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Land Use - Ranches of the West
Ranches of the West provides and has provided directly or indirectly since its inception, various consulting and development management services to numerous clients owning property located in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and British Columbia. Due to the varying scope and scale, the preservation oriented ranch "development" envisioned by the owner on each project and the unique nature of each piece of land, Ranches of the West's responsibilities in this realm of consulting services vary widely. Typically, however, Ranches of the West is usually retained to supervise the master planning, platting and governmental approvals of the project, the goal being to maximize preserved areas and habitat, and to protect natural resources, agriculture, view corridors, fisheries, and wildlife.

Ranches of the West has been responsible for what others have termed fine, resource attentive planning and/or development of about 100 building sites/Individual Ranches on a limited number of clients' properties. Although those Ranches electing to take this preservation approach to their overall ranch, agricultural, and resource restoration and eco-sensitive development is in fact a small portion of our total clientele, we are proud of our efforts in this regard.
Our mission in these types of endeavors is when it's done, no one even knows we've been there. We are labeled with disdain for these efforts by some detractors as "developers" without recognition of our true role in such instances as land planners and resource managers. The fact of the matter is, the goal of this type of undertaking is always to accomplish an ultimate preservation objective by paying off debt on the ranch (so future poorly conceived land use decisions are not forced by debt service problems) and to create capital for resource and agricultural improvements and, when coupled with Conservation Easements, result in preserving in perpetuity the huge preponderance (generally 90% to 98%) of the restored working ranch property.
As part and parcel of these types of our integrated Ranch Management operations, we also have been Construction Managers, working for the owner (as apposed to general contractors who represent the trades) in the construction/remodeling of about 40 terrific homes, cabins, barns, and other structure related improvements.
Our Mission: To Create and maintain Sustainable Resources

Consultants to and for Recreation and Agricultural Enterprises

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