The ranch includes 7,942 deeded acres east of Richfield, UT, with grazing preference on approximately 80,000 state and federal acres, according to the agent’s listing.
The operator runs approximately 350 cow/calf pairs year around.
In addition to forage on public lands, the owners feed hay produced from valley operations as well as purchased hay.
The agent’s map links the deeded acreage, shown in red, to six BLM allotments, shown in yellow, and one FS allotment, shown in green.
The National Data Viewer shows the BLM allotments. The FS allotment is south of North Cove Mountain and west of Bear Valley in the Fishlake NF.
The allotments do not intersect any wild horse or burro areas.
The Operator Information Report at RAS ties Annabella Land & Cattle to Authorization #4305032. The Allotment Information Report ties the authorization to Bear Valley, Gypsum, North Cove Mountain and Salls Meadow.
A keyword search of the Allotment Master Report yielded four instances of “Annabella,” consistent with the Allotment Information Report.
The permittees on the two remaining allotments may be DBAs or lessees but this was not explained in the listing.
Information about the Forest Service allotment can be found in the 2023 AOI.
An outlay of $25 million obtains access to a miniscule 558 AUMs per year on BLM land and roughly 483 AUMs per year on FS land. Not a great deal in your host’s opinion.
The price tag would break the budget of the new adoption partnerships program, but nobody said public-lands ranching was for the little guy.
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