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Lawson Ranch PRESENTED BY OUTDOOR PROPERTIES OF NEVADA

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Lawson Ranch

2,971.51± ACRES ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA

Lawson Ranch, homestead in the 1860s and once owned by the late Bing Crosby, encompasses just under 3,000 deeded acres and is located 45 miles north of Elko, Nevada.

Completely reminiscent of the Old West, yet complete with updated modern conveniences— including your own private airstrip and large airplane hangar, a full ranch headquarters, six center-drive hay pivots, the ability to run over 600 pair of cattle and easy access to town—this is the quintessential turnkey western cattle ranch.

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LAWSON RANCH

Located 45 miles northwest of Elko at the base of the snow-capped Independence Mountains, the 2,972± acre Lawson Ranch is the quintessential turnkey Nevada ranch. With three year-round creeks and some of the state’s oldest water rights, the turnkey property is ideal as a cattle ranch, a recreational ranch or a perfectly balanced operation that provides its owners the best of the West.

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PETAN RANCH

This reputation cow ranch is mostly high, rolling grama grass hills at around 5,600 feet with 25 percent higher mountains and canyons. It is adequately watered and improved. Game include elk, mule deer, aoudad sheep, pronghorn antelope and blue quail. The Petan is one of the finest ranches this broker has seen in 40 years of selling West Texas.

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CONTENTS

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LIFESTYLE

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F E AT U R E S

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BUYING

LIFESTYLE

PROPERTY OWNERSHIP: A BEDROCK OF THE ECONOMY IN TROUBLED TIMES

TUNING IN TO THE SYMPHONY OF NATURE

Property ownership is still one of the best and safest investments an American family can make.

When Russick Smith goes for a short stroll, walk or hike, he always brings the four-by-four-foot cello from his childhood.

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PROFILE

THE WILD SIDE OF BUSINESS

THE SHOCKEY COLLECTION

FINANCIAL DEAL STRUCTURES BETWEEN LANDOWNERS AND HUNTING OUTFITTERS

For more than 40 years, Jim Shockey’s name has been synonymous with excellence in the outdoors, and his newest endeavor, The Shockey Collection, is born of that proud tradition.

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ENVISION. DESIGN. BUILD.

The professionals at Western Heritage Consulting and Engineering, led by co-founders and principal owners Ryan and Rikki Altenburg, Envision, Design and Build dreams for clients across the American West.

There are a few common arrangements that tend to define the basic financial arrangements between landowners and hunting outfitters.

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16 LAND INSIDER

Tips, ideas and topics in the land industry

19 LAND SPECIALIST

One-page snapshots of land specialists’ lives

22 TRENDS

Unique items curated especially for the discriminating land aficionado

64 FAB 5

Five fabulous properties that caught our magazine team’s eye on the Land.com Network and deserve a closer look

EXCURSION

OPENING THE GATES TO CONNECTION

Explore Ranches provides one-of-a-kind outdoor experiences by opening the gates to some of America’s wildest and most scenic ranches.

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PROPERTY GUIDE USE THIS GUIDE TO FIND YOUR PROPERTY! C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

ACRES

PAGE

CALIFORNIA

C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

Meeker

Fort Jones

ACRES

40.87

PAGE

C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

110

Routt

ACRES

PAGE

1,388

107

6,300

114

Meeker

618

111

Saguache

120

126

135

93

Meeker

673

110

Saguache

125

114

Kern

5,130

99

Meeker

2,850

111

Toponas

3,689

131

Kern

8,525

98

Montrose

151

101

Weld

280

96

241

116

1,386

116

Humboldt

Los Angeles Mendocino Merced Monterey

823

92

Montrose

225

100

1,058

93

Montrose

1,420

100

Hamilton

750

92

Montrose

2,175

100

Lake

2,397

99

Montrose

4,590

100

Osceola

206

116

973

97

Osceola

1,506

116

Volusia

151

116

323

114

FLORIDA

Monterey

14,138

66

Morgan

Monterey

14,141

98

New Castle

36

89

San Luis Obispo

148.4

93

New Castle

36

90

San Luis Obispo

320

99

New Castle

1,883

88

San Luis Obispo

350

99

New Castle

-

88

San Luis Obispo

8,525

98

Ouray

40

100

Kahuku

3.09

133

302.48

92

Ouray

40

101

Waialua

7.04

133

IDAHO 30,912

118

224

114

Shasta

GEORGIA Lumpkin

HAWAII

Shasta

1,155

92

Parachute

162.43

90

Stanislaus

4,195

93

Pueblo

69,126

105

Rifle

872

91

Deary

Rio Blanco

132

106

Valley

5,772

118

Valley

30,912

118

1,215

113

COLORADO Austin

38.75

90

Carbondale

109

89

Rio Blanco

2,579

104

Carbondale

222

89

Routt

1,056

96

Carbondale

450

89

Routt

1,140

96

Chaffee

5

126

Chaffee

103.15

126

Chaffee

263.79

126

Chaffee

340

126

Cimarron

10,649

101

Custer

667

104

Delta

250

104

Douglas

478

106

Elbert

2,080

136

Elbert

31,750

97

160

126

Fremont Glenwood Springs

6.6

90

Gunnison

250

104

Huerfano

6,100

64

Huerfano

17,520

107

Larimer

320

96

Meeker

40

111

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Adams

ILLINOIS Bureau

CONTENTS

C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

ACRES

Clinton

PAGE

502

114

260

97

KANSAS Barton

MARYLAND Howard

141

132

631

125

MICHIGAN Ottawa

M I N N E S O TA Winona

185

128

3,054

96

MISSOURI Saint Claire

M O N TA N A Beaverhead

C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

Livingston

2,066

124

McAllister

38

103

McAllister

1,362

103

Musselshell

12,467

118

Rapelje

122

16,589

103

Ryegate

2,104

103

Ryegate

16,150

122

545

124

Benkelman

2,500

131

Harrison

1,265

108

Keystone

28,750

102

2,971.51

74

29,412

123

Sula

NEBRASK A

68

20

135

5,134

122

Fergus

5,158.77

118

Fergus

5,457

97

-

Geyser

30,974

102

-

Jackson

2,937

102

Aztec

Columbus

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9,020

2,937

Big Sky

ACRES

Lewistown

NE VADA Elko

NEW MEXICO -

123

578

123 107

Lewistown

475

124

Catron

29,142

Lewistown

1,673

122

Lincoln

24,000

97

Lewistown

6,300

124

Quemado

18,800

123

Lewistown

7,319

122

Rio Arriba

1,937

107

Rio Arriba

3,532

107

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Smith Fork Ranch 250 Acres in Delta & Gunnison Counties

Rio Arriba

5,463

85

Rio Arriba

16,309

107

Rio Arriba

17,072.12

84

San Miguel

2,036

84

Santa Fe

6,173

127

13.92

135

12,236

81

Bend

33

80

Bend

61

80

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City

OREGON -

Clackamas

80

129

Culver

139

80

Douglas

820

120

Fossil

32,000

131

Grant

2,184

115

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CONTENTS

C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

ACRES

Hood River

PAGE

ACRES

PAGE

44,453

70

Sheridan

169

95

Medina

727.9

68

Story

206

95

115

Mitchell

3,600

87

Sundance

165

121

Sundance

237

121

129

Marfa

Klamath

80

134

Klamath

420

C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

ACRES

Klamath

570

115

Montgomery

35

117

Klamath

1,660

115

Morton

5,000

131

Klamath

15,620

118

Palo Pinto

1,750

85

Lane

399.64

120

Scurry

3,801.99

85

Canada | British Columbia

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Canada | British Columbia

I N T E R N AT I O N A L L I S T I N G S COUNTRY

ACRES

PAGE

113

32,878

97

1,459.78

118

3,929

112

Mitchell

8,780

131

Stonewall

8,145.7

86

Chile

2,582

113

Mitchell

28,274

81

Stonewall

41,000

84

Patagonia

1,285

113

Polk

88.28

120

2,609

86

South Africa

11,614

113

Prineville

6,867

81

South Africa

29,652

113

Prineville

45,803.04

81

Duchesne

1,120

96

507.86

80

Morgan

1,024

105

79

104

30

83

Wasco Washington

676

129

49.66

120

Shackelford

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Malheur

Sisters

Wise

U TA H

Washington

WASHINGTON Cowlitz

S O U T H D A KO TA Custer

821

109

Lewis

35.49

82

Custer

3,670

96

Lewis

41

83

Custer

-

109

163

108

580

130

186

121

Hill City Lead

WISCONSIN Richland

W YOMING

13

108

Lyman

1,469

97

Aladdin

Nemo

9

108

Albany

3,765

97

Albany

26,046

106

TENNESSEE Marshall

20

119

Beulah Big Horn

TEXAS Bivins Callahan Donley

40

121

16,000

106

94

114

Buffalo

575

95

1,270.49

87

Buffalo

2,605

94

1,579.94

87

Byron

1,269

131

Fisher

8,145.7

86

Converse

686

106

Foard

6,651

86

Four Corners

293

121

41,000

84

Glenrock

275

117

Jones

8,145.7

Jones

41,000

Haskell Hays

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C O U N T Y/ C I T Y

214

429

94

Goshen

1,440

105

86

Hot Springs

2,505

105

84

Hulett

1,160

121

20,000

106

15

95

1,956

94

Kent

5,693.06

85

Laramie

King

3,570.8

87

Lovell

King

7,827.24

84

Parkman

King

22,730.411

86

Platte

10,738

96

9,436

103

11

95

Knox

6,651

86

Saratoga

Knox

22,730.411

86

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M A R Y L A N D

Timberleigh Farm 141 Acres in Howard County

BROKER GUIDE BROKER NAME

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BROKER NAME

PAGE

Agri-Investment Services | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices NW Real Estate

129

EXP Realty

132

Arnold Realty Inc.

121

First Colorado Land Office

126

Beaverhead Outdoors Ranch Group

123

Fridrich & Clark Realty, LLC

119

California Outdoor Properties

92

Harrigan Land Company

106

Cascade Sotheby's International Realty | Brandy & Husten Pettet

82

Hawai’i Life Real Estate Brokers | Christie’s International Real Estate

133

Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty | Brook Havens & Pam Mayo-Phillips

80

Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Chas. S. Middleton and Son LLC

84

Hood Real Estate Inc.

Chase Brothers, LLC

94

Keller Williams Black Hills | Lewis Realty

108

Chip Cole & Associates Ranch Brokers

70

Keller Williams Central Oklahoma | The Payne Group

135

Clark Company Ranch Real Estate

66

Keller Williams Premier Realty

128

Clark Company Ranch Real Estate

98

Land InvesTex, LLC

117

Crater Lake Realty, Inc.

115

Lyndon D. Burnett

136

Eagle Land Brokerage

100

Mason & Morse Ranch Company LLC

131

Maury L. Carter & Associates, Inc.

116

67, 96 68

Mirr Ranch Group

129

O R E G O N

NW Forest Properties

Bruck Lane Farm

Outdoor Properties of Nevada

80 Acres in Clackamas County

64, 104 120 74

Peoples Company

125

Premier Land Company

122

Ranch Aspects | Coldwell Banker Mason Morse

88

Realtree United Country Hunting Properties

114

Seypar LLC

135

Sotheby’s International Realty | Darlene Streit

127

Steamboat | Sotheby’s International Realty

110

Swan Land Company

68, 102

The Shockey Collection

112

United Country Real Estate | Midwest Lifestyle Properties

130

Western Ranch Brokers

124

Wilks Ranch Brokers

118

Windermere Real Estate

134

135 M O N T A N A

Fantastic Skiing 20 Acres in Big Sky

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EDITOR

Life, if well lived, is long enough. — Seneca

T

HE IDEA OF TIME CAPTIVATES ME. Each day contains 24 hours. Each day contains 1,440 minutes.

Each day contains 86,400 seconds. And yet some days (especially in the COVID era) seemingly drag by while others fly. When it comes to weeks, there are seven days, 168 hours, 10,080 minutes and 604,800 seconds. Like days, weeks move in fits and starts, as do months.

Regardless of the perceived speed, though, time continues its forward march. That’s how we find ourselves nine-and-a-half months into a year that almost defies description, although unsettling, unexpected and unprecedented seem pretty apt.

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While 2020 is all of those things, it’s not a wasteland or a missing year unless we allow it to be.

Periodically, I have to give myself a pep talk. When I get too ready to toss 2020 into the round file and call it done, I stop and make myself identify three good things that have come out of this unsettling, unexpected and unprecedented year.

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Good thing number 1—When the world slowed down, so did I. Because I haven’t been running from place to place, task to task, obligation to obligation, I’ve done some things that I always intend to do, but never quite get around to. I’ve made more Zoom and FaceTime calls just to chat or check in with old friends and extended family. I’ve read books that were gathering dust on the nightstand. I’ve tried new recipes and gathered people for small, intimate shared meals.

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Good thing number 2—When the world locked down and disease separated us, I became more present and more grateful. Suddenly things that I’d always taken for granted—overstocked supermarket shelves, airplane travel, family reunions, weddings, funerals, football games and Sunday mornings in church and so much more—became rare and arguably more precious.

Living well, for the founders of Western Heritage Consulting in Wyoming, is working with landowners to elevate their properties to their highest potential. As noted by REALTORS® Land Institute, living well for many Americans is investing in land, a real asset that weathers the ups and downs of the marketplace and brings security in chaotic economic times. For those who love elbow room and solitude, living well may include owning the Lawson Ranch in Nevada, our cover property, or one of the many other exceptional ranches showcased in our pages.

PRODUCTION

Living well has a lot of different definitions and a myriad of facets. For Russick Smith, a classically trained cellist who lives in Colorado, living well is making music in the outdoors that complements and often amplifies the sounds of nature. For the ranch owners who open their gates to guests through Explore Ranches, living well is introducing people to nature and the power of voluntary land stewardship and private conservation. For globe-trotting outdoorsman, conservationist and entrepreneur Jim Shockey, living well now includes helping people find their dream recreational property through the Shockey Collection, his newest venture.

SALES

Good thing number 3—When the world shut down, I refocused on my priorities. For me, faith, family and friends have always been at the top of my list, but modern life had distracted me. When circumstances limited where we could go, what we could do and who we could see, the distractions disappeared. In my heart of hearts, I knew exactly how and where I wanted to spend my time and my energy. Living simply in my place, in my time, with my people is living well for me.

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Living well is personal. There’s no right or wrong way. Just do it— every day and in every way for 86,400 seconds. © Copyright 2020 CoStar Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. LAND Magazines are published by CoStar Group, 100 Congress Ave, Suite 1500, Austin, TX 78701. Information provided to CoStar Group is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. The publisher will not be responsible for any omissions, errors, typographical mistakes or misinformation within this publication. Measurements and figures are approximate. Properties are subject to errors, omissions, prior change or prior sale. The real estate advertised in this magazine is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and it’s amendments. This magazine will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Dwellings advertised in this magazine are available on an equal opportunity basis. Printed in the USA.

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CONTRIBUTORS

LORIE A. WOODWARD

GREG SIMONS

Lorie has worked as a writer and public relations practitioner exploring the intersection of agriculture, natural resources and public policy for almost 30 years. She is the president of Woodward Communications and co-owner of The Round Top Register, a regional magazine focused on life in the rolling bluebonnet hills of Central Texas where country meets city. Woodward was reared on a ranch near Lexington, Texas, but now makes her home in Brenham, Texas, with her two children, Kate and Will.

Find out more→ RoundTop.com

Greg received a B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in 1987 from Texas A&M University and soon after formed Wildlife Systems, Inc., a company that currently manages hunting operations on over 800,000 acres of private land in Texas and New Mexico. He is also co-owner of Wildlife Consultants, LLC, providing technical assistance to landowners and other entities on habitat management and other wildlife-related issues. Find out more→ WildlifeSystems.com

RUSSELL RIGGS Russell Riggs, in his position with the National Association of REALTORS®, serves as the REALTORS® Land Institute Government Affairs Legislative Liaison in Washington, D.C., conducting advocacy on a variety of federal issues related to land.

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ALLISON RYAN Allison was raised in El Paso, Texas, with a passion for the outdoors. She grew up roaming her family's retreat in West Texas' Davis Mountains, surrounded by thousands of acres of high desert mountains, forest and grasslands that her father had a hand in protecting. She carries with her a responsibility to preserve wild lands and share its beauty with others. She has built a successful personal training business complete with outdoor fitness retreats and is co-founder of Explore Ranches.

