Ranches of the West's basic business objective, in order to implement its mission to create and maintain sustainable resources, is to accomplish the goals of each client with whom they consult. Most important to Ranches of the West of the many goals of their various clients, is the preservation, enhancement and careful stewardship of the myriad and irreplaceable physical attributes and natural resources of the various properties owned by clients. Ranches of the West has, in the course of its development, acquisition, marketing, and management services, provided interaction for over 20 past and current clients with various international, national, or regional non - profit conservation organizations including the negotiation and recording of conservation easements which generate substantial tax benefits to the owners. As importantly, these easements protect the property on which they are placed in perpetuity from uses or development prohibited by the easement. Conservation Easements are an increasingly popular mechanism whereby ranchers and families can not only secure substantial tax benefits, but also preserve precious natural resources, green space and a way of life to be valued and enjoyed by future generations. Holders of the majority of the Conservation Easements procured or planned by clients of the firm are:

The Montana Land Reliance and The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Conservation Statistics More About Conservation Easements

Consultants to and for Recreation and Agricultural Enterprises

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