Conserving Florida Land

As an Accredited Land Consultant, Dean Saunders has been a leading force behind Florida’s conservation efforts. As a former state legislator in the 1990s, he introduced legislation now known as the conservation easement program. For over 25 years, he has been representing landowners to secure conservation easements on their land.

In May 2023, the Florida Cabinet and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved protecting nearly 40,000 acres of environmentally sensitive lands. Of the 38,848 conservation easement acres, Mr. Saunders brokered 18,427 acres totaling approximately $45 million.

Conservation easements allow the landowner to sell the developmental rights of their property to a qualified agency and keep the property in natural or working agricultural conditions while maintaining ownership of the land. The conservation easement guides the property’s use and protects it in perpetuity. Conservation easements are cost-effective for taxpayers because it costs less to buy rights than the property, and landowners continue to manage the land.

Hunting / Ranching

Fly Fishing / Conservation

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GROVER RANCH Driggs, IDAHO | $14,550,000 | 880± Acres

Located in the heart of Teton Valley, this ranch is an exceptional opportunity to own a recreational retreat, working cattle ranch or family compound five minutes from Driggs. The owner constructed nearly five miles of interior roads for easy access to all portions of the ranch. Four spring-fed ponds are onsite, ranging in size from 1.5 to 11 acres, all with elevated building sites. A wetlands delineation was recently completed detailing the ranch’s many natural features.

GRANITE RANCH Jackson Hole, WYOMING | $8,995,000 | 33.64± Acres

Located 26 miles from downtown Jackson Hole, Granite Ranch feels like a leap back to simpler times. On Granite Creek in the Gros Ventre Mountains, the ranch is a rare in-holding in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Here you can hike, fly-fish, view the Milky Way, hunt, and ride horses. A conditional use permit allows Granite Ranch to be operated as a seasonal guest ranch with 30,000+ sqft of space that can sleep 100 people.

PENN RANCH Durango, COLORADO | $9,200,000 | 343± Acres

Bordered by wilderness and forest service land, the Penn Ranch is located in one of the Rocky Mountain West’s most beautiful and tightly held valleys. The ranch boasts 4,000+ feet of the Pine River, views of towering granite peaks, wildlife, three spring-fed ponds, a main home and smaller guest home, and priority water rights dating back to 1844.