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Advisory committee approves funding for Wire Ranch easement, seeks contractual water assurances
Summary
The Eastern Summit County Agriculture Preservation and Open Lands Advisory Committee approved funding to protect the 60-acre Wire Ranch (also called YO Ranch Maximiliano/Max Oak Meadow) with a conservation easement, contingent on contractual assurances that irrigation water will continue to be applied to the property.
Members of the Eastern Summit County Agriculture Preservation and Open Lands Advisory Committee voted at a work session to approve funding for a conservation easement on the Wire Ranch (also referred to in the presentation as YO Ranch Maximiliano or locally Max Oak Meadow), contingent on contractual language ensuring irrigation water remains applied to the property.
Robin Lyons of Summerland Conservancy presented the proposal, saying the property is about 60 acres, supports roughly 33 head of cattle and has been in the family for decades. "It's been in the family for over a hundred years," Lyons said, later noting the ranch has been in Gerald's name for about 75 years and contains no buildings. Lyons described local environmental values the easement aims to protect, including the…
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