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The REALTORS® Land Institute, The Voice of Land, continually strives to maintain its status as the acknowledged leader for all matters pertaining to the land real estate profession. RLI endeavors to remain the essential membership organization for the extraordinary real estate professionals who broker, lease, sell, develop and manage our most precious resource: the land. Find out more→ RLILand.com

KAREN DEGER MCCHESNEY

With decades of experience and in-depth background in agriculture and the outdoors, Ranch Marketers ventures to work with sellers and buyers of farms, ranches and sporting properties to ensure that the long outdoor and agriculture heritages are passed on, keeping our open spaces wild. Find out more→ RanchMarketers.com

Since its inception, Western Heritage has existed to provide a common-sense approach to engineering in an efficient and effective manner. Every client that buys a piece of land, big or small, has a vision or dream in their mind of what they want. The team at Western Heritage takes that dream and makes it a reality. They are highly experienced in construction and engineering, and their team members have agriculture, hunting, fishing and outdoor passions and experiences that allow them to bring real-world understanding to each project.

Find out more→ WesternHCE.com

Growing up in Illinois, Karen’s favorite escape was to ride her bicycle to a forest preserve, sit under a tree and write stories. Her insatiable curiosity led her to work as a magazine writer, public relations practitioner and high school English teacher. Today, Karen teaches writing and storytelling to youth, and she’s deep in revising a young adult novel, personal essays and more magazine articles. Find out more→ LighthouseWriters.org

LEGENDARY LIVING

RYAN & RIKKI ALTENBURG Ryan is the Co-Owner and Principal of WH Companies. Having worked in natural resources for over 20 years, utilizing his Agriculture Engineering degree from Texas A&M University, Ryan works to combine engineering principles with biological and agricultural sciences, allowing him to develop systems and processes that help improve water and natural resource systems and how they are managed and operated. He has passion for helping landowners define their vision, then he and his team create it. When Ryan isn’t working, he enjoys fishing, hunting, roping and spending time with his wife and two young children.

Rikki, Co-Owner of WH Companies, holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Colorado Mesa University and brings 20 years of management and client relations experience in leading WH Companies' daily operations, with the company culture being built around her customer service standards, honesty and integrity.

Rikki is a licensed real estate agent and strives to bridge the gap between the property closing, through the design and construction phase, to the final reality of a client’s vision. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children, lake life and barrel racing.

JAY KLEBERG Jay is co-founder of Explore Ranches, a private lands travel company with ranch partners across the American West. He is also producer of the feature-length wildlife documentary Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story and is a consultant for Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Jay is originally from South Texas, has an MBA from the University of Texas and lives in Austin with his wife and three daughters.

For most people, some of the nation’s most iconic landscapes are either inaccessible or altogether unknown.

Explore Ranches aims to change that. They are conservationists, landowners and outdoor enthusiasts whose goal is to connect you with the outdoors in an exciting new way. To accomplish this, they have partnered with the nation’s most historic and picturesque ranches to open their gates to the public for the first time. Find out more→ ExploreRanches.com

social [#LIFEONTHEL AND] What better way to spend a Sunday than showing your little girl the joys of a good 22? Life on the Land #lifeontheland #haydenoutdoors #realestate #forsale #lifeonthelandtv #hunting #rifle #shooting #father #fatheranddaughter → Hayden Outdoors @hayden_outdoors

[#FALL] As summer ends and fall approaches, the fawns and calves will be losing their spots!

Photo Credit @johnkrampl → Harrigan Land Company @harriganlandco

[#BLOCK TARGE TS]

[#S EN S E O FPL AC E]

Arrow by arrow, make each one count. MO Land Specialist Jeff Propst (@jpropstwtp) dialing his Mathews Archery (@mathewsinc) in before season opener. Photo Credit @sillyputtyvisuals #mathews #blocktargets #land #whitetailproperties

Scenes from Nebraska. Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing #hallandhall #nebraska #sandhillcrane #ribeyeofthesky #nebraskasandhills #sandhills #photography #wildlifephotography #sunset → Hall and Hall @ hall_and_hall

→ Jeff Propst @ whitetailproperties

[#MY H A PP Y PL AC E] #woodslandingwyoming → Jim Digby at Hayden Outdoors @jimdigby

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Follow @ LandCom_Network on Instagram to see featured stories, land trends, top brokers, properties and more!

[#FORESTL AND] This is my Monday motivation. I work hard during the week so I can work hard on the weekends. (My hard work consists of lots of breaks & yummy food). If you enjoy physical labor like I do or you’re tired of your gym membership , let me know & I can help you find some land that will work every muscle in your body .... or you can just relax & let it be wild. That’s the beauty of forestland! → Lauren Read @nwforestproperties

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[#W YFISHING] One of the perks of showing #passcreekranchwyoming Check our website for more information! Someone has to sample the #cutthroattrout #flyfishing #wyfishing #wyflyfishing #wyomingranch #wyomingranchesforsale #bighornmountainfoothills #bighornmountains

#LANDLIFESTYLE Tag your photos with this hashtag for a chance to be featured.

→ Chase Brothers, LLC @ wy_mt_ranchbroker

[# N AT I O N A L D O G DAY] Happy #nationaldogday! Some of our furry COP companions. Always ready for an adventure. → Amy Friend @california_outdoor_properties

[#L AND] Land, it’s hard to grasp the appreciation we have for it. As fall approaches and hunting seasons open up across the country there’s one thing we’ll never take for granted and that’s the views and moments like this. #land #whitetailproperties → Whitetail Properties @ whitetailproperties

[#DOVESEASON] September 1st, so you know what that means. Here’s to another Dove hunting season! #doveseason #ttranchgroup #texasranch #texasranches #ranchesforsale → TT Ranch Group @ ttranchgroup

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Land is in My Blood.

It’s my Living—and My Life.

BILL VACEK Supervising Broker, Partner Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

a person who specializes in a particular occupation, practice or field of study

Where do you live? Lander, Wyoming Where do you work? Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, out of the Wyoming office What drew you to ranch and recreational real estate?

My passion and love for the outdoors combined with the ability to fulfill clients’ dreams What makes the corner of the world where you work special? On the lower 48, Wyoming is the closest thing to God’s Country.

What are the three most important tools in a ranch broker’s kit? Diversification, relationships and a good map If you could call anywhere on the planet home, where would it be? Why? Right where I am, because here I am.

The people and the mountain ranch lifestyle.

What’s the most profound lesson you’ve learned from the land or its people? No two are the same, just as tomorrow is to today.

Listener or talker? A little bit of both. I listen then I talk, teach.

If you had one extra hour of time per day, how would you use it? With my parents Would you rather be without Internet for a week or your phone? Internet—that usually is the case here in Wyoming!

If you could give one sentence advice about how to live life, what would that be? Live every day to its fullest, building relationships.

Describe your perfect work day. Starting an early morning with good coffee, then having it seem like only an hour later the sun is going down.

What is your most memorable deal to date? I couldn’t pick just one. With each deal, my family grows larger.

Talk less, do more!”

Learn more about Bill & Hayden Outdoors Real Estate at HaydenOutdoors.com

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Land is in My Blood.

It’s my Living—and My Life.

JOHN HAYTER Owner/Broker a person who specializes in a particular occupation, practice or field of study

Ranch Marketers

Where do you live? Colorado Where do you work? Colorado and New Mexico What drew you to ranch and recreational real estate?

I grew up ranching, hunting and fishing, so I always had a love for the land. After discovering I didn’t want to be an attorney but loved property law, I decided that ranch real estate allowed me to use my property law knowledge as well as my background.

What makes the corner of the world where you work special? New Mexico and Colorado offer a wide spectrum of climates, topography, activities and history.

There is something for everyone.

What are the three most important tools in a ranch broker’s kit? The ability to listen, problem solve and have attention to detail.

If you could call anywhere on the planet home, where would it be? Why? Alaskan Bush. Peace and quiet.

Surviving would be your only worry. (Alas, my wife would never agree. LOL) What’s the most profound lesson you’ve learned from the land or its people? Never underestimate the land. It will humble you in an instant.

Listener or talker? Listener If you had one extra hour of time per day, how would you use it? Relaxing with family and friends as too often I find myself working long hours doing what I love.

Would you rather be without Internet for a week or your phone? Both, as with today’s phones you are connected to the internet.

If you could give one sentence advice about how to live life, what would that be? Don’t compromise at the expense of your happiness.

Describe your perfect work day. Simple work day with no fires to put out and ends with everyone happy.

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What is your most memorable deal to date? A ranch sale that involved water rights issues, survey issues and deed issues as well as adversarial relatives of seller. It required a lot of out-of-the-box thinking to find solutions to overcome issues.

Learn more about John & Ranch Marketers at RanchMarketers.com

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TALLGRASS SUPPLY CO

Inspired by the continuous grit and pioneering spirit, Tallgrass Supply is an Oklahoma lifestyle brand dedicated to showcasing a love for its home state. Their passion is to build memories and have a damn good time doing it. Tallgrass is more than just capturing Oklahoma through fragrances, it's about bringing back the nostalgia of what makes the state such an amazing place to call home. From hitting county roads when you first got your driver's license, getting nervous for a date at the local drivein, getting a little too drunk on the river, to bonfires and state fairs—there's memories that Oklahomans can all reminisce on. The Tallgrass Sampler features six fragrances all inspired by different memories growing up in Oklahoma. 10 percent of all proceeds benefit prairie conservation and research.

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THE BIG BOOK OF WILDLIFE AND NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY The Big Book of Wildlife and Nature Photography contains information that ranges from technical advice for beginning photographers to practical advice for the more advanced practitioner and draws on the author's years spent in the field and observing wildlife up-close. Readers will learn everything from the best gear package to carry for their outdoor excursions to advanced techniques like using technology to scout animals. In addition, there are case studies on how photos were made, practical advice on gear and equipment and tips on setting up your own wildlife photography locations. In addition, the Outdoorsman Edition includes information and advice on capturing your next hunting or fishing adventure. The Standard Edition does not contain this additional content.

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RED CLAY HOT SAUCE Red Clay Hot Sauce reveres quality ingredients, balanced flavors and time-honored, handcrafted techniques. The story begins not in a kitchen, but in the red clay fields of Georgia, where Chef Geoff Rhyne spent his childhood getting dirty and exploring farms alongside Granddaddy Jack and Grandma Mary. Today Red Clay Hot Sauce represents something bigger than a dash of heat— it’s family and joy, and it’s fun. Every batch of Red Clay Hot Sauce is handcrafted in a tiny South Carolina town, using just a few ingredients, all of which come from farmers in neighboring states.

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From its early beginning in 1898, Russell Moccasin has dedicated itself to providing hunters and outdoors men and women with the finest handmade, custom-fitted moccasin-style boots and shoes available anywhere. . . at any price. Working at Russell and building the finest outdoor footwear in the world, is part art, part cult and part pride! Made in the U.S.A. since 1898. RussellMoccasin.com

Looft was founded in 2004 with a single mission: build the firelighter that you could rely on. One that was safe, effective and clean—one that would make lighter fluid a distant smelly memory. The Looft Lighter offers the quickest, safest and cleanest way to light your grill or fireplace. It starts your fire in 60 seconds with superheated air only – whether it be charcoal, briquettes or logs. NO gas, NO flame and NO need for lighter fluids. Simply put: The Perfect Match. LooftLighter.com

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BARB HALLBERG POTTERY

Along with her other pottery for sale, this oneof-a-kind piece was crafted and hand-painted by artist Barb Hallberg of Spirit of Dakota. She creates every piece at home in a kiln that she hangs from a tree in her backyard. In her words, "Raku pottery is, for me, a basic art form, in that it utilizes the basic elements of my environment— clay and minerals from the earth, fire for the metamorphosis; air to bring out the metallic sheen; and water to set and stabilize the chemical reactions." JacobsGalleryShop.com

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JUNIPER RIDGE

At Juniper Ridge, they go into the wilderness and develop scent profiles of wild places to distill their essences down to their essential oils. They use sustainably harvested plants and traditional steam-distillation techniques to handcraft fragrant home and body products in Oakland, California.

They donate 10 percent of their profits or one percent of their sales (whichever is greater) to organizations that fight to keep the wilderness wild.

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STOWAWAY SEVEN-INCH FOLDING FILLET

The clever Stowaway Folding Fillet Knife combines the high-end performance and ergonomics of a fulllength fixed knife with the safety and versatility of a folding knife. The Stowaway fits easily into kitchen drawers, boat boxes, tackle bags or travel packs without the need for a bulky sheath. The Stowaway Knife features titanium coating on the seven-inch high carbon stainless steel blade and all internal stainless steel components to provide superior, salt-tough corrosion resistance for harsh saltwater conditions. This product also gives back to restocking fish in partnership with coastal hatcheries.

With every product sold, they are replenishing the population of inshore species such as redfish, trout, cobia, tarpon and flounder. ToadFishOutfitters.com

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FIELD GUIDE DESIGNS

Mandy Mohler is a Montana artist with a fondness for organizing objects as a way of creating abstract “portraits” of people, places and eras. Her unique art consists of carefully curated wilderness artifacts, adventure gear, craftsman tools and

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other curiosities. Mandy's goal is to celebrate the tangible world of hand-made objects and hands-on talents. She celebrates people with grit who seek out adversity for the sake of adventure. Explore the store to discover perfect gifts and modern home decor for anybody that loves wilderness, adventure and fine craftsmanship. FieldGuideDesigns.com

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GOOD CIGAR CO.

Will McQuain fell in love with cigars in the hills of the Appalachian Mountains, sitting in rocking chairs and smoking with his brothers. After years of assembling his own cigar packs for weekend adventures, he decided to start Good Cigar Company. They find the best cigars from their favorite brands and factories, and they sell them in beautifully designed, humidity-sealed packaging with everything you need to light up and enjoy the cigar they’ve selected for you. Every pack includes a cutter, matches, detailed tasting notes and two perfect cigars—one for you and another one just like it to share. GoodCigar.co

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42 Pressed is a letterpress and design studio founded in 2009 by Jackie Hall Robinson and her husband, Tyler. Specializing in sustainable, unique paper goods that fit the style of the edgy minimalist correspondent, they are based on a sleepy island called Wadmalaw, located 30 minutes outside of their hometown city of Charleston, South Carolina.

Their Scape Collection is a landscape study that evolved into a line of home goods using deliberately ripped, shaped or cut paper designed to mimic specific landscape horizons that have become expressions of their own regional identities. The Coast and Desert candles feature frosted glass with torn labels mimicking coastal and desert landscapes.

Made with American-grown soy wax, Coast has notes of salt, bergamot, sea grass and kelp, and Desert has notes of clary sage, pinyon, copal and dry woods. 42Pressed.com

Across thirteen years, forty-eight states and eighty thousand miles of driving, Jack Spencer created a vast, encompassing portrait of the American landscape that is both contemporary and timeless.

This Land presents some one hundred and forty photographs that span the nation, from Key West to Death Valley and Texas to Montana. Spencer's pictorialist vision embraces the sweeping variety of American landscapes—coasts, deltas, forests, deserts, mountain ranges and prairies—and iconic places such as Mount Rushmore and Wounded Knee. From the monochromatic and distressed black-and-white images that began the series to the oversaturated color of more recent years, these photographs present a startlingly fresh perspective on America. BarnesandNoble.com

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THE GOLDEN RULE The question asked most frequently in our office is, “how has the ranch market held up amongst COVID 19 and so much political and social unrest?” I can only speak for my office and the Realtors Land Institute Brokers of Colorado. Record breaking, explosive, feverish are all adjectives spoken as sales and activity are off the charts. Ranch inventories are dwindling, and new unseen opportunities are hitting the market. It’s a great time to get in, and for that seller considering listing their place, you need to strike while the iron is hot.

Robust markets have their challenges as ranches change hands, new ownership takes over and the transition of new staff or the assimilation of current staff begins. Many times, we find our work begins after closing as we get called to consult through the transition. Management concerns are real as most owners have heard this story: A man once purchased a luxury yacht with full staff. Each year the owner would spend a month on his yacht and the balance of the time the staff cared for the vessel, enjoying this lap of luxury for 11 months. As time went on, the owner came for holiday but found the staff was a bit tart and prickly. He would make simple requests which were met with the undertone of humble descent. You know, a fake smile, cold and empty. On a walk around the yacht, the owner overheard staff members discussing when he would leave and “get off their boat.”

You see the staff had forgotten the most important statement in their job description, The Golden Rule, “The guy with the gold makes the rules!!”

Understanding an owner’s objectives can vary greatly. The Golden Rule always applies as the owner’s definition of right and wrong is what drives the management philosophy. Articulating a clear goal of the ranch management objective is key to harmonious ranch ownership. Recently, I had a long conversation with a ranch owner who loved to hunt. He purchased a ranch with the objective to be fiscally conservative, while enhancing habitat for the best wildlife experience. This objective was met by implementing a strong habitat reclamation project, and to help cover expenses, a few paid hunters were booked to generate carrying cost.

Hunting season arrived and the owner had a fair experience at best. His chosen hunting dates unfortunately came with a full moon and days of hot temperature. The animals just did not show up as they ate all night and bedded during the day.

When the paid hunters came in, things changed. The moon was just right, temperatures dropped, and they experienced great success as animals were in great supply. The idea of being fiscally conservative was out the door as the landowner hit a conflict of objectives head on. It became abundantly clear that the owner’s desire for prioritized exclusive hunting outweighed the revenue of a few paid hunts.

Monitoring management objectives combined with good communication, and a staff that works with a servant’s heart, is the key to success of any ranch operation. We have found over the years that a healthy ranch environment creates a bit of utopia.

It is the place you cannot wait to get to and hate to leave. It is a team pulling in the same direction with common goals, where pride is left outside and no matter what, the whole ranch wins.

Unfortunately, we have seen the flipside as well. When an owner becomes busy, unengaged, or staff begins to manage outside the owner’s philosophy, the ranch takes on a life of its own. It is never comfortable when the tail wags the dog. Consequently, heads roll and/or ranches sell because it’s just not fun anymore.

Priorities of management are key to decipher in a healthy ranch operation. Having a strong Accredited Land Consultant can be essential. Sound advice with a seasoned expert will not only help with a transaction, but as importantly, the transition.

Over the last three years, I have had the privilege to author numerous articles for the LAND Magazine as the President of the Colorado Realtors Land Institute. My tenure is coming to an end, and with all the controversy in the world, I feel it is incumbent upon me to speak from my heart. We live in the greatest country in the world, where God created all men of all color equal.

Our greatest privilege in this county is the right to vote, and November 3rd it is critical to hear from each of you. Blessing, God Bless America. Buy Land.

JOSEPH (JOEY) C. BURNS, ALC

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PROPERTY OWNERSHIP A BEDROCK OF THE ECONOMY IN TROUBLED TIMES

STORY BY RUSSELL RIGGS COURTESY OF THE REALTORS® LAND INSTITUTE

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T’S BEEN A ROUGH FEW MONTHS FOR THE ECONOMY, and we could all use a little good news. For America’s millions of home and property owners, here is some: While retirement accounts and the stock market may have cratered, property values are hanging tough.

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reported in May that the median existing-home price for all housing types was up eight percent. And with a proper recovery and the right policies, there is a great chance that home values will remain fairly stable even as home sales temporarily fall while Americans shelter-in-place.

The pandemic also hasn’t stopped business activity outright like in many other sectors. A recent NAR survey of members found that one-quarter of REALTORS® had at least one client go under contract during the second week of April without physically seeing the property. Deals are proceeding with the growing use of new technology like remote notarization.

Even those pausing their real estate transactions still plan to buy and sell once again within a few months.

Property ownership is turning into a financial pillar for many Americans during this crisis, and in a surprising show of alacrity and bipartisanship, Congress went to great strides to help protect that investment. For those who can no longer pay their mortgage, new mortgage forbearance rules allowed them to put off payments for up to a year without impacting their credit. Other new benefits like forgivable small business loans and unemployment assistance not normally available to the self-employed or independent contractors are helping them weather the storm. Congress deserves credit for responding in a bipartisan and lightning-fast way even if the rollout of those programs was less than perfect.

If real estate is still viable, land real estate may be in an even better position to take advantage of changing social trends and shifting demographics. Increased time inside close quarters during the coronavirus pandemic is causing some urbanites to consider moving toward the suburbs and even further, a recent survey shows. A survey from the Harris poll showed that nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults living in urban areas indicated they would consider moving “out of populated areas and toward rural areas,” compared to 29 percent of overall respondents. Anecdotal evidence from agents in Seattle and along the West Coast indicates that smaller cities in the region like Boise, Idaho, are becoming increasingly attractive. This demographic movement could encompass the development of new communities that cater to telecommuters and to new resort developments.

Developers will be searching for land that will enable them to build properties that enhance “community” but also cater to a buyer’s desire to spread out. Virtual tours of neighborhoods,

homes, and land are among the new tools that are helping to facilitate the interest.

Of course, the pandemic may also create unknown economic dynamics that could negatively impact land and real estate markets in the future. Fears of COVID-19 could exacerbate the trend towards online commerce and away from greenfield brick and mortar developments. This could reduce the demand for large, new commercial developments.

There could also be severe long-term impacts on the agricultural sector. As we see growing levels of concern, recommendations for social distancing, reduced travel, avoiding crowds, and other protective practices to slow the spread of COVID-19, consumers will be making tough choices about food, eating away from home, and overall spending. This will likely have an impact on markets and prices. Concerns about the impact of the virus on the broader economy may have an even larger impact on dairy prices.

Many countries of the European Union were already hovering just above a recession prior to the viral outbreak and this event is likely to push them over the edge.

. . . it has never been clearer that property ownership is still one of the best and safest investments an American family can make.

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As supply chains and logistics are disrupted, the agricultural sector will continue to be impacted. We have already seen livestock euthanized and crops plowed under because of the inability to get these commodities to market. All of these trends could disrupt the farm economy for the long-term.

Despite the possible adverse impacts on land real estate markets, it has never been clearer that property ownership is still one of the best and safest investments an American family can make. Economic downturns and public health crises—no matter how severe— will never change this fundamental fact.

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When Russick Smith goes for a short stroll, walk or hike, he always brings the four-byfour-foot cello from his childhood. Donning his hallmark cab hat, the beatnik has no need for detailed plans, the latest gear, nor outdoor getup. The intrepid Colorado native prefers to simply head outside with his bare instrument in hand “for quite a ways, a mile, mile-and-a-half,” just switching hands. He’s un-phased when his adventures call for scrambling over rocks and branches, fording a stream or trudging a dusty trail.

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They show off its character and “their” adventures. Whether outside for minutes, hours, or an entire day, the unlikely duo is scouring landscapes for one thing: the perfect spot to play.

“There’s nothing I feel like that’s off-limits,” he once told a TV reporter. “If it’s possible, and even if it seems impossible, I’m game.”

The modest, philosophical multi-instrumentalist takes each search very seriously. Every location is “ripe for musical interpretation,” and learning from his fellow musicians—the sounds of nature. He thrives on feeling like a kid again. “I’m back to being that kid, going out and exploring the woods,” he says. “Nature is one of the most inspiring places to make music.”

To reach his favorite place, he has to carry his cello in its bright red case. It’s the safest way to scramble through a narrow crack, down into a cave in the White River National Forest, east of Aspen. If a hiker peered into the crack, they wouldn’t be able to see Smith playing in his “private amphitheater” in the The Grottos cave network, formed by 8,000 years of glacial activity.

“The water has carved out the cave to make it look like a concert hall!”

Smith may appear to be soloing, but he sees his experience otherwise.

The sound of the water is one of his accompanists. Down under, in this exquisite space of rock and water, Smith delights in playing with an entire “symphony” of sounds.

For Smith, sound artists, acousticians (experts in science of sound), soundscape ecologists (scientists who record natural habitats), and others working in the world of natural sound, this cave is the best of “sonic nature;” it’s lush with natural acoustics.

“It’s such a joy to have that resonant feedback in that setting,” says Smith, describing the many sounds that accompany him, like wind, water crashing onto rocks, branches breaking, squirrels, and best of all, the sounds that surprise him. That’s when Smith gets to do what loves—improvise on his cello.

He credits his zeal for improvisation from when he was a tall ship sailor on the Hudson River in New York. “I would play my cello or concertina on the deck and listen to the Hudson,” says Smith, who also plays guitar. “And, I would interpret the sounds.” Though he would also join in on formal performances with a shanty man and banjo player, Smith felt most at home making up songs with his fellow musicians—all the sounds outside. While working aboard The Clearwater, a 106-foot wooden sailing vessel designed

after 18th and 19th century Dutch sailing sloops, he added the sounds of silence to his repertoire.

“Every sail,” explains Smith, “everyone would gather mid-ship and take a moment to listen for about five minutes, then silence would be broken with music.” Certainly, makes sense on a ship that legendary folk singer Pete Seeger had built in the 1960s for his traveling nonprofit classroom, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Back on land, as a soloist, Smith began a ritual of paying homage to the sounds of the great outdoors. “It’s always my hope that by spotlighting the sounds, the music of nature, that an audience can walk away paying a little bit more attention to the sonic world around them and deepen their appreciation for the land around them.”

Elevating Music to New Heights

Turned off by traditional concert venues, Smith took his cello off the ground and into the trees. High up into the trees! He built a hunter’s standlike wooden platform, and roped it so high up in an Aspen tree that he had to conjure a way to climb up. His solo performance, Music for the Birds, enamored audiences, especially because, they got to watch Smith with cello in hand climb up a rope and carefully position his body and cello on his small platform.

One year later, audiences were watching three musicians, each taking their turn to climb up their own homemade rope system to reach three platforms on trees close together in the forest. Meet Tree-o: Cellist Smith, Mandolinist Kevin Larkin, Violinist Karen Lauffer. Yes, they always perform in trees! And, Smith begins each concert the same as when he soloed up in a tree. The audience is immediately captivated, watching each musician take a turn to climb up their homemade rope system to their platform.

“Karen steals the show,” says Smith, “climbing up in her high heels!”

How does Tree-o juggle way up there? After all, they have to listen to each other and tune into nature sounds. Oh, and what about the weather? It’s simple, according to Smith. Listening.

“We all listen to each other while playing,” says Smith. “You have part of your mind on what everyone else is doing, and if you hear someone start to head in another direction, you follow them. It’s a magical thing.”

All three thrive on what Larkin calls, “the full experience” of being up in the trees. “It’s part performance and part art installation.” Larkin laughs, recalling when a squirrel refused to follow their beat!

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Creating and Collaging Sounds

The First Nature Sound Recordings On May 19, 1924, a new kind of duet played live on BBC Radio— cellist Beatrice Harrison and the nightingales in the woods around her garden in Oxted, England. Harrison had discovered her “accompanist” when she heard one bird echo the notes of her cello, and they played together every evening. They were an instant hit! BBC aired the duet every spring for 12 years and Harrison received 50,000 fan letters. They went on to record several songs together. The nightingales even had their own records, singing alone!

Humans need the music of nature, according to environmental psychologist Eleanor Ratcliffe, PhD. Recent research shows that the repetition and slow rhythm in birdsong, wind, water, leaves rustling and all nature sounds helps humans tune out other distractions.

Here are the earliest recordings of the “songs” of nature • 1889 ­• Boy violinist Ludwig Paul Koch makes first known birdsong recording with a phonograph, Frankfurt Zoo • 1924 ­• First radio broadcast of cellist Beatrice Harrison playing while nightingales sang and echoed the notes of the cello • 1929 ­• Ludwig Paul Koch invents the sound-book to record animal sounds by attaching gramophone records to an illustrated book • 1936 • ­ Ludwig Paul Koch records birds in the park of The Royal Castle of Laeken, Belgium • Late 1940s • ­ First recording of a marine mammal, the beluga (or white) whales, Canada • 1955 ­• William W.H. Gunn, a pioneer soundscape composer, releases A Day in Algonquin Park , recordings of sounds in the forest, marsh and lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada • 1958 ­• Herpetologist (studies reptiles and amphibians) Charles M. Bogert compiles and narrates sounds of frogs and toads recorded in swamps, lakes, woods, and road-side ditches across North America • 1960 • ­ Jim Fassett’s Symphony of Birds introduces musique concrete, sound assembled from field recordings of bird calls mixed with manipulated bird sounds • 1964 • ­ Composer Walter De Maria releases Cricket Music, his drumming mixed with field recordings of nature, including insects

Studying Luc Ferrari, who recorded the daily sounds in a Croatian fishing village, motivated Larkin to re-define his recording of nature sounds. He became a sound hunter! The self-taught musician traveled the country for one year, recording raw environmental sounds, like crickets, voices and wildlife.

His discovery? Recording is more than capturing natural sound. It’s playing with sound; it’s blurring the boundaries of music and art and creating “the sound of place.” He no longer was merely holding recording equipment; he was helping create new sounds. Crushing a pinecone, for instance. First, with his hand, then his foot, next, try tapping it with a stick. . . .

“Each sound is a new texture,” says the founding member of Denver-based Chimney Choir band. He uses phrases like “cut them up” and “layering” to describe how he eventually produces a “sonic collage” composition. The computer wizard mixes his recorded sounds with beats, notes, rhythms, acoustics, instruments, you name it.

On Chimney Choir’s latest album, Larkin featured one of his favorite nature recordings: The sound of a great horned owl. “The call is so musical! It almost sounds like an old Hammond organ.”

Hearing Insects Sing, for the First Time

Stephen Vitiello felt chills and goosebumps when he was in the southern Appalachians and heard the sound of ants biting the tape holding down a miniscule vibration sensor (microphone) on a plant stem. “The calls were truly other worldly,” says the world-renowned sound artist of his collaboration with biologist Kacey Fowler-Finn, PhD, on the sound art exhibit, Too Hot To Sing, demonstrating how global warming may influence communication in vibrational insects.

In 2015, they took their mutual passion for experiencing the world through sound to record, amplify and make music in the southern Appalachians of southwest Virginia. They recorded the mating calls of tree hoppers, the footsteps of caterpillars, and the sounds of stink bugs and ants.

“We were the first people to hear these insect sounds,” says Dr. Fowler-Finn of her grant-funded study with Vitiello, notorious for the public sound installation, A Bell For Every Minute.

The insects can only be heard through scientific instruments that read the vibration from when they touch the plant stem and flowers. The immersive audio exhibit also dispels common myths about insect sounds, believes Dr. Fowler-Finn. “When people think of insect sounds, they think of crickets and cicadas, but, it turns out that over 90 percent of what insects are singing to each other travels through plant litter and stems.”

The insects singing can actually be quite loud, says Dr. Fowler-Finn, associate professor of biology, Department of Biology, St. Louis University.

“The songs they sing are really musical. Solos, duets and quartets of insects singing to one another.”

Vitiello hopes to eavesdrop on insects again with Dr. Fowler-Finn. The project is the epitome of his art. “I work with sounds that not everybody thinks about, that people would ignore and bring them from invisibility or the background and into the foreground.”

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Tree-o makes their debut pop-up concert in the middle of the Blue River in Breckenridge, Colorado; Kevin Larkin (left), Karen Lauffer (center), Russick Smith (right).

Playing IN and WITH the River

Despite limitations of the 2019–2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Tree-o recently jumped at an invite to perform a three-day outdoor pop-up concert in Breckenridge, a ski resort town in Colorado. The venue fit the adventurous trio—in the middle of the gently flowing Blue River. Smith immediately started designing a seven-foot-tall water harp. As always, he yearned to push boundaries. So, he hand built the water harp to amplify the sound of the water.

Smith planted his water harp a few inches under water behind him. The harp’s string picked up the vibrations of the rippling water and amplified them through huge speakers on the grassy hillside.

It was a Saturday evening in August and the scene looked like a postcard: Barefoot children climbing onto boulders in the Blue River. Parents, hikers, and cyclists were taking a break on the grassy hill. One hour before sunset, the scene turned surreal. Tree-o appeared. In the water!

Smith in a black tuxedo coattails waded out into the shallow river first. Larkin, in a white tuxedo vest, was followed

by Lauffer, who was decked out in a full-length black evening gown. The trio nonchalantly positioned themselves closely in a triangle, facing each other. They launched into a soft melody. Children kept on playing in the water, a dog romped and splashed, as the sound of the current got louder and louder, and Tree-o improvised melodies with the sound of the river. Mid-way through Tree-o’s concert, Smith introduced Larkin, Lauffer, and lastly, the water.

Before the cold, wet trio waded out of the river, Smith took a moment to express their gratitude: “We will remember we shared this moment with a bunch of strangers in one of the only venues available to us now, and that is nature.”

After the audience applauded, the river kept playing and playing, and playing.

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THE SHOCKEY COLLECTION A PROUD TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE

STORY BY LORIE A. WOODWARD PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE SHOCKEY COLLECTION

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OR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, Jim Shockey’s name has been synonymous with excellence in the outdoors, and his newest endeavor, The Shockey Collection, is born of that proud tradition.

“If I had to choose one word to describe what I, along with my family and team, have built, it would be excellence,” said Shockey, who is an internationally known hunter, outfitter, conservationist, outdoor journalist, television personality and entrepreneur. “The Shockey Collection, an exclusive, curated offering of premier sporting properties from around the world, meet our exacting standards—and are worthy of carrying our name.”

The Shockey Collection brings Shockey’s unparalleled experience in the outdoors to bear in a new way.

“Whatever success we’ve enjoyed in the hunting world has come, in part, from recognizing great hunting properties,” said Shockey, who owns several exclusive outfitting territories in Canada, including the renowned Pacific Rim Guide Territory on Vancouver Island and the famed 12,000-square-mile Rogue River Outfitting in the Yukon Territory. “When it comes to productivity not all land is created is equal, and you have to know what makes good habitat, you have to understand animal behavior and travel patterns, you have to notice a myriad of tiny details, to know if a property is going to provide a successful foundation for an outdoor enterprise.”

Shockey, who hosts Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures and Jim Shockey’s Uncharted, is, according to a 2017 Outdoor Life article, “likely the most accomplished big-game hunter of the modern era.” His pursuit of big game and adventures has taken him to 50 different countries where he’s ventured far off the beaten path.

