Land Ownership & Stewardship

Turning the Tide: Western States Make Strides in Water Conservation Amid Drought

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The long-running drought in the West has been setting off alarm bells among decision-makers as reservoirs drop precipitously, prompting dire forecasts abou...

Western states gauge foreign ownership of agricultural land with eye toward national security

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I’m guessing you’ve seen the headlines about Western states crafting legislation aimed at limiting foreign ownership of agricultural...

Challenges are a way of life for cattle operations

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The way Jared Souza sees it, all indicators point to a great financial year for cow-calf operations.

“Coming from a recent high in 2019, there a...

Snowpack Levels High at Elk Creek Ranch

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With snowpack levels around 150% of the normal average in the White and Yampa River basin, we are likely in for a longer and more fierce runoff season than...

Amber Smith Works to Make Sure Women on Ranches are Seen and Affirmed

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Amber Smith had to go to the Middle East to realize she wanted to live in the American West.

“I was a Junior in college and spent that year studying A...

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Impressive Snowpack Lifts Many States Out of Drought

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It’s not your imagination: the winter months have delivered a tremendous wallop of moisture, helping erase drought across most of the ...

Locked Out of the Land: Checkerboarding and Public Access in the American West

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The game of Checkers is child's play. But 'Checkerboarding,' a western phenomenon that describes the intermingling of private and public land as if on a gi...

Ranch owners look to creative solutions to address water shortages

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The good news is that currently nearly every Colorado ski area is reveling in above-average snow. And the U.S. Drought Monitor report of Jan. 19 shows 40% ...

Mirr Ranch Group Top 10 for 2022

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It’s only natural during the holidays to reflect on the past year. At Mirr Ranch Group we’ve been blessed in 2022 to learn so much about the West, whic...

Top 5 Most Popular Land Bulletin Podcast Episodes of 2022

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As we look back on 2022, we are proud of the successful launch of the inaugural season of the Land Bulletin Podcast. Every week, ranch broker Haley Mirr ho...

Balancing wildlife conservation with demand for outdoor recreation

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The outdoor recreation economy roared back to life in 2021. In fact, a U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) report revealed that “inflation-adjusted GD...

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

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Colorado Gives Day is running now through December 6th this year. This is a special time in Colorado when a $1.4 Million Incentive Fund increases the value...

Virtual Fencing Offers a Compelling Option for Cattle Ranchers

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There's no getting around one reality of cattle ranching in the West: you need a lot of fence. That said, it is possible for cattle to get around (and unde...

Agriculture Production in the West Remains Vital Despite Challenges

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Agriculture is big business in the West. The 11 states in the Mountain and Pacific regions deliver $95 billion annually to markets. To p...

USDA’s 2022 Land Values Report shows strong growth, but there’s more to the story

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Recession? What recession?

It’s true that recent months have been filled with sobering statistics, such as declining Gross Domestic Product numbers, c...

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...

Cowboy Poetry Shares the Language of the West Through the Eyes of Those Who Live Closest to the Land

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The ethos of the West is the sum of many parts, from its stunning landscape to strong-willed inhabitants, especially its cowboys. Whether during cattle dri...

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...

Warmer Weather Brings Anglers to Streams and Lakes Around The West

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LAY OF THE LAND | June 2022

If you’re really gung-ho, any season is a good time to fly-fish. But the advent of warmer weather gets more anglers into t...

Evolving Western Stream Access Laws Impact Ranch Investments

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Stream access has a significant impact on the value of a ranch investment in the western U.S., especially for fly-fishing properties. The rights largely ar...

Cattle Ranching’s Challenges Also Offer Opportunities for The Entrepreneurial Investor

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Cattle ranching has been central to the western region’s economy since the 1850s. Although slowed by the Civil War, the industry exploded out of Texas in...

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...

Live: Ranches as an Investment

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Jeff Hubbard visited the show this week to discuss everything about ranches as an investment - from how we evaluate a property, to strategically approachi...

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...

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...

‘Yellowstone’ is fun, but let us help you sort its fiction into ranch facts

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LAY OF THE LAND | April 2022

There’s no question that Yellowstone is a smash hit. After all, more than 9 million viewers tuned in for the final episod...

Live: Water in the West

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Water has become one of the most important topics in our line of work and will continue to be for some time. It not only affects ranch valuations but how w...

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,...

Spring 2022 Ranch Market Report

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Seemingly unlimited cash, heightened interest in real estate investment, and the cultural shift to working from home produced another stellar sales year in...

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