Located between the Rocky Hills and Diamond HMAs, Diamond Springs Ranch covers 994 deeded acres, with grazing preference on three BLM allotments producing 2,100 AUMs per year, according to the listing by Hall and Hall.
The property features 341 acres under three pivots, three mobile homes, a shop, barn and corrals.
Water sources include seven springs, three ponds and two wells.
The agent’s map ties the deeded acreage to the Jiggs, Flynn/Parman and Parman Individual allotments.
The National Data Viewer shows the arrangement. Click on image to open in new tab.
The Allotment Master Report puts Jiggs and Flynn/Parman in the Improve category, with Parman Individual in Custodial (condition unknown).
The Authorization Use Report shows cattle on an 8.5 month grazing season for all three.
Where do the animals go during the off season? Back to the base property.
The allotments offer a combined 2,124 AUMs per year on 33,303 public acres, enough to support 177 wild horses.
The stocking rate would be 5.3 wild horses per thousand public acres, five times higher than the rate allowed by the bureaucrats (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
A buyer could petition the BLM for a change in livestock type and season of use, turning the ranch into a wild horse sanctuary, as American Prairie did for bison in Montana.
Think of it as a rewilding project, where you leverage 994 private acres to control 33,303 public acres. No off season.
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UPDATE: Added video.
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