“In my travels, I see great properties, I see bad properties—and everything in between,” Shockey said. “Experience and time are the only ways to gain knowledge. Now, I’m at a point where I know the difference between exceptional, good and merely average.”

His real world knowledge forms the basis of the strict criteria and evaluation process that sets The Shockey Collection apart in the marketplace.

“Exclusivity in and of itself has no value,” Shockey said. “True value comes when something is vetted by someone with tremendous knowledge and given a stamp of approval.”

All properties in The Shockey Collection are evaluated and scored by qualified professionals in nine categories: overall quality, trophy quality, wildlife populations, accommodations/improvements, staff/ guides, tags/hunting opportunity, culinary experience, operation and wildlife habitat.

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At The Shockey Collection, you can take our word to the bank. —JIM SHOCKEY

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The collection is divided into two tiers, Premier and Select. Premier properties must meet the criteria minimums for all nine categories that are applicable to the property. Select properties must meet the criteria minimums for overall quality, trophy quality, wildlife populations, tags/opportunity, and wildlife habitat in order to qualify.

“Very few properties qualify for The Shockey Collection, so it’s an exclusive property that earns the distinction of inclusion,” Shockey said. “It’s got to be an excellent property before we’ll put our name on it—and we believe that vetted exclusivity can add value in the marketplace for sellers and peace of mind for buyers.”

Since its launch in June, The Shockey Collection’s portfolio has grown to include 10 properties: five in the United States and five international properties ranging from a 29,000-acre South African hunting reserve to an almost 1,300-acre water-rich angler’s paradise in Patagonia and a 3,900-acre ranch in British Columbia ideally situated in a valley between two mountain ranges.

“We represent properties in areas known for superior hunting—and the properties that meet our standards are the best in their class,” Shockey said.

“For instance, if we represent a whitetail ranch from the Brush Country of South Texas and whitetail property in hardwoods of Illinois, they will obviously be different from one another, but they will be the best of their region.”

Sellers and buyers benefit from Shockey’s hard-earned reputation for integrity, honor and unflinching honesty.

“The only thing you’re born with that you get to keep is your word,” Shockey said. “People believe what we say because we’ve never given them reason not to believe us.”

The Shockey team will gladly evaluate properties represented by other brokerages to determine whether or not the properties qualify for The Shockey Collection and its suite of marketing advantages. To maintain the standards of The Shockey Collection, the working relationship and use of the collection’s branding is strictly defined.

As an added benefit, The Shockey Collection can provide consulting and/or management services.

“From an operational standpoint, I can tell someone what is viable and sustainable for a property,” Shockey said. “My career has left me wellversed in conservation and marketing—and has taught me to recognize what is worth spending money on.”

Advice can range from big picture goal setting to make-or-break details such as age class harvest strategy.

“Many times a potential buyer has made their professional mark outside the hunting industry, so their expertise lies somewhere else,” said Shockey, noting his team can also manage a property on behalf of its owner. “Unlike many other things, knowledge can’t be inherited— it can only be gathered over time, which in my case is 40 years—but I am glad to share what I’ve learned to help shorten someone else’s learning curve.”

For decades, Shockey has summited professional pinnacle after professional pinnacle in the outdoor industry, The Shockey Collection presents a new, welcome challenge.

“Through this real estate venture, I’m looking forward to helping people’s dreams come true by bringing the very best hunting properties to the market,” Shockey said. “At The Shockey Collection, you can take our word to the bank.” ° FALL 2020

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FINANCIAL DEAL STRUCTURES BETWEEN LANDOWNERS AND HUNTING OUTFITTERS

THE ENTERPRISE ASPECTS OF WILDLIFEBASED RECREATION TAKING PLACE ON PRIVATE LAND ACROSS THE COUNTRY

THE WILD SIDE OF BUSINESS

STORY BY GREG SIMONS

There are many versions of successful deal structures between private landowners and hunting outfitters, but the landowner having trust and confidence in this third-party service provider or tenant is key to a long-term relationship.

The author, Greg Simons, co-owns multiple natural resource-related businesses, including a company that specializes in the development of wildlife enterprises and wildlife management programs on private lands.

For further information on that company, check out WildlifeSystems.com.

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EE-BASED HUNTING PROGRAMS have become popular on private lands over much of the country during the last several decades. Many private landowners consider monetizing their wildlife resources to simply help offset the operational expenses of managing and maintaining their properties, while others look at these resources as a bona-fide profit center.

In some cases, these landowners choose to construct and operate these commercial hunting programs as an inhouse endeavor, but there are other occasions where they work through a third-party contractor or hunting outfitter.

The financial deal structures between landowners and outfitters can be almost endless, regarding fee consideration, who provides what, payment terms, service inclusions and many other variables that tend to be part and parcel to the deal. However, there are a few common arrangements that tend to define the basic financial arrangements between these parties.

Outright Lease

Historically, one of the most common arrangements between the private landowner and the outfitter was a general lease deal, where the outfitter paid a lump sum to the landowner to secure defined hunting privileges on a property, and this type of arrangement is still common with certain programs. This lump sum may be calculated using a “per acre” rate as the calculus, or it may be a bit more of an arbitrary number that seems to be fair and equitable to both parties. Under this scenario, payment terms are often broken into two annual payments, a deposit coming due early in the year and the balance

often coming due near the start of the hunting season.

Over the last 10–20 years, the broad deal structure of a lease arrangement has often become more defined, with increased sideboards, restrictions and allowances.

Such deal provisions often include maximum number of hunters, harvest quotas on certain game species and time slots that property and facilities may be used if it is not a year-round lease arrangement. Ultimately, I tend to base my evaluation on what my cost is on a “unit” basis; what is it costing me for each deer hunter, each turkey hunter, etc.? In determining these unit rates, it is simply a matter of backing out the numbers by taking the lump lease fee sum and dividing that by the number of hunters or number of game animals that are provided as part of the quota. Further, there will be many other features of the deal structure, such as who pays for utilities on the facilities, feed costs, provision of stands and feeders, insurance requirements, meals, guides, etc., etc., and these finer details often shape the lease fee structure to some degree.

Per Hunter or Per Animal

In recent years, the financial deal structures between landowners and outfitters have drifted in a direction of the fees being based on a rate that is paid per hunter or per animal. With this, there is often a guaranteed minimum that is built into the arrangement, which essentially creates a bit of a lump sum, similar to the outright lease arrangement. For example, an outfitter might agree to pay the landowner $3,000 per deer hunter with a minimum of 10 hunters and a maximum of 12 hunters. Thus, the outfitter will pay $30,000 to the FALL 2020

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Some outfitters offer “in-kind” services to their landowners, such as game survey work, that may build added value into the deal structure.

landowner, often in multiple installments, but will have the option of adding up to two more hunters for an additional fee if the opportunity arises. On many properties that offer exotic ungulates, it’s relatively common for the outfitter to pay a predetermined price per animal based on the species that is taken by the client, and in this case, the outfitter might pay the landowner a daily lodging fee as the base, plus the harvest fee on the animal that is taken or wounded. Some of the other variable features that are listed under the outright lease concept may often apply here, as well.

Percentage Split

Under this arrangement, the outfitter pays the landowner a percentage of the revenue that is generated through the program. Though this type concept reduces the financial risk and burden to the outfitter, it may create some uncertainty on the landowner’s part regarding expected total revenue for that cycle of the agreement. If the outfitter has a successful track-record of booking plenty of hunters, then the landowner’s concern over this income uncertainty is perhaps minimized. The percentage split can be highly variable, but as a rule, the majority of the revenue will go to the landowner.

However, there are many exceptions to this, especially on hunts that are on the lower end of the price spectrum. As another rule of thumb, the higher the price tag of the hunt, the larger the percentage that the landowner receives from those hunts. For instance, on a $10,000 elk hunt, the landowner may be receiving 60+ percent of that fee, whereas on a $1,500 turkey hunt, the landowner may only be receiving roughly 30–35 percent of that fee, with these scenarios assuming that the outfitter is paying for and providing guides, cooks, and groceries for the hunt. And, as pointed out under the other two concepts, there are many variables that often interact with these fee metrics.

In-Kind Services

One of the variables that is sometimes overlooked when evaluating fair-market values of fees paid from outfitters to landowners is whether the outfitter is bundling “in-kind” services into the deal structure. Some outfitting companies have wildlife biologists on staff and some of these operations are able to offer value-added features to their landowners in the way of wildlife management services.

And then there are some arrangements where the outfitting company is providing improvements to facilities or other sweat equity contributions that bring additional value into the mix. These in-kind services can be difference-makers regarding how attractive the total package may be to a landowner who is not simply looking at the numbers on the check, but is also looking at what other benefits may be tied to one deal versus another.

As previously mentioned in this article, the financial deal structures between private landowners and outfitters varies considerably. As a word to the wise, landowners can often find a “better deal” if they shop their hunting allowances around to a broad enough group of industry players, but as a mentor of mine used to say, “The biggest money is not always the best money,” and I think that philosophy can have much merit in this business. Our wildlife resources on private lands are precious, and a landowner’s farm or ranch is effectively their home, so having business “partners” who the landowner can trust and have confidence in helps bring peace of mind and helps protect the integrity of these important wildlife resources. °

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HE PROFESSIONALS at Western Heritage Consulting and Engineering, led by co-founders and principal owners Ryan and Rikki Altenburg, Envision, Design and Build dreams for clients across the American West.

“When Ryan and I started Western Heritage, we vowed to create a firm with the technical expertise and the bold creativity that would allow our clients to dream big,” Rikki said. “Every client who buys a piece of property—large or small—has their vision of what it can become.”

She continued, “Our experienced team provides an effective, efficient, common sense approach to engineering that makes dreams come true.”

Headquartered in Casper, Wyoming, the corporation has three divisions: WURX LLC and Western Heritage Consulting & Engineering LLC based in Casper, Wyoming, and Paragon Engineering Consultants, Inc. located in Littleton, Colorado.

“Regardless of the project, regardless of the dream, the Western Heritage team strives to make it a reality,” said Rikki, noting the team members who are highly skilled in engineering and construction also have agriculture, hunting, angling and outdoors passion that they bring to each job.

While the Western Heritage team thrives on the challenges inherent in each type of project, their shared passion for the outdoors and private land stewardship make farm and ranch development and improvement favored undertakings.

“Each time we work on a piece of land, whether it’s for conservation, water development, restoration or preservation, the next generation is always at the top of our minds,” Rikki said. “Legacy generally is the deep-rooted reason for a land purchase. The legacy is fueled by smiles, laughter and memories, not just by return on investment, so it’s important to do things the right way, not the easiest way, to keep the landowner’s property productive for generations to come.”

The only way to do things right is to clearly understand the landowner’s goals and overarching vision.

“It can’t be built if you can’t envision it,” Rikki said. “The best advice I can give landowners is to ensure you’re working with people who have the expertise to help you define your vision—and the common sense to bring it together so it’s workable and in budget.”

Experience has shown the Western Heritage team that enhancing the old by adding the new is a solid strategy for stretching the budget and maximizing a property’s value. Whether the project is in the design or construction phase, Rikki suggests identifying solid existing pieces of infrastructure, be it a section of the irrigation system or stabilized river, and utilizing them as part of the property’s upgrade.

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Regardless of the project, regardless of the dream, the Western Heritage team strives to make it a reality. —RIKKI ALTENBURG Co-founder & Principal Owner

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“Mother Nature and our forefathers were—and are—often more in tune with the rhythms of the land than many convervationists are today, so we suggest using what they gave us when we can,” Ryan said. “I don’t believe that everything has to be brand new and state-of-the-art because that simply isn’t the best approach for every piece of land or management team.”

As a team, the Western Heritage professionals use a stress-free approach to help clients discern and verbalize their goals for their land.

“The company you choose should understand the project’s entire scope and be able to execute it,” Ryan said. “Even if the project is broken up into phases and lasts a decade, each phase should be engineered and constructed to ensure costs are controlled, your needs are met—and that each individual piece fits seamlessly into the big picture.”

No client and no ranch are identical; therefore, the Western Heritage team approaches each project as a one-of-a-kind. As a result, they have acquired vastly varied experience in rural land development.

On working ranches, the team is often asked to develop or improve forage and water for livestock and wildlife.

“Water distribution is a big challenge on large ranches, so we frequently design and install systems so livestock doesn’t have to travel so far for water,” said Rikki, noting they often design and construct livestock handling systems, water storage ponds and reservoirs and tank systems. “We design and install a lot of water transmission pipelines, so our owners are able to utilize more of their assets.”

Owners of recreational property often request improved wildlife habitat, efficient irrigation or water distribution, and construction of a host of amenities ranging from natural resource design and build of ponds and streams, access roads, utility infrastructure and on to specialty additions such as polo fields and performance arenas. The WH Team also coordinates architects and builders for barns, homes and large-scale lodges.

Corporate farms often start with barren ground that has to have soil health restored before it begins paying dividends through productivity. Working farms and ranches often need assistance saving on labor costs and increasing productivity and irrigation efficiency, all of which strengthen the bottom line.

“In the West, nothing is more important than water—and its availability heavily influences land’s value,” Rikki said. “Understanding what landowners can and cannot do with the water associated with their land, as well as conserving and developing the water for its best use, is something we believe in strongly and are proud to help guide our client landowners through.”

While the Western Heritage team, as the name implies, understands the value of a proud past, they embrace the opportunities of the future.

“There is always a future with the land and the possibilities to make it even more resource-rich and beautiful,” Rikki said. “Rarely do two people have the same vision for land—and we get to bring those visions to reality project after project, family after family, creating a legacy for today and tomorrow.” °

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A Partner’s Perspective The shared goal of connecting people with nature also connects Ted Turner Reserves, the conservation hospitality brand of Ted Turner Enterprises, with Explore Ranches.

“Ted is a passionate, long-term conservationist who sees the benefits of planting seeds of interest and concern for the land in the next generation by allowing them to experience nature first-hand,” said Doug Lindauer, vice president of sales and marketing for Ted Turner Reserves. “As a brand, our mission is connecting people with nature. Explore Ranches’ mission aligns perfectly with ours.”

In 2016 Turner designated Vermejo, the Ladder and the Armendaris ranches, totaling more than one million acres in New Mexico, as conservation hospitality destinations and opened them to the public.

“From the family’s perspective, Ted Turner Reserves isn’t a traditional revenue stream business enterprise, but a sustainability practice,” Lindauer said. “The money generated by hospitality is used to pay for the biologists, fisheries experts and land management practices that improve and conserve the land.”

Conservation efforts on Ted Turner Reserves include protecting rare and iconic species, such as the North American bison, Bolson tortoise, Rio Grande cutthroat trout and Mexican wolf, along with initiatives like the riparian restoration plan and the Ponderosa pine restoration project.

“On the ranches, people can immerse themselves in nature and come into direct contact with land stewardship," Lindauer said.

“Perspectives, if not lives, can be changed.”

Vermejo, with more than 550,000 acres, a portion of the nation’s largest wild bison herd and accommodations for more than 60 people, is the most high-profile and most resort-like property of the ranches. In contrast, the 156,000-acre Ladder Ranch, which features Turner’s private home decorated by his former wife Jane Fonda, is a private retreat and wilderness getaway.

“The Ladder is a completely different experience than Vermejo— and perfectly suited for marketing through our friends at Explore Ranches,” Lindauer said.

The Ladder, which is larger than Utah’s Zion National Park and was once the stomping grounds of pioneering conservationist Aldo Leopold, is an ideal fit for Explore Ranches’ portfolio of private wildernesses.

“Explore Ranches has a strong connection with like-minded people. . . people who want their family and friends to experience the land in its truest, most elemental sense and make that fundamental connection to nature and each other,” Lindauer said.

Lindauer expected to get a booking a year, but was pleasantly surprised to have four bookings within the first few months of aligning with Explore Ranches.

“If you own a ranch and want to share it when you’re not there, either to generate money to sustain your own conservation efforts or to inspire others to care about nature, I’d suggest entrusting the details to the capable hands of Explore Ranches,” Lindauer said.

Conservation hospitality is a market that is poised for growth as more people discover the opportunities.

“As brands, Ted Turner Reserves and Explore Ranches are a growing presence in the travel space,” Lindauer said. “We’re proud to offer destinations that our guests can feel good about. We take care of the land the way it should be taken care of and help our guests learn how they can care, too.”

—DOUG LINDAUER Ladder Ranch (Ted Turner Reserves) • Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

XPLORE RANCHES PROVIDES ONE-OF-A-KIND outdoor experiences by opening the gates to some of America’s wildest and most scenic ranches with the goal of creating connections.

“Explore Ranches gives people the opportunity to have special, memorable experiences in the outdoors with their family and friends,” said Allison Ryan, a co-founder of Explore Ranches whose family owns the Withers Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas. “If people make memories on the land and see the value of nature personally, they are more likely to care about conserving it.”

On ranches throughout the United States, private landowners have been on the front lines of managing the country’s natural resources to the benefit of us all. These efforts go largely unnoticed and unheralded because few people outside the landowners’ close-knit circles have witnessed their efforts and the results.

“By opening gates and allowing people to see the efforts of private land stewards, we’re creating a direct connection between urbanites and suburbanites who may never have been off the concrete of modern America and the people who care for the land that provides our clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, food, fiber and timber,” said Jay Kleberg, a co-founder of Explore Texas whose family has stewarded King Ranch near Kingsville, Texas, since the 1850s. “Strengthening those connections not only has implications for conservation, but for policy, politics and urban-rural relationships.”

Private stewardship can be expensive.

“Explore Ranches, through conservation hospitality, offers landowners a new revenue stream that is non-consumptive,” Kleberg said. “Working through us, landowners can ‘put their infrastructure to work’ when they’re not using it.”

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On business plan paper and in real world application, it’s a win for guests and for landowners.

“Our guests are getting access to their own private wilderness,” Ryan said.

Unlike public lands where the outdoors is shared with hundreds or thousands of other enthusiasts, Explore Ranches’ destinations provide soul-soothing solitude.

“It’s a chance for people to get away from the deafening ‘noise’ of right now and immerse themselves in experiences with the people who matter most to them in a way that helps everyone discover what is most important,” she said.

In the era of COVID-19, unshared private ranches provide true social distance and an added level of personal safety. Since March, the team has seen an uptick in bookings as guests have re-thought international travel and sought out respites from urban life for their families.

“Several families have booked multiple stays at several of our ranches,” Kleberg said. “The parents needed to continue working, but have a safe environment where their children could roam, play and just be kids in the outdoors.”

From a landowner’s perspective, an alignment with Explore Ranches removes some of the work and uncertainty from a conservation hospitality endeavor.

“We handle the marketing and invest a great deal in photos and videos that capture the unique beauty of each ranch,” Kleberg said.

“As fellow ranchers, we know what it means to entrust your story to someone else—and it’s a responsibility we take very seriously.”

Explore Ranches also handles bookings, initial client relations, billing and can provide assistance with liability insurance and best hospitality management practices.

“We strive to be a partner in the outdoors,” Ryan said.

The team also values simplicity and flexibility. The landowner agreement is just two pages long. The fees are split on agreed upon terms. Landowners pay an annual marketing fee. Participating landowners’ base hospitality commitment is just 18 nights per year.

“In our estimation, the family who owns the ranch should still be able to enjoy it,” Kleberg said. “We want them to see their affiliation with Explore Ranches as a positive experience.”

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Launched in 2018, the Austin-based company has amassed an inventory of 16 diverse properties encompassing more than 500,000 acres scattered throughout Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and California. The properties range from a rustic cabin and semi-hosted experience on Texas’ Llano River to Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch in New Mexico where guests stay in the home decorated by Jane Fonda and experience his wild bison herd to a ranch north of Dallas with amenities ranging from baseball fields and basketball courts to a swimming pool and fishing pond in a private resort setting.

“We have something for everyone,” Ryan said.

While the ranches are as varied as the landscapes, they all meet Explore Ranches’ criteria for a conservation hospitality destination. First and foremost, the ranches, despite their amenities, maintain a “wild feel.”

“When our guests arrive on a ranch, whether it’s 250 acres or 250,000 acres, we want them to feel as if they’re in a wild and untamed place,” said Kleberg, noting that they evaluated about 70 ranches to arrive at the current portfolio of 16 properties. “In our experience, the indefinable feeling of wildness that inspires awe also inspires self-reflection, a reconnection to nature and the desire to help conserve it.”

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Explore Ranches gives people the chance to step away from life as we most commonly know it and step back into a connection with nature, with people—and our own humanity.

—ALLISON RYAN Co-founder of Explore Ranches

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A Partner’s Perspective Alice Ball Strunk and her family engaged in a year’s worth of conversations before agreeing to partner with Explore Ranches to open their Hudspeth River Ranch in West Texas to guests.

“They [Jay Kleberg and Allison Ryan] worked on me for a year, but I just kept saying, ‘No, I don’t think I want to open our ranch up to the public,’” recalled Strunk, who is the fourth generation of her family to manage the 15,000-acre ranch near Comstock that is home to the headwaters and the first six miles of the wild and pristine Devils River.

Eventually, forces outside her fence lines changed her mind. First, international investors purchased more than 130,000 acres in the area with plans to construct massive wind farms that will leave an industrial footprint on the wide open spaces. Local landowners formed the Devils River Conservancy to help protect the land’s character and the river’s health, but recognize they need more widespread support if their efforts are to succeed.

“Through Explore Ranches, we can help other people realize how beautiful and rare this region is,” Strunk said. “If more people see it and begin to love it like we do, then maybe we can enlist their help to protect it.”

From a ranching perspective, the rugged, arid region is best suited for raising sheep and goats. At Hudspeth River Ranch, the Strunk family raises meat sheep with premium-quality natural lamb destined for white table cloth restaurants. As land sold and its use changed from ranching to recreation or energy development, predators have set up housekeeping en masse.

“We’re losing more than half of our lamb crop to predation, which means that our saleable product and therefore our cash flow is slashed by the same percentage,” Strunk said. “Our partnership with Explore Ranches is another revenue stream that allows us to not only keep our ranch working but improve it.”

During 2019, the ranch was the site of one curated event called Cowboy Camp. It was a weekend getaway featuring a metal artist who taught a hands-on workshop for 12 guests that was enhanced by a celebrity chef and a musician. In 2020, bookings have soared.

Between late May and mid-July, the Strunks have had five bookings with more on the calendar.

“Time after time, people say, ‘I had no idea Texas had places like this,’” said Strunk, noting that three ecosystems come together on the ranch creating a truly unique environment.

Strunk, who is an attorney by profession, hosts the guests on the ranch herself with occasional help from her husband, Billy Bob, and their children, Sarah, Abbey and Armour.

“The guests who we’ve met through Explore Ranches have been top-notch, wonderful people, who have been so appreciative of the opportunity to come to the ranch,” Strunk said. “They’re just so interested in everything from our holistic grazing practices to the fossils, the caves, the goats, the history, the wildlife and the water.”

As a hospitality novice, Strunk said she had benefited from the marketing acumen and the kind, objectivity of the Explore Ranches team.

“They get our name out there in a way we can’t. They also look at the experience from a guest’s perspective and help you in a very nice sort of way improve your facilities, your excursions and everything else,” Strunk said. “They really push us landowners to be our very best, so the guests will have the time of their lives and come to know that they’re part of the land even if they don’t live here.”

—ALICE BALL STRUNK Hudspeth River Ranch • Comstock, Texas

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Guests can also count on comfortable and clean accommodations.

“Lodging runs the gamut, but comfort and cleanliness are tantamount,” Ryan said.

The hosts, be it the ranch owners or their managers, understand hospitality both informally and as an industry.

“To be part of Explore Ranches, you have to roll the welcome mat out,” Ryan said. “Our hosts understand their job is to ensure that guests have a positive experience that hopefully exceeds their expectations.”

Most of the Explore Ranches’ experiences include guided activities led by the hosts.

“We learned that unlike us, not everyone knows how to make the most of their time on the land simply because they’ve never done it before,” Kleberg said. “Now the hosts introduce their guests to the land, its offerings, and the various activities available, so there’s a level of comfort and another level of connection.”

Guests at Explore Ranches destination will have plenty to do. On some ranches, the activities are all within the fence lines, while on others, proximity to rural destinations such as Marfa, Texas, enhance the stay. Most properties have water features ranging from swimming pools to springs and rivers. Depending on the ranch, guests can enjoy hiking, paddling, horseback riding, star gazing, nature tours, mountain biking, bird watching, photo safaris and much more.

With advance notice, Explore Ranches can provide curated experiences. For instance, one of its properties has cave paintings,

Native American middens and other evidence of more than 10,000 years of human activity on the land. On numerous occasions, they have arranged for archeologists and historians working in the region to meet with guests and explain the history and significance of what they’re seeing on the ranch.

“Our guests might not even know what they’re seeing or what the hosts are talking about until it’s interpreted for them,” Kleberg said.

“The interaction with local experts brings it all to life.”

Explore Ranches continues to expand its ranch portfolio at a careful, measured pace. For now, they are concentrating their search on the American West, but not losing sight of the balance of supply and demand.

“Right now, we have more than a half-million acres in our inventory,” Kleberg said. “As we add more properties, we also want to build our clientele so that all of our ranch partners enjoy patronage.”

Attitude and openness to new experiences on the part of guests and hosts are the keys to connection.

“Our modern urban lives make it easy to get focused on our screens, our creature comforts and our addiction to busyness,” Ryan said.

“In the process, we disconnect ourselves from nature and the world at large and forget that we, our people, our choices play a role in life on the planet.

“Explore Ranches gives people the chance to step away from life as we most commonly know it and step back into a connection with nature, with people—and our own humanity.” °

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HIS REPUTATION COW RANCH is mostly high, rolling grama grass hills at around 5,600 feet with 25 percent higher mountains and canyons. It is adequately watered and improved.

Game include elk, mule deer, aoudad sheep, pronghorn antelope and blue quail. The Petan is one of the finest ranches this broker has seen in 40 years of selling West Texas.

Very competitively priced at $43 million ($967 per acre).

The Ranch is Southwest of Marfa, located in the Big Bend region of West Texas, with a population of 1,800.

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It is a small, high desert town known universally as an arts hub.

The Chinati Foundation, founded by artist Donald Judd, displays vast indoor and outdoor installations at an old army base. The accommodations and dining in Marfa far exceed expectations of a small town. Commercial air travel is available at El Paso (200 miles to the NW) or Midland (200 miles to the NE). The Marfa Municipal Airport has runways of 6,203 and 5,309 feet and is capable of accommodating most large private aircraft. ° For more information, ChipColeRanchBroker.com

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44,453± ACRES IN PRESIDIO COUNTY PROPERTY ID 7730074 • OFFERED AT $43,000,000

Chip Cole & Associates, Ranch Brokers has specialized in ranch sales and real estate consultation in Texas and New Mexico since 1981 and has closed some $279 million in ranch sales covering 999,000 acres.

“If you want to sell your ranch, we’ll sell it; If you want to buy a ranch, we’ll find it; We’ll make representing you our top priority.”

Chip Cole — (325) 650-9833 C.A. “Chili” Cole IV — (325) 277-8071 ChipColeRanchBroker.com We are third generation ranchers and ranch brokers.

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In the 1940s, the sprawling, verdant landscape captured Bing Crosby’s imagination and became one of the seven ranches the legendary crooner owned in the Silver State. The property, which still boasts the original well-preserved circa 1860 homesteader’s cabin, abuts Humboldt National Forest.

The Foreman, Winters and California creeks crisscross the property and form three of the headwaters of the Humboldt River. (The Lawson Ranch has access to 6,141 acre feet of water from the Humboldt River through adjudicated water rights.)

Lahontan cutthroat trout spawn in the crystalline waters.

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Plentiful water makes highly productive irrigated agriculture feasible and economical.

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The abundant water combined with the property’s proximity to the forest and mountains makes the Lawson Ranch a wildlife paradise. Shiras moose, Rocky Mountain elk, mule deer and pronghorn antelope as well as many other species call the ranch home year-round or seasonally.

Plentiful water also makes highly productive irrigated agriculture feasible and economical.

Taking advantage of its six center-drive pivots and irrigated meadows, the Lawson Ranch gets multiple grazing rotations of cattle. Plus, its hay production can exceed 1,000 tons annually.

Another 1,578.9± acres are flood irrigated to produce superlative grazing that supports at least 600 cow-calf pairs. The current owner runs purebred Angus cattle, taking advantage of the strong grass for about nine months out of the year, to produce all-natural, nonhormone treated Angus beef.

For the past 10 years, the current owner has carefully stewarded the property, improving the land and the infrastructure. Today the ranch offers all the modern amenities, comforts and conveniences without sacrificing the ranch’s authentic spirit and feel.

The focal point of the ranch headquarters is the almost-5,000-square-foot main residence that has been reimagined as a bed and breakfast. It features five bedrooms and five baths designed to accommodate family, friends and guests.

In addition, there are two, two-bedroom duplexes and a three-bedroom, 1,800± square-foot modular home that could be used for guests or employees.

Ranch infrastructure includes a barn with 16 horse stalls, two shops and two fully enclosed hay barns with about 1,000-bale capacity.

To make getting to the property as convenient as staying here, Lawson Ranch has a private airstrip measuring 2,800 feet long by 100 feet wide. The airstrip and expansive airplane hangar is a short walk from the main headquarters. The ranch is a quick 16-minute flight from Elko and 75 minutes from Reno.

The Lawson Ranch is a rare example of an ideal Nevada ranch. It’s what many would craft from scratch to make their dreams of western living come true. Fortunately, for one lucky buyer this western dream ranch already exists and could be yours for the taking.

Property ID 6620081 • Offered at $7,280,000

OUTDOORPROPERTIESOFNEVADA.COM Todd Renfrew, Broker and Owner 707.455.4444 • Info@OutdoorPropertiesofNevada.com CAOutdoorProperties

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SISTERS, OREGON – Encompassing 507 acres, this Central Oregon ranch located just five minutes from the charming town of Sisters is a diverse mixture of productive pasture for livestock, high desert pine forest and an irrigated oasis of manicured grounds.

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B E N D E Q U E S T R I A N E S TAT E $4, 200,000

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BEND, OREGON – Exquisite timber-frame-style home with massive timbers, vaulted ceilings, open floor plan and custom stonework throughout. Patio overlooks waterfall, stocked pond and Cascade Mountain views. Barns, studio, bunkhouse; borders public land. 66500GerkingMarket-BendOregon.com pam mayo -phillips & brook havens

C U LV E R O R G A N I C F A R M $2,195,000

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CULVER, OREGON – Main northwest-style 5,304-square-foot home, 96 acres with water rights, guest home, 8,448-square-foot shop/greenhouse, three-stall horse barn, livestock pastures and Cascade Mountain and Crooked River views.

6319KeeneyLn-CulverOregon.com pam mayo -phillips & brook havens

HORSE BUTTE EQUESTRIAN CENTER $1,995,000

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BEND, OREGON – 61 acres with 40 acres of irrigation water rights and pond with an updated 1,764-square-foot home. Equestrian facilities include two barns, an outdoor sand arena, conditioning track and 12 loafing sheds. Property has access to national forest. 60360HorseButte-BendOregon.com pam mayo -phillips & brook havens

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CHERRY CREEK R ANCH $15, 500,000

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MITCHELL, OREGON – 28,274 contiguous deeded acres in Central Oregon used for grazing, hunting, fishing and recreation opportunities with beautiful views, forest, timbered draws, rimrocks, meadows, springs and numerous spring-fed creeks.

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MAHOGANY BUTTE R ANCH $8, 575,000

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PRINEVILLE, OREGON – Mill Creek runs through the property which borders the Ochoco National Forest. The beautiful 4,010-square-foot main home features a saltwater swimming pool overlooking the Mill Creek Valley. Two additional homes, private setting. MahoganyButteRanch-PrinevilleOregon.com pam mayo -phillips & brook havens

S TA B B B R O T H E R S R A N C H $3,995,000

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CENTRAL OREGON – An ideal summer pasture ranch, this ranch is 12,236 contiguous deeded acres with 7,496 acres leased BLM/state grazing allotments.

New corrals/sorting/loading chute, new engineered stock water system, perimeter/cross fenced, juniper cuts and good land stewardship practices to improve the native rangeland. StabbBrothersRanch-Oregon.com pam mayo -phillips & brook havens

SOUTH GI R ANCH $33,457,000

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PRINEVILLE, OREGON – Currently used as a yearround cattle ranch with recreational opportunities including hunting and fishing. Combination of farm land with 3,682.4 acres water rights, 87,748 acres BLM grazing allotment, desert, meadows, lakes, creeks, canyons and springs, and it is the headwaters of the Crooked River. SouthGIRanch-PrinevilleOregon.com pam mayo -phillips & brook havens

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3 21 DAV I S C R E E K R OA D $1,050,000

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lewis county, washington – Incredible property with sweeping valley views! Step into your own five-bedroom, three-bath private retreat! Gorgeous, open kitchen with 16-foot quartz island, three living areas, craft and canning room and large covered deck, perfect for entertaining! RV building and sites, summer kitchen, shop, barn and pasture! A short drive to White Pass for skiing and snow! Possible bed and breakfast or company retreat—with acres to roam, the opportunities are endless! brandy & hu sten pettet

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lewis county, washington – Amazing opportunity to own over 41 flat acres along the Cowlitz River!

Breathtaking river frontage and incredible hunting!

Huge open field with certified organic hay. Property is home to 100'x100' (10,000-square-foot) shop with concrete floor, 20-foot walls and two 16'x16' electric doors. Easily accessible with plenty of potential!

