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State Land Board affirms staff and awards Pole Gulch grazing lease to Eli Ranch after incumbent appeal
Summary
After hearing competing presentations and a request for review from the incumbent lessee, the Colorado State Land Board voted 5–0 to award a Moffat County grazing lease (Pole Gulch, lease 117794) to Eli Ranch, upholding staff's scoring-based award and declining the incumbent's request for further negotiation.
The Colorado State Land Board on Jan. 22 confirmed staff's competitive review and awarded agricultural lease 117794 (Pole Gulch parcel, Moffat County) to Eli Ranch, concluding a contested renