fitness, working cattle, riding horses, caring for animals, doing school work, reading, singing and being in a loving environment.
For almost 20 years, this beautiful and historic ranch has been the setting of Chandler family efforts to work with troubled and at-risk youths. These endeavors were a principal motivation for the founding of the High Country Youth Program. The Ranch seeks to teach responsibility, self-discipline, and the existence of consequences to the youths in our care, in addition to the necessity of having respect for themselves, their families, and others. Leadership skills are cultivated.