Opportunity awaits! brandy & hu sten pettet

4 46 MOIL ANEN ROAD $949,000

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cowlitz county, washington – Own a piece of history! Original homesteaded property with threebedroom home, two workshops/garages, RV cover plus parking. Mountain and Columbia River views that will take your breath away. Gorgeous parklike setting along parcels of forestland for a total of 30 sprawling acres. Build your own custom dream home, hobby farm or possible event venue. Don't miss the chance to wake up every day to the best views in Cowlitz County! brandy & hu sten pettet

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750± ACRES

Merced County, California

Bettencourt Family Property $9,950,000

ID# 8272102

Diversified, income-producing property encompassing 750± acres on the Merced River. Opportunities for farming with, arguably, one of the best water rights in Northern California. . . backed up by two deep wells. Incomeproducing partnership with a farming-friendly aggregate company, controlling a hot mix (asphalt) plant, and a large percentage of the last virgin aggregate deposits in the area. Gorgeous recreational and fishing opportunities on more than a mile of the river and adjacent ponds. Contact Todd Renfrew, (707) 455-4444.

1,155± ACRES

ID# 8334088

Shasta County, California

The Island Ranch has an unprecedented seven miles of river frontage, offering a lifestyle and privacy like no other. Three spring-fed rivers, Little Tule, Tule and the Upper Fall River, famous for its fly-fishing experience. Two custom homes, irrigated pasture for 600 cows, 18,000-square-foot historic barn, unparalleled waterfowl hunting and unsurpassed views.

The unique opportunity to fish one of the largest fresh water spring systems in the nation is at your fingertips. Contact Donna Utterback, (530) 604-0700.

Island Ranch 823± ACRES

Los Angeles County, California

White Oaks Ranch $3,141,500

Shasta County, California

Here is a truly unique property that stands out in terms of multiple dwellings, quality of construction, siting, views and recreational amenities. Comprised of six parcels, the ranch features two lodge-style homes, a guest house, two-story barn, pool, shed, garden, lawns, two ponds and amazing views of Lassen Peak. There is excellent fishing and recreational activities with nearby creeks, Battle Creek and Digger Creek.

If privacy, quality and seclusion matter to you, the Watson Ranch is your ideal multi-family property. Contact Scott Soder, (530) 727-7572 or Nikki Rodriguez, (530) 921-6540.

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823 acres with private lake, orchard, greenhouse, outdoor barbecue, historic barn and private outdoor shooting range.

Gently sloping grounds with excellent views. Incredible equestrian retreat with all the amenities for a family compound, corporate events or just to escape from it all in safety and security. The main house is a recently remodeled Victorian estate. Contact Lance Doré, (619)-663-9925.

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Watson Ranch

707 MERCHANT STREET, SUITE 100 | VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95688 Over 160 listings available at www.CaliforniaOutdoorProperties.com

$1,600,000 ID# 8175289

135± ACRES

Humboldt County, California

Completely sustainable living with plenty of cross-fenced pasture for cows, massive hay barn, calf barn, huge chicken coop, bee house, fruit trees, blacksmith shop, workshop, timber and fenced garden area. There are two main homes and three guest cabins all professionally decorated and furnished. Excellent water rights from Hayfork Creek as well as gravity-fed spring water for the houses. If you are looking for inspiration, or just an authentic working ranch to hang your hat, this ranch will not disappoint. Contact Doren Morgan, (707) 613-0582.

Greenleaf Ranch 1,058± ACRES

$4,250,000

Mendocino County, California

Garcia River Ranch $3,326,000 ID# 8400670

ID# 6043531

This 1,058-acre ranch consists of timber, grazing land, a threebedroom, two-bath ranch home, a barn and Pacific Ocean views.

There is an estimated over 16 million board feet of redwood and fir with almost two million board feet merchantable timber.

Meandering throughout the meadows and forests is 1.5 miles of Garcia River frontage. This property is the antidote to modern civilization. The rich eco-system is large, diverse and lends itself to a thriving habitat. Come explore a rare gem on the northern California coast. Contact Todd Renfrew, (707) 455-4444.

148.4± ACRES

San Luis Obispo County, California

HorseTail is an oasis of peace, serenity and pure pleasure— all rolled into one. This property is the perfect residence or weekend getaway with friends. The newly-constructed, elegantly modern 3,500-square-foot, five-bedroom, 4.5bath main villa residence offers top-line features throughout, including granite counters, bertazzoni stainless kitchen range, flagstone fireplace and oak cabinets. The property also offers a charming guest house, caretakers’ home at the property entrance, a 12-stall barn and a pond and dock area. Contact Rea Callander, (650) 722-0361 or Ed Perry, (916) 517-9969.

HorseTail Ranch 4,195± ACRES

$3,319,000

Stanislaus County, California

Lions Canyon Ranch

ID# 8272115

The Lions Canyon Ranch consists of steep canyons, rolling oak-woodlands, annual grasslands, shrub canyons and rugged rock outcroppings. This property has a panoramic valley view, a lake, multiple creeks and a dam for year-round water. It also has an “off-grid” building site for a family getaway, hunting cabin or bunkhouse. Miles of trails and beautiful scenery provide a fantastic setting for camping, hunting and horseback riding, all with complete privacy without leaving your own ranch. Contact Danielle Davenport, (408) 888-7794.

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2,605± Total Acres | Buffalo, WY | $4,300,000 Stunning foothills mountain ranch, close to town with ease of access, productivity and recreational amenities. Live water and its own mountain create a private western paradise for horseback riding, recreation and hunting opportunities next to the Bighorn Mountains just a short drive from town.

1,800 feet from creek to mountaintop offers diversity of terrain. It will support a small herd of cows too. Borders Bighorn Vista Ranch, which can be purchased with this ranch.

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206± Total Acres | Story, WY | $1,650,000

575± Total Acres | Buffalo, WY | $1,500,000

A remarkable gem of a property located in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains near Story, Wyoming, offering great views all around and privacy, lots of natural water, diverse terrain and lush vegetation, and it’s rich with wildlife. It’s near the Bighorn National Forest and there is good access to the property.

Elbow room and incredible mountain views. Opportunity for cattle, future development or conservation. Wildlife and scenery abound. Minutes into Bighorn Mountains. Modest home. Many building sites with views and privacy.

Excellent hunting and wildlife viewing. Adjacent to Upper French Creek Ranch.

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169± Total Acres | Sheridan, WY | $1,200,000

11.00± Acres | Sheridan Co., WY | $965,000

Historic horse property located near America’s original dude ranch and close to the best western town of Sheridan. It’s Wyoming Heaven with beautiful views and privacy. This land embodies the “Sheridan Lifestyle,” built over 140 years; a cowboy-cosmopolitan way of life along the Bighorn Mt. foothills.

Equestrian property with two homes located right along the historic Tongue River. Equine facilities and training and/or boarding facility in an equestrian hotbed. Live water, mature trees and mountain views, plus nice homes and opportunities to produce rent and income. So many opportunities to go ride.

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RANA CREEK RANCH 14,141± acres | Monterey County | Carmel Valley, California | $37,500,000 | Property ID: 6373874 With over 14,000 acres in one contiguous block, Rana Creek Ranch is the largest landholding in California’s famous Carmel Valley. The Golden State’s countryside doesn’t get any more idyllic than this. It is currently being operated as a cattle ranch and owner’s retreat, although there are many great options for a future owner to expand operations if desired. Rana Creek Ranch is a mammoth landscape with impressive water resources in the form of seasonal creeks, vernal ponds and a strong aquifer.

PRITCHARD SUMNER RANCH 8,525± acres | San Luis Obispo & Kern Counties | Shandon, California $9,995,000 | Property ID: 7285240 Escape to the historic Pritchard Sumner Ranch in the great wide-open space of Bitterwater Canyon and Yeguas Mountains!

First homesteaded in the 1860s, the 8,525± acre Pritchard Sumner Ranch is rich with history and now available for purchase for the first time in over 150 years. Ideal for hunting/recreational compound and/or cattle ranch and improved with a freshly remodeled ranch-style home, barns, historic buildings, juniper trees and a variety of wildlife.

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JEB RANCH 2,397± acres | Monterey County | King City, California | $7,740,000 | Property ID: 8055910 Recreational and cattle ranch presenting picturesque views of Salinas Valley. Jeb Ranch bursts with personality and adventure, offering opportunities for hiking, hunting, riding and more. Complete with the tax advantages of the Williamson Act Contract, Jeb Ranch is improved with a recently-built, 3,000± square-foot main home and a 635± square-foot cabin equipped with a large solar power system, grid electricity and developed water via wells.

LAS TABLAS CREEK RANCH 320± acres | San Luis Obispo County | Paso Robles, California | $5,200,000 | Property ID: 8100518 The serene Las Tablas Creek Ranch is situated on the Westside of Paso Robles and brims with beauty and tranquility. Teeming with potential, Las Tablas Creek Ranch is improved with three residences, pool, tennis courts and impressive equestrian facilities complemented by recreational advantages.

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5,130± acres | Kern County | Bena, California $4,500,000 | Property ID: 6919346

350± acres | San Luis Obispo County | Paso Robles, California $4,500,000 | Property ID: 7090469

Beautiful, 5,130± acre cattle ranch in eastern Kern County with extensive water development.

100± acres irrigated farm ground, 230± acres grazing land, two houses, barns and corrals.

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Smith Fork Ranch

250± Acres in Delta & Gunnison Counties, Colorado

Rio Virgin Ranch

79± Acres in Washington County, Utah

Situated along the banks of the Smith Fork of the Gunnison River in the majestic North Fork Valley south of Aspen, Colorado, is the renowned Smith Fork Ranch. Surrounded by the Gunnison National Forest and overlooking the West Elk Range of the Rocky Mountains, this luxury ranch is one of the finest offerings currently available in the American West. This private family retreat is an opportunity to own a beautifully secluded and intimate haven with exquisite improvements, private fishing and infinite recreation. Contact Ken Mirr or Mike McGarry.

Situated along three-quarters of a mile of the cottonwood-lined Virgin River near the gateway to Zion National Park, lies the Rio Virgin Ranch. With limited availability of private properties of this size and scale along the Virgin River, the 79-acre retreat lies within the stunning red rock landscapes of Southern Utah.

The main home, guest house and equestrian barn/bunk house are impeccably designed and offer architectural finishes complimentary to their natural surroundings. The property is an ecological paradise with rare riparian habitat and irrigated fields and is situated between protected lands offering direct access to thousands of acres of public land. Contact Chris Corroon or Ken Mirr.

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Property ID: 8143537

Property ID: 8149162

Cross D Bar Ranch

Pyramid Peak Ranch

Located in the western foothills of Colorado’s secluded Wet Mountains near Westcliffe, Colorado, the 667-acre Cross D Bar Ranch is a spectacularly sited expanse of mountain parkland. With breathtaking views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the West, the ranch is graced with the upper headwaters of Hardscrabble Creek flowing through the heart of a stunning meadow, surrounded by subalpine forest. Historically developed as a remote RV campground and recreational mountain retreat, the ranch boasts substantial commercial-grade infrastructure and utilities located in the strategic center of the property. With both significant conservation and development potential, the Cross D Bar Ranch is an excellent long-term investment opportunity.

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Pyramid Peak Ranch is a scenic mountain ranch adjacent to an expanse of uninhibited and protected wilderness, just beneath the soaring Pyramid Peak and the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. The property is blessed with two miles of Bunker Creek with native cutthroat trout, several ponds and water rights originating in the adjoining Routt National Forest that flood irrigates 390 acres of meadows and pastures lined by aspens, firs and pines. Expertly stewarded, the ranch provides fertile wildlife habitat balanced with water resources, livestock and agricultural operations. This ranch has it all with privacy, being adjacent to national forest, water, exemplary Rocky Mountain elk habitat, lodges, cabins and a historic stagecoach stop, all within 30 minutes from an airport and one hour from Steamboat Springs. Contact Ken Mirr.

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$7,750,000

Property ID: 8143540

Property ID: 6665557

667± Acres in Custer County, Colorado

2,579± Acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado

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Red Top Ranch

Paradise Canyon Ranch

69,126± Acres in Pueblo County, Colorado

1,024± Acres in Morgan County, Utah The 1,024± deeded acre Paradise Canyon Ranch is easily accessible from Ogden, Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. Over a mile of the Lost Creek, a tailwater fishery, flows through the property and provides incredible fishing for brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout. The ranch entrance is located directly east of the 227,000-acre Deseret hunting unit and sits adjacent to two other private holdings on its eastern, northern and southern boundaries. The ranch provides an idyllic setting for a family compound or lodge with the great outdoors as your backyard. Contact Chris Corroon.

With 69,126 deeded acres, Red Top Ranch represents one of the largest and best known operating cattle ranches in Colorado. Conveniently located near the I-25 corridor and the Front Range, and situated just southeast of Pueblo, the ranch is near the cattle markets. Lying in the Great Plains and Central Shortgrass Prairie Ecoregion, the ranch is recognized nationally for its significant ecological grasslands with its flat to rolling prairie, mesas, sandstone breaks and sculpted canyons. With a cattle operation rated for 1,200 cow/calf pairs, the property offers extensive water infrastructure and important natural habitat for big game, birds and plants. Contact Ken Mirr.

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Property ID: 7964947

Property ID: 6972305

Owl Creek Ranch

Table Mountain Farm

Owl Creek Ranch is a remote, pristine wilderness property located at the foot of the 12,500-foot Washakie Needles, allowing direct access to the Wind River Wilderness and surrounding 2.5 million-acre Shoshone National Forest. The ranch offers a myriad of recreational opportunities but is also a mecca for several species of big game including bighorn sheep, shiras moose, mule deer and trophy elk. The trout-filled South Fork of Owl Creek runs for over two miles along the southern border of the ranch. Contact Jeff Hubbard or Mac McWhorter.

Table Mountain Farm is a well-kept, perfectly maintained, 1,440-total-acre farm located just two-and-a-half miles south of Huntley, Wyoming. With excellent water rights, 798 acres are under seven 2014 model Reinke Pivots in a nicely laid out modernized farm. Complete with Field Wise Intelligent Farming controls throughout the farm to control pivot function, pump operation and water storage management, this is legitimately a large, profitable farming operation in southeastern Wyoming. Contact Jared Souza.

$6,500,000

$4,175,000

Property ID: 6314159

Property ID: 5571542

2,505± Acres in Hot Springs County, Wyoming

1,440± Acres in Goshen County, Wyoming

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PIKES VIEW RANCH

D OUGL AS COUN TY | COLORADO

26,046± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 5435396

478± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 5707386

With over 40 square miles to its credit, the Thunder River Ranch captures the best of Wyoming. Big game hunting and fishing opportunities are unparalleled, and its cattle heritage is as rich as its well-watered grasslands.

Well-blocked and extremely private, this ranch is simply breathtaking in its scale and tradition as a true legacy property. $20,975,000

Located in one of the fastest-growing counties in Colorado, the 478acre Pikes View Ranch is ideally located for an owner desiring a midsized personal retreat less than an hour from two major metropolitan areas, or a developer envisioning subdividing the property into smaller ranches catering to views. $3,250,000

WAKARA RIVER RANCH

ROCKING JR RANCH

R I O BL A N CO CO UN T Y | CO L O R ADO

BIG H ORN COUN TY | WY O MI NG

16,000± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 8147468

Buyers looking for a smaller working cattle/hay ranch with trophy fishing and big game hunting will want to take a serious look at this 132-acre gem located just ten miles up the White River from Meeker. $2,200,000

The Rocking JR Ranch, just 35 minutes southeast of Cody, exemplifies the best of what Bill Cody loved about this part of Wyoming. With over 16,000 acres (2,795 deeded) in its domain, the Rocking JR is a strong, diversified agricultural operation with significant bonuses of wildlife and a fishery as icing on the cake. $7,390,000

LITTLE GUNNYSACK RANCH

IRON MOUNTAIN RANCH

C O NVE R S E CO UN T Y | W YO M IN G

L ARAMIE COUN TY | WY OMI NG

686± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7370406

Under one hour north of Cheyenne lies one of Wyoming’s legendary ranches, equally famed for its history, cattle production, big game and fishing. Iron Mountain Ranch, once the stomping grounds of gunman Tom Horn, is 20,000 acres (15,184 deeded) of some of the best-watered grasslands in this part of the state. $14,750,000

132± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 6216932

Secluded among the fir, pine and aspen forests of Wyoming’s picturesque Box Elder Creek valley near Glenrock, the 686-acre Little Gunnysack Ranch affords an enticing opportunity to own an excellent elk hunting property in one of Wyoming’s most coveted trophy areas. $1,950,000

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20,000± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7304730

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SOUTHERN CROSS RANCH C A T R O N CO UN T Y | N E W M E X ICO

29,142± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7032438 “World-class” is no exaggeration when describing the exceptional trophy elk hunting on the renowned Southern Cross Ranch in west-central New Mexico. Simply put, the Southern Cross controls 29,142 acres (18,535 deeded) of the finest trophy elk habitat anywhere. Now available in three configurations priced from $5,870,000 to $14,950,000

RED RABBIT RANCH

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BROKEN BUTT RANCH

RIO ARRIBA COUN TY | NEW MEXI CO

16,309± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 3393551 Never before offered on the market, the 16,309-acre Broken Butt Ranch in northern New Mexico easily qualifies as one of the largest remaining elk-rich mountain ranches in the state. Named for a rifle with a broken stock found on the ranch in the early 1900s, Broken Butt Ranch has a long history of careful management as a joint cattle and hunting property. $25,000,000

CITADEL RANCH

H UERFAN O COUN TY | COLORADO

1,937± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7549086

17,520± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7188711

The 1,937-acre Red Rabbit Ranch captures the best of the Tierra Amarilla area on a property graced with extraordinary hunting and equestrian opportunities, mountain scenery and buildings that are the virtual definition of fine craftsmanship. $8,950,000

Stretching from the 6,800-foot sweeping grasslands in the east to over 10,000 feet on the forested slopes to the west, this 17,520-acre (14,800± deeded) ranch encompasses numerous life zones that are perfectly suited to an abundance of wildlife that is simply amazing. $25,500,000

RIO NUTRIAS CREEK RANCH

BROKEN BONE RANCH

R I O A R R IB A CO UN T Y | N E W M E X I CO

ROUTT COUN TY | COLO RADO

3,532± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7549085

Located only 40 minutes from Steamboat Springs and one hour from Vail, lies a Colorado recreational ranch of exceptional quality. Containing 1,388 acres of an ideal blend of mountain irrigated hay meadows, creek bottom and quaking aspens, Broken Bone Ranch has long been prime habitat for elk, mule deer, black bear and small game species. $5,950,000

Ideally situated between the cool high country of northern New Mexico and the rich cultural center of Santa Fe, the 3,532-acre Rio Nutrias Creek Ranch is a remarkable big game hunting ranch with the bonus of a working cattle operation. $4,575,000

1,388± ACRES | PROPERTY ID: 7433802

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Black Hills Hidden Treasures!

