Conservation & Stewardship • Mirr Ranch Group

Western wildfires are a certainty, so landowners must prepare

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LAY OF THE LAND | August 2022

The 2022 wildfire season in the West, since an enormous spring blaze in New Mexico, has been calm. But as recent years hav...

Summer Festivals, Rodeos, Museums & Events Deliver Entertainment & Education About The West

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The best way to learn about the West is to hit the road and experience it first-hand. And now that school is done for the year and the days are longer, the...

Live: Conservation Updates with Erik Glenn of CCALT

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Special guest Erik Glenn, the Executive Director of Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) joins Ken and Haley to discuss the latest conserva...

Stay informed on news impacting ranchers & landowners

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LAY OF THE LAND | May 2022

We understand it’s hard to keep up with everything one needs to read. That’s why at Mirr Ranch Group we use alternative p...

Conservation Easements at Risk in Nebraska

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A bill was recently introduced to the Nebraska Legislature prohibiting perpetual conservation easements (CEs), and local land trusts maintain the legislati...

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New Legislation Leads to a Conservation Easements Boom in Colorado

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Conservation easements aren’t a new concept in the West. The state of Colorado launched a program in 2000 that enabled landowners to donate land to a cer...

The Value of Senior Water Rights

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Reading Aspen Journalism’s recent article “Colorado Rancher Grapples with Water Rights Abandonment Listing” brings to mind another ranch in the area,...

Water in The West Delivers Significant Value to Ranchland

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The summer of 1879 had been exceptionally dry, but Reuben Coffin was still puzzled that South St. Vrain Creek had dried up. And so the farmer, who lived ne...

How to Help Victims of the Marshall Fire

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Our hearts go out to the families and individuals who lost everything in the recent Marshall fire in Boulder County. With our headquarters just down the ro...

Land Conservation & Wildlife: Colorado Gives Day & End of Year Charitable Giving

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Colorado Gives Day is on December 7th this year. This is a special day in Colorado where a $1.6 Million Incentive Fund increases the value of your donation...

Solutions for Water Shortages in the Colorado River

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After a 20-year long drought, the Federal government has finally declared a water shortage in the Colorado River. Over the past two decades, the drought ha...

Top 7 Colorado Ranches Near or Adjoining the White River National Forest

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In August 2021, the White River National Forest completed its acquisition of the historic 488-acre Sweetwater Lake Ranch, a deal that will protect wildlife...

Mirr Ranch Group Brokers the Purchase of the University of Denver’s New Mountain Campus

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The off-market Magic Sky Ranch was identified and purchased for $11.25 million.

The University of Denver (DU) recently acquired the Magic Sky Ranch in...

Bigger is Better at Elk Creek Ranch

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Thanks to the innovative acquisition of Seven Lakes Ranch, member-owned ELK CREEK RANCH has expanded to five times its original size.

For those who are ...

The Duner: A Career of Finding The Next Great Steward

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Raised in a steel town on the shores of Lake Michigan, Ken Mirr developed a passion for conservation and has made it his life’s work in the Rockies.

K...

Top Conservation Land for Sale in the West

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Here at Mirr Ranch Group, we are experts in conservation land for sale. We generally define conservation properties as those ranches that possess cons...

What’s All the Fuss About Regenerative Agriculture?

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Regenerative farming and ranching seems to be in the news a lot these days. For us at Mirr Ranch Group, we’re excited about regenerative agriculture beca...

Can the proposed 30 by 30 plan be successful?

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With the changing of the guard, comes new policies that affect private landowners. Below, we lay out the proposed 30 by 30 plan which looks at future conse...

The Top Reads & Videos of the Week

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See what our brokers are reading, watching, and listening to this week.

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News From Our Partners

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We work and partner with organizations that are constantly doing good and giving back to the community. As stewards of the land, you will love hearing abou...

The Economic Opportunity of Conservation Properties & Investment

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A recent study concludes that investment in agricultural conservation could generate up to $195 million in economic activity and create more than 1,200 job...

Conservation Properties: Sandstone Ranch Becomes Open Space

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Mirr Ranch Group prides itself in understanding conservation properties and its ability to shepherd the protection of iconic properties throughout the West...

Money For Water: Incentivizing Private Landowners for Water Rights

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As the Colorado River Compact nears the century mark, an increasing number of conservation efforts seek to incentivize landowners’ valuable water rights....

Top 10 Turnkey Ranches on the Market

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We are seeing a large surge in demand for turnkey ranches in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and across the American West right now. These types of properties hav...

Forest Fires: How Do Ranchers Plan Ahead?

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Pine Gulch, Grizzly Creek, Cameron Peak, Williams Fork, and more. Colorado is currently having a record-breaking wildfire season.

With the latest ...

What is the Great American Outdoors Act?

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This week the Great American Outdoors Act was signed into law with bipartisan support. The act secures funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LW...

Top 6 Southern Colorado Cattle Ranches on the Market

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Today, owning cattle ranches involves business decisions requiring an evaluation of a number of factors with the overriding goal to find a ranch ...

Wyoming Ranches for Sale: Country Road Tours at The Cottonwood

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At the beginning of the summer, Ken Mirr and Haley Mirr packed up the Airstream and made their way north to show some Wyoming ranches for sale. Their big t...

Top 11 Ranches for Sale in Wyoming

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Ranches for sale in Wyoming are known for strong winds, beautiful landscapes, enduring ranching culture, and incredible trophy hunting and fly-fishing. Whe...