L Cross Ranch covers 6,581 deeded acres in southern Colorado, with access to 11,460 BLM acres, 26,140 Forest Service acres and 15,844 state acres, according to the agent’s listing.
The National Data Viewer identifies the BLM allotments as East Carnero Creek, South Carnero, Rio Grande Canal and Hellgate.
The Allotment Master Report gives management status, public acres and active AUMs.
The Western Watersheds map identifies the Forest Service allotments as Pasture and Cave.
The land ratio, neglecting state acreage, is 5.7 public acres per deeded acre.
The ranch does not overlap any areas identified for wild horses.
The legislature expects the Colorado Wild Horse Working Group to identify and pursue long-term solutions for wild horses that are removed from federal horse management areas or held in federal facilities, the best of which is to put them back on public lands at the expense of privately owned livestock.
This can be accomplished by acquiring base properties such as this one and flipping the grazing preference to horses.
The BLM acreage offers 706 active AUMs, equivalent to 59 wild horses, which is not great for the required investment.
On-site hay production will increase that number. The listing says the ranch supports 850 to 900 head year around.
The authorized forage in the Forest Service and state lands is not known.
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