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Canyons Run Deep Ranch

1,265± ACRES | HARRISON, NEBRASKA | $3,995,000 | PROPERTY ID: 8303704 Canyons Run Deep Ranch is being offered for the first time! 1,265± contiguous acres of remote grassland with lots of water! This ranch is the motherlode of water from multiple springs, creeks and two high-producing wells. Precious water! Escape to your own private retreat from the world.

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163± ACRES | HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

13± ACRES | LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA

9± ACRES | NEMO, SOUTH DAKOTA

Amazing views, Nichols Creek, surrounded by USFS lands

Borders BLM and USFS, 7,600-square-foot custom home

Hand-crafted Swedish Cope Log Home with USFS on 3 sides

$2,300,000 | PROPERTY ID: 7537428

$1,349,000 | PROPERTY ID: 7067993

$749,000 | PROPERTY ID: 8143931

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Lakota Lakes LOTS STARTING AT $98,900

In the heart of the Black Hills, there’s a Wilderness Preservation Community surrounded by parklands that cherish nature and wildlife as much as comfort and convenience.

Moondance Meadow Ranch 821± ACRES | CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA | $2,359,000 | PROPERTY ID: 8308241 Room to roam! 821± contiguous acres and nine ponds for your own personal wildlife haven! Soak in the sunshine and views and not see another home. Dream big under the huge star-filled sky!

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Sleepy Cat Ranch 40.87± ACRES

MEEKER, COLORADO Coined “The Crown Jewel of the White River Valley,” Sleepy Cat Ranch sits at the base of the Flat Tops Wilderness, home to America's largest indigenous elk herd. Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area adjoins the property to the north. This 40± acre property includes one half mile of river frontage on the world-renowned White River, as well as the option to purchase additional land and frontage on the south bank of the river. Along this property's section of river, anglers enjoy worldclass trout fishing. Sleepy Cat Ranch is a sanctuary for abundant wildlife including elk, deer, eagles, numerous sporting birds and small animals. Lush, irrigated mixed grass meadows span from the river bank up to the 10,000-square-foot impressive lodge, charming cabin and ranch headquarters.

MLS #164721

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Ranch at Miller Creek 673± ACRES

MEEKER, COLORADO Located 11 miles east of Meeker, this property is accessible year round. Sitting along the south bank of the White River, anglers can indulge in a half mile of tremendous trout fishing habitat. This riverfront acreage backs to 40± acres of irrigated meadows, yielding 60–70 tons of grass hay annually. There are also two springs in this lower pasture that have great development potential. From the river, the acreage works south along the west side of the Miller Creek Valley, peaking out at 7,600 feet. This upper country is grazed annually, running 40 head of yearlings, and also holds a variety of wildlife. The comfortable ranchstyle home has an open living room, dining and kitchen layout, along with a wonderful patio with hot tub and domestic well water. Moments away from public land.

MLS #165726

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Ranch on Strawberry Creek 618± ACRES

MEEKER, COLORADO This ranch includes two homes as well as a shop and is well suited for livestock with corrals, cross fencing, loafing shed and a late season grazing permit for the adjoining BLM public land. Located in Colorado Game Unit 211 with trophy elk and mule deer.

MLS #158201

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Riverfront on the White 40± ACRES

MEEKER, COLORADO A private, unencumbered 40± acres with exclusive rights to 1,449 feet on the White River, a worldrenowned fishing paradise. At 6,500 feet elevation, the property is currently used for high-yield grass hay production; irrigation water rights are included. The land has also accommodated seasonal fishing leases.

MLS #159885

$1,650,000

Lot in Elk Creek Ranch 2,850± ACRES

MEEKER, COLORADO This shared ranch community offers some of the finest dry-fly fishing in the U.S. and boasts hunting and fishing resources that are unrivaled. In addition to the deeded 2,850 acres owned by the ranch, fishing and hunting easements have been secured on more than 9,000 acres adjacent to the Ranch.

MLS #5694791

$1,600,000

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Cr a t e rL a keRe a lt yInc. com Linda Long, Principal Broker/Owner | (541) 891-5562 | Linda@CraterLakeRealtyInc.com 33550 Highway 97 North, Chiloquin, Oregon 97624 | (541) 783-2759 | (541) 783-2724 Fax

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420± Acres in Klamath County, Oregon

570± Acres in Klamath County, Oregon

420 acres near Dairy, Oregon, with private well and shared well. 250± acres of farmable ground with water rights and 170 acres of timbered land with mule deer and antelope hunting and habitat. 2,100-square-foot, threebedroom, two-bath home, new domestic well, 45’x120’x22’ pole hay barn, nine tower pivot, buried mainline, four wheel lines, flood irrigation and new stock water well. Currently growing organic alfalfa and orchard grass and under lease until December 31, 2020. Call Andra or Linda. MLS #220102072

Property near the Running Y Ranch Resort in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

570 total acres—250 irrigated, 5.9 acres commercially zoned, 320 acres of timber/range that is zoned R2. Corrals with loading chute and scales, small shed, two stock wells (one is solar). Will run 150 pair seasonally. So much potential—grazing at this time but could be a diversified ranch with organic farm and grazing ground, house sites, solar. All close to electric sub-station on Lakeshore. Call Andra or Linda. MLS #220102059

Property ID: 8290121 | Offered at $1,660,000

Property ID: 8290576 | Offered at $1,900,000

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1,660± Acres in Klamath County, Oregon

2,184± Acres in Grant County, Oregon

Three private, high-volume irrigation wells produce abundant water on this productive farm in Swan Lake Basin, near Klamath Falls, Oregon. Over 1,660 acres; two homes, shop/office, new corrals and fence, two domestic wells, 14 grain bins, five hay barns, seven Valley pivots. Over 1,000 acres sprinkled, 440 acres flood irrigated, 163 acres of dry ground and potential to develop 100 acres more. Main home is a three-bedroom, two-bath stick-built with new master bath. Second home is 1999 four-bedroom, four-bath MF with 2,094 square feet. Currently organic and conventional production—hay, grain and cattle. Call Andra or Linda. MLS #220102143

Incredible hunting property! Backs up to Malheur National Forest, prime winter range for deer and elk; thousands of dollars of sheds are gathered annually. Ranch has three new pivots, multiple wheel lines, 255 acres of free water rights on 2,184 total deeded acres. Two miles of Riley Creek runs through the ranch and provides abundant amounts of water. Five+ ponds on the ranch provide stock water. 2,954-square-foot, stick-built home, corrals, shop, barns and weaning lots with bunks. Grant County, Oregon. Contact M.T. Anderson, MTAnderson@CraterLakeRealtyInc.com, (541) 377-0030.

MLS #103003197

Property ID: 8262292 | Offered at $6,700,000

Offered at $3,945,000

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Suwannee River Ag Land 241± ACRES HAMILTON COUNTY, FLORIDA PROPERTY ID: 2950037 Gorgeous property with pine, oaks and other natural habitats. Deer, turkey and other Florida wildlife species call this property home. Includes 1.25± miles of frontage on the Suwannee River, a major river in southern Georgia and northern Florida that is a total of 266± miles long. $795,000 or $3,300 per acre

Triple H Ranch South

Bear Hammock Ranch

206± ACRES OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROPERTY ID: 8279068

1,506± ACRES OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROPERTY ID: 5567644

Triple H Ranch South offers a rare opportunity to own a piece of land in the 18th fastest growing county in the nation. South of Alligator Lake, it borders a 10,000± acre mixed-use district, and it is currently zoned low density residential, which allows up to eight units per acre. Though historically utilized for a citrus operation, it is currently being converted into cow pasture which will allow future buyers a blank canvas primed for development.

Fully operational cattle ranch located in the heart of Central Florida just south of St. Cloud with beautiful views of oak hammocks and improved pastures. This ranch offers homesteads, barns, equipment sheds and cow pens and is fenced and cross-fenced. This property offers many possible diverse uses. Option 1: 1,506± acres for $12,750,000. Option 2: 353± acres on east side of Canoe Creek Road for $3,500,000.

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D L O S Highway 415 & Colony Road 151± ACRES VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROPERTY ID: 8244568

Residential Development Land

Experience old Florida charm within an hour from downtown Orlando. This beautiful cattle ranch, just 15 miles from New Smyrna Beach, has prime frontage on Highway 415 placed conveniently between State Road 44 and Howland Boulevard in Deltona. This property has both ranching and recreational uses with plenty of deer and turkeys on the property. Build your perfect estate on this beautiful working ranch or develop the property into a ranchette subdivision with the current zoning allowing one unit per 10 acres. $1,600,000

1,386± ACRES LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROPERTY ID: 2917314 Two parcels with a yield potential of 1,140 to 1,340 total residential units. Land has been annexed into the City of Mascotte. Parcel 1: 304 acres, ideal for mixed use. Parcel 2: 1,082 acres, rural residential with one unit per acre (900–1,000 units for the property). $9,009,000 or $6,500 per acre for both Parcel 1: $1,976,000; Parcel 2: $7,033,000

Pleasant Farms 127± ACRES LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROPERTY ID: 7781690 Step back in time on this gorgeous 127± acres located in the rolling hill region of Howie in the Hills, Florida. This property has a longstanding history of being in agricultural uses, particularly citrus, for many decades. This property has rolling hills, lake frontage on two lakes, beautiful planted pine stands and gorgeous open pasture. $1,440,000 or $11,338 per acre

M A U R Y L . C A R T E R & A S S O C I AT E S , I N C . has sold over 200,000 acres of land and has closed over $1 billion in transactions over the past 35+ years. Since January 1, 2012, we’ve sold over 49,902± acres and closed over $500 million in transactions (over 4,728± acres and $73,032,680 in 2018). Our core competencies include brokerage, land investments and land management.

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Rockin’ T Ranch 35± Acres | Montgomery County, Texas | Property ID: 7692934 | $2,642,600

35 manicured acres with McCaleb Road and Austin McCombs Road frontage. Premium development or personal use property. Lovely, spacious three-bedroom, two-bath home overlooking the horse and longhorn pastures, two lakes and hay field. Variety of horse facilities; stables, arena, covered circular wheel. Indoor/outdoor dog pens, tool shed and man cave are among the other improvements on the property. An inviting one-bedroom, one-bath guest house is near the main house and pool. This property offers immense potential for horse owners, recreational buyers or developers. Will divide. Come see this beautiful property and all it has to offer.

Bluff Spring Ranch 275± Acres | Hays County, Texas | Property ID: 6862360 | $3,300,000

Ideally located between Wimberley and Dripping Springs on Ranch Road 12 offering fertile bottomland, hardwood trees, creeks, springs, seeps, bluffs and flat-top hills with grand views for building sites. Good internal roads. Electricity and well. Quality neighbors.

Full-time or part-time enjoyment. Nothing like this one on the market.

LandInvesTex.com | Jim Fuchs, Broker | (210) 901-1000 | info@landinvestex.com | 200 Northcrest Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78213

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Spectacular mountains and major trout stream valley. Numerous streams throughout. Minutes from major resort town.

Deep Creek Ranch, located in the highly coveted big deer area of Shackelford County, is an ideal recreational ranch for the avid outdoorsman.

5,772± DEEDED ACRES • $11,415,390 • PROPERT Y ID: 7323848

1,459.78± DEEDED ACRES • $3,950,000 • PROPERT Y ID: 6490963

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This ranch is essentially two ranches in one. A rolling pasture, good grass ranch combined with a rugged, timber high mountain ranch ideal for hunting. Will divide.

This expansive cattle ranch dominates the Sprague River valley, while 16 miles of the Sprague River—along with Meryl Creek—provide world-class trout fishing.

5,158.77± DEEDED ACRES • $11,065,940 • PROPERTY ID: 6046217

15,620± DEEDED ACRES • $23,350,000 • PROPERT Y ID: 5850520

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Large timbered mountain range spanning a major drainage divide with 10 streams and rivers. Overlooks the town of McCall. Unique first-time offering.

With its abundant water and excellent grass for grazing, Bull Mountain Ranch is easily one of the best elk hunting ranches on the market. Will divide.

30,912± DEEDED ACRES • $61,669,440 • PROPERTY ID: 5145525

12,467± DEEDED ACRES • $14,750,000 • PROPERT Y ID: 4313540

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1848 McDaniel Hollow Road

Property ID: 7363847

20± ACRES | MARSHALL COUNT Y, TENNESSEE | $595,0 0 0 This gorgeous 20 acres with a 100'x225' covered arena is enjoyed for various horse activities. The arena has irrigated footing, seven stalls, plus an additional 100'x25' storage area on the back side of the arena. There is a luxury apartment as well featuring an open floor plan, a huge master suite, plus an additional full bath by the living room with a fold-down Murphy bed for the kids. A 40'x50' garage has 14-foot clear height at the eves and will accommodate your horse trailer, boat or RV. All this is conveniently located halfway between Huntsville and Nashville.

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North Fork Siuslaw Timberland 399.64± ACRES • LANE COUNTY, OREGON • $1,500,000 Price reduced by $100,000! There are several roads throughout this property for great access to your timber stands, meadows, creek and beautiful North Fork Valley views. Varying ages of timber from 2–60+ years old. Primarily stocked with Douglas fir. Bear, elk, deer, cougar, coyote, ducks, grouse, salmon, steelhead. . . It’s all here! Property ID: 7737182

Monmouth Timberland with Residential & Vineyard Potential

Manning Oregon Tree Farm & Homesite 49.66± ACRES • WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON • $450,000 This property offers a quiet, secluded homesite, accessible to the Portland Metro Area, along with a well-managed, investment-grade timber property. The property is stocked with 20-year-old Douglas fir that has been pre-commercially thinned—a real plus. In addition, the property has been recently surveyed and has a completed geotechnical report and grading plan. Property ID: 8354833

Nickel Mountain Ranch

88.28± ACRES • POLK COUNTY, OREGON • $825,000

820± ACRES • DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON • $1,179,000

P E N D I N G ! Seclusion and privacy could be yours on this 88acre tree farm with varied ages of Douglas fir timber ranging from 10 to 40+ years old. Multiple outbuildings including an RV garage with second-story office, kitchen, bathroom and deck.

Clear a few trees to provide views of Mt. Hood, Jefferson, South Sister and Mt. Bachelor. Vineyard potential with 52± acres of Jory silty clay loam. Property ID: 8321880

Fantastic property with plenty of recreational and revenue opportunities! Several great locations for camping. Potential for off-grid living with county approval of a large tract dwelling.

Excellent hunting property with abundant wildlife! Two ponds and a year-round creek. In just five years, board foot volume is projected to increase by 38 percent! (1,804 MBF to 2,503 MBF).

Property ID: 7068321

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BLACK HILLS AREA PROPERTIES JIM PEDERSON, BROKER | (307) 746-2083 | ARNOLDREALTY.COM 505 WEST MAIN STREET, NEWCASTLE, WYOMING 82701

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MILLER CREEK

RED CANYON HOME

KARA VALLEY RANCH

237± ACRES SUNDANCE, WYOMING

40± ACRES BEULAH, WYOMING

165± ACRES SUNDANCE, WYOMING

Remote setting bordering Black Hills National Forest with live water. Bear Lodge setting with spectacular scenery and the seclusion on the North Fork of Miller Creek. Great summer cabin or hunting property. $715,000

Stunning 40-acre Black Hills setting at the end of the road. Beautiful custom home in the woods with incredible views. Also has artist’s studio.

Sought-after area with privacy and seclusion. $895,000 More land available.

Scenic valley setting on 165 acres which includes 97 acres of irrigated meadows. Ranch headquarters with a sprawling ranch-style home, seven-stall horse barn, shop and loafing sheds.

Easily accessible location. $995,000

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OAK CREEK RETREAT

LYTLE CREEK RANCH

WAPITI LAKES

186± ACRES ALADDIN, WYOMING

1,160 ± ACRES HULETT, WYOMING

293± ACRES FOUR CORNERS, WYOMING

Impressive 186-acre Black Hills property with a one-of-a-kind home that combines maximum efficiency with detailed elegance. Also has a bunkhouse, barn and shop. This handsome country estate has live water. $1,387,000

Picturesque setting in the Bear Lodge Mountains.

1,160 acres with a mountain stream and the entire eastern side bordering national forest.

Enjoy outstanding scenery, live water, abundant wildlife and access to public lands. $3,480,000

293 acres in a rare Black Hills setting with live water, landowner elk tags, great access and stunning scenery. A mountain stream and three fishing lakes are situated in the valley flanked by aspen, pine and spruce. $1,625,000

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FIND YOUR PIECE OF THE WEST (406) 259-2544 Info@PremierLandCompany.com 1800 Minnesota Ave., Billings, MT 59101 PremierLandCompany.com

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Big Snowy Mountain Ranch Situated along 4 mile of Merrill’s Spring Creek. Great range conditions, open meadows, live water and heavily timbered draws provide a setting unlike any other. Giant elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, bear and upland birds are all found on this property.

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Eagle Nest Ranch

The Horpestad Ranch

Located along a 2.6-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River that is well-known for its fishing. Multiple back channels, ponds and 240 pivot irrigated acres provide an ideal setting for duck, goose, pheasant and whitetail hunting. Its higher elevations consistently produce heavy populations of elk and mule deer.

Located along the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. Solid range conditions, productive hay meadows and water developed throughout the entire ranch including over six miles of Swimming Woman Creek frontage, multiple springs and a large, spring-fed reservoir.

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East Fork Ranch

Buffalo Creek Ranch

Never before offered for sale, the East Fork Ranch sits 20 miles south of Lewistown, Montana, providing access to 4.5 miles of national forest, multiple creeks and productive meadows.

World-class elk and deer, along with upland bird hunting, can all be found on the ranch.

Embrace the views and sounds of Buffalo Creek while sitting on the back porch of your newly remodeled 5,600-square-foot log home. This secluded 1,673 acres incorporates dramatic views, production, private creek frontage and tremendous recreational opportunities.

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Historical Ranch in the Upper Arkansas River Valley

Colorado Dude Ranch

340± ACRES IN CHAFFEE COUNTY • $3,800,000

5± ACRES IN CHAFFEE COUNTY • $2,275,000

Fantastic opportunity to acquire 340 acres prime for agricultural, development or continued use as a private ranch. With four CFS of the Riverside Ditch Allen Extension, the lush meadow, Collegiate Peaks views and easy access off Highway 24, this ranch offers outstanding location and historical ranching in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. The diversity of the amenities this long-time family ranch offers makes this a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition. Over 2,500 feet of river frontage to enjoy the rafting, kayaking, gold medal fishing and much more. Property ID: 8386138

Spectacular opportunity to own the best value in dude ranching, located deep in the Colorado Rocky Mountains! This ranch provides the platform to continue the successful dude ranch or to be a home-base for your own dream and aspirations.

Comprised of over 9,000 square feet of cozy cabins, bunk houses, recreation room, dining hall and outbuildings in addition to the furniture fixtures and equipment, vehicles and 40 horses and tack, this is an outstanding value and once-in-alifetime opportunity. Property ID: 8382033

Outbuilding for Every Need

120-Acre Canvas for your Imagination

103.15± ACRES IN CHAFFEE COUNTY • $1,400,000

120± ACRES IN SAGUACHE COUNTY • $1,390,000

Gently tucked against the mountain ridge in the upper Arkansas River Valley, this 103-acre legacy ranch offers deeded water rights, pristine home and incredible outbuildings, and it backs up to public lands. This property will sweep you off your feet with nostalgic charm while displaying the comforts of modern amenities, newer outbuildings, an abundance of storage all on a well-maintained and productive ranch. Included with the ranch is a 1,276-square-foot, one-bedroom, two-bath home on one level. This ranch is a must see! Property ID: 8236069

This is Colorado, a 120-acre canvas for your imagination. Eternal views of magnificent mountain ranges and peaks, rolling valleys, whispering aspens and towering pines, meandering stream, horses, deer, elk, pasture, surrounded by BLM, backing national forest and wilderness, water rights and private access. Fantastic custom-built threelevel, three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot log home, surrounded by the mighty Sawatch, Sangre De Cristo and Collegiate Mountain ranges with peaks that reach to the sun. This property has everything your Colorado imagination could ever create. Property ID: 8413715

Remarkably Rare Acreage with Live Water & A Domestic Well

160 Acres Surrounded by National Forest

263.79± ACRES IN CHAFFEE COUNTY • $1,315,000

160± ACRES IN FREMONT COUNTY • $1,000,000

Remarkably rare acreage with live water and a domestic well just off County Road 384 and minutes to downtown Buena Vista. Small residence provides immediate housing plus pasture, fully fenced, some cross fencing and shares of the Riverside Ditch and Allen Extension. This prime property is one of the last large parcels for agricultural use, historic use of cattle and horse leases, or for further subdivision into smaller ranchettes. Sweeping views of the valley, nearby Fourteeners and the ideal proximity to the amenities the area has to offer. Property ID: 7910095

Year-round, off-grid living on 160 mountain acres! This property is the one. The drive up to this cabin is surrounded with spectacular views. As you pull up to the house, it’s easy to see how comfortable living at this altitude can be. The acreage is an in-holding surrounded by San Isabel National Forest, and there is a grazing lease in place with a local cattle company. A unique feature is the original homestead cabin. It is still a functional bunk house space with a kitchenette, shower and a pot-belly stove. This is true Colorado living. Property ID: 8181407

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185± ACRES Winona County, Minnesota $1,835,000 Main House

Main House Great Room

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COMPLETE PRIVACY & HUNTING—TWO MILES FROM TOWN! Several Boone and Crockett bucks have been taken from this private valley!

With an extensive trail system, springfed creek and food plots, it’s a hunter’s paradise! Property has a horse paddock, fenced pastures and 30 acres tillable; the remainder is woods. Several outbuildings allow for chickens, hay storage or toy storage. The prairie-style, custom-built home is part of the allure in this private valley! With high-end amenities and a gourmet kitchen, this home was built for entertaining! Open concept, vaulted-ceiling great room, two large decks, two wood fireplaces, surround sound throughout.

In-floor heat in lower level, entertainment area and a second kitchen that is roughed in and ready to be finished. Home uses geo-thermal for energy efficiency and has perfect southern exposure for solar. Three of the five bedrooms have ensuite baths, and the home (as well as the guest lodge) have fiber optics running to them for great “work at home” internet options. The guest lodge has two bedrooms, one bath, laundry and a garage/workshop/mancave.

It was operated as a bed and breakfast for many years. Both septic systems are compliant. Call Cheri Eddy Crigler, (507) 450-5929, for a private showing.

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Picnic Pavillion

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KELLER WILLIAMS PREMIER REALTY CHERI EDDY CRIGLER (507) 450-5929 | CEDDY@KW.COM

Guest Lodge

Spring-fed Creek

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Each office is independently owned and operated.

BRETT VEATCH, REGIONAL DIRECTOR BVEATCH@AGISG.COM | 503-708-4663

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Bruck Lane Farm The Bruck Lane Farm is a rare find, spanning 80 lush acres with nearly a half-mile of Willamette River frontage. It feels like you’re a million miles away, yet you’re just seven minutes from Interstate-5 and all the conveniences of town, while downtown Portland and the international airport are just 20 minutes away.

The main farm rests on a high bank with captivating views of the meandering river and the hills beyond. A low bank area gives direct access to the river and a long stretch of beach-front. Very private and screened from the world by 40 acres of income-producing hazelnuts and a forested glen. Several prime building sites allow you to create a legacy lasting for generations. Property ID: 8353275 80± ACRES IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON | $3,900,000

Gate Creek Ranch Water defines the Gate Creek Ranch. Two large lakes and several ponds are filled from the creek and local irrigation district. Set in the shadow of Mt. Hood, Gate Creek is a mere two hours from Portland. The ranch overlooks the White River Canyon and views three mountains. The ranch supports itself with 145 acres of commercial tree fruit and a cow-calf operation. Three full-time ranch hands live on and maintain the property. Horseback, ride or hike for miles in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Fly-fish in the well-stocked lakes or in the nearby Deschutes River. Hunt, ski, snowshoe and explore every high plateau and rugged canyon.

Enjoy sunny Central Oregon days and silent star-filled nights. Your legacy can live large at the Gate Creek Ranch. Property ID: 7177598 676± ACRES IN WASCO COUNTY, OREGON | $4,600,000

Greenridge Farms The Hood River Valley is the gem of the Columbia River Gorge.

Ever snowcapped, Mt. Hood towers above the valley as the crystal waters of the Hood River dance along lush, orchard-filled hillsides, farms and vineyards. At the foothills of the mountain rests Green Ridge Farms, boasting blueberry fields and pear and cherry orchards that line its rolling hillsides. To the west, the topography drops into a magnificent stand of marketable, mature timber with a network of trails leading to a private bridge across sparkling Evans Creek. Three separate building lots provide several choice home sites with breathtaking views of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and the valley below. These can be sold separately or kept together for guest homes or extended family. Property ID: 8044603 214± ACRES IN HOOD RIVER COUNTY, OREGON | $3,500,000

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LUXURIOUS EXECUTIVE COMPOUND FOR SALE IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

580± ACRES IN RICHLAND COUNTY 16381 Camp Mary Lane, Richland Center, Wisconsin 53581

You’re looking at one of the most decorated Gentlemen Estates to hit the market in the Midwestern United States. This private 580± acre masterpiece lies in the heart of Richland County set amidst an unspoiled landscape teeming with cascading bluffs, deep sweeping valleys and billion-dollar views. Meticulously appointed and maintained, the retreat affords a lifestyle without compromise, a place where grand entertaining, ultimate privacy and convenience are paramount. In an area well-recognized for Boone and Crockett-class whitetail and pristine trout stream waters, one only has to step outside to enjoy the bounties of this miraculous kingdom.

Enter the domain from a securely gated half-mile gravel base driveway that bisects two skyhigh ridges. This tucked-away valley setting capstones seclusion and accentuates tranquility.

Recognizing this ideal location, no expense was spared to create the setting for the massive, nearly 6,000± square-foot, lodge built in 2016, which is truly an architectural wonder. This contemporary home comes fully-furnished with designer touches throughout. Rustic elegance is on full display within the estate, which affords six bedrooms, six baths, theatre room, four-stall attached garage, east wing guest quarters and so much more. Perfect as a family or corporate retreat, the property can easily and comfortably accommodate 16 or more overnight guests who will be treated to world-class amenities.

$3,200,000

Property ID: 8385721

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141± Acres in Howard County, Maryland

Timberleigh Farm

Welcome to Timberleigh Farm, home of the Martin Family for over 64 years, where Bill and Phyliss Martin raised 11 children. This 133-acre dairy farm is now being offered to the public for the first time. The farm boasts 1,300± feet of road frontage and gently sloping Glenelg loam soils that are excellent for growing a variety of crops. Currently 90± acres are tillable on the farm with record breaking yields. There is also 28± acres of majestic woods with a variety of timber that could possibly be sold. Three homes are on the farm. The main farmhouse, currently rented, the bunk house, under renovation, and the romantic cabin. The cabin, on the back of the farm, was recently remodeled and offers miles of glorious views of the farm and western Howard County.

One experiences a calm looking over the farm from the large wrap-around deck of the cabin. The family has hosted a number of events and weddings on the farm and currently has permission to host events from Howard County Land Preservation. The farm also has its own natural wonder of Dry Falls, a rock formation located among the 100-year-old trees. Property ID: 8163481

$2,490,000

C H U C K Z E P P. C O M Chuck Zepp, Broker CHUCKZEPP@GMAIL.COM | (410) 984-4851

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In 1956, Bill Martin bought a 180-acre farm because he and his siblings just sold the famous Martins Dairy in Olney, Maryland, shortly after their parents passed away. He, and his wife Phyllis, proceeded to raise their 11 children on the farm in the midst of a brand new dairy business. Starting only with 17 short breed heifers, the farm grew and thrived. At its height, they had 250 head of cattle, with 140 milking cows, producing some 340,000 gallons of milk a year for the whole capitol region. He stopped farming in 1990, but the land continued to be used for crops of hay, straw and grains for the Maryland Equine Industry.

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S PECIA L IZIN G IN L A N D IN

Oklahoma | Kansas | Colorado LIPPARDAUCTIONS .COM | ( 580 ) 237–7174 | INFO@LIPPARDAUCTIONS .COM

MOVE-IN READY IN A PARK-LIKE SETTING

The High Line Ranch

80± ACRES IN KL AMATH COUNTY, O R E G O N

$1,199,896

This Gentleman’s Ranch boasts clean fresh air, 80 acres surrounding the home, 34 lush irrigated pastures in the front and stunning established Ponderosa Pine trees behind. The main home is a meticulously designed Mediterranean style.

Perfectly taken care of, it possess dramatic stone and dark cherry wood, beveled cut glass front door, 14-foot ceilings, eight-foot doors, crown moldings, chair railings and beautiful French doors. The seller did not spare any expense when designing and installing top-of-the-line, quality products in this home. Private covered patio, elaborate formal dining and living rooms as well as an outstanding open kitchen.

The kitchen has a prep island and eating bar and opens up to a living space with peninsula fireplace. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase one of the finest homes, where the air is fresh, the people are kind and there is plenty of room.

www.HighLineRanch.com

Ryan Weider

(541) 885-4400

(541) 891-4343

519 Main Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 97601

Property ID: 8181471

ryanweider@windermere.com

www.Windermere.com

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FANTASTIC SKIING 20± ACRES IN BIG SKY, MONTANA $8,100,000

DEBRA MILLER, AGENT 360-718-6729 SEYPARLLC@GMAIL.COM

Contemporary, Locati-designed home on 20+ acres in Big Sky, Montana. The 12,300-square-foot home features a living and dining area with a 25-foot vaulted ceiling and floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, a spacious chef's kitchen, a master suite with sitting room, see-through fireplace and his-and-her full bathrooms and an additional two bedrooms and two baths on the main level. The lower level includes an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, family room, two bedrooms, two baths and a large finished storage area. Additionally, there is a twobedroom, one-bath apartment above the three-car garage. A 2,400-square-foot, three-stall barn with living quarters includes a birthing stall, tack room, half bath, corral and two-bedroom, one-bath caretaker’s quarters.

Luxurious Equine Ranch 4-BEDROOM | 3-BATH | 3,000 SQUARE FEET 13.92 ACRES IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA HOUSE

Wood Floors | Vaulted Ceiling | Fireplace Large Island with Butcher Block Top Pella Windows | Oversized 2-Car Garage MASTER SUITE

Custom Vintage Barn Windows | Skylight Sit-Down Vanity | Marble Countertops Whirlpool Tub | Heated Floors | Wood Floors PROPERTY

Gated Property With 2 Entrances | 5 Horse Barns 46 Horse Stalls | 3 Large Horse Pastures | Pond Each Barn Has A Tack Room & Well Pump 2 Barns Open To Private Turnouts | Wash Bay $769,900

REBECCA P. FIELD, BROKER THE PAYNE GROUP REBECCAPAYNEFIELD@GMAIL.COM • (405) 314-7438

Grazing Ranch in Eastern Colorado 2 , 0 8 0 ± AC R E S I N E L B E R T C O U N T Y, C O LO R A D O

This property, conveniently located east of Denver or Colorado Springs, Colorado, provides an opportunity for investment or a place to create your own private retreat of your design. From views of Pikes Peak to the southwest to the nearly two miles of treed creek bottoms, these rolling hills provide an abundance of strong native grasses. Additionally, this property has five livestock wells plus Wilson Creek water and adjudicated ground water rights, and it is cross fenced into five pastures. Schedule your showing by calling today.

$2,350,000 • Property ID: 8209922

Lyndon D. Burnett, Broker

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