Table of Contents: Office Bearers 2009/2010; President’s Message 2010: A word from Doug Treasure; Why support the Mountain Cattlemen?; Recording the real history of the High Plains Chris Commins; Home to the Cobbler “Vale Ken” Val Kirley; Lost in the Woods Roger Franklin; Mountain Call Greg Altamore; Victoria Bushfires stoked by Green vote David Packham; A Letter from the Community, February 2000; The Maharajah Val Kirley; A brief summary of progress in the High Fire experiments Mark Adams; ETS Lifeline: Soils of capable of absorbing cattle methane Matt Cawood; The Brands on the Bar; Mountain Memories Billy Ruth; MCAV Archive Plea; The Gathering of the “Cracks” Justin Morgan; “Tarcool” at Wombat Crossing Lyric Anderson; Old Rusty Zita Heywood; Mountain Cattleman Frank Ryan remembered; Tributes: Maurice “Mossie” Coleman,Clive Hodge, Robert “Bob” Richardson; Rite of Passage Elizabeth Wilde; Chewing the Fat; 35th Annual Get-Together Buttercup 2009; Minutes of the Annual General Meeting; Our Sponsors; Acknowledgments