Located south of Wells, NV, the ranch covers 2,518 deeded acres, according to the listing, with grazing preference on a 6,000-acre Forest Service allotment.
There are 900 acres under irrigation producing nearly 1,000 tons of hay annually.
The Annual Operating Instructions for the allotment indicate 90 cow/calf pairs on approximately a 3.3 month grazing season for a total of 305 AUMs per year.
Livestock retreat to the base property during the off season.
The allotment is west of the deeded acreage in the Ruby Mountains.
The Western Watersheds Map shows the arrangement. Click to open in new tab.
The allotment does not overlap any wild horse areas, but it might be a rewilding opportunity, to be achieved by asking the Forest Service for a change in livestock type and season of use, as American Prairie did for bison in Montana.
At 50 AUMs per year per thousand acres, forage in the allotment is equivalent to four wild horses per thousand acres, despite claims by the bureaucrats that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
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