Roundup on Mount Burdell

Matt Dolkas - MALT

By Matt Dolkas, Senior Manager, Marketing

June 25, 2026

It’s not every day you’re invited to a roundup of cattle on horseback. So when I got the invite to join a group of riders to gather 75 head of cattle within the Mount Burdell Preserve in Novato, visions of Billy Crystal’s City Slickers began playing in my head: This was my big chance to pretend to be a real cowboy.

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