Press & Media about Raven Moon Yaks
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Wrangling Yaks in Westport
When you’re 1,200 pounds with a set of horns fit for an oilman’s Cadillac, temperament is everything.
By Tim Rowland, Adirondack Life Magazine
August 2023There is much to like about Drew, the herd sire at Raven Moon Yaks, a majestic creature who resides beneath his greak blanket of black and white fleece, and moves slowly and elegantly around the pasture like a fringed parade float, seeking grass and adulation in the shadow of the low peaks that flank Lake Champlain.
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What Climate Migration Could Mean for the Adirondacks
People chased by extreme climate conditions are finding refuge in the Adirondack Park
By Chloe Bennett, Adirondack Explorer
May 21, 2023Steph Larsen knew what she wanted in a community: A rural, friendly place where she could farm and raise her family. In 2014, Larsen and her husband Noah Weber bought land in Montana and started their farm. But their lives changed just three years later.
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Climate migrants find new start in Vermont and the Adirondacks
Families leaving extreme weather come for safe space
March 6, 2023
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Across Lake Champlain, in Westport, New York, Steph Larsen and her husband Noah settled with their yaks four years ago. The couple came from Montana, but more frequent and powerful wildfires sent them east in 2017.They now run Raven Moon Yaks, where they specialize in raising yaks. "The animals honestly love it because the grass is so much lusher here than it was in Montana," Steph said.
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Yaks in the 'Dacks
Unique livestock catching attention in Westport
By Holly Riddle, Adirondack Explorer
March 28, 2021When Steph Larsen and Noah Weber decided to move away from Montana and relocate their yak farm, the couple was looking for an area of the United States that would be least impacted by climate change over the coming years. Montana’s fire season of 2017 left the couple eager for safer pastures and, in 2018, they landed in the Adirondacks.
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Yaks in the Adirondacks: Meet the couple raising a herd in the North Country
By Elena Barilla, NBC5 News
April 22, 2021
If you think you saw a herd of yaks on your way through Westport, that's Raven Moon farm, and it's owned by a North Country couple who has a passion for raising the animals. -
Juggling a job, a family, and baby yaks in the 'dacks
By Doyle Dean, North Country Public Radio
May 26, 2020
One Essex County woman navigates the delicate balance between her job, her family and her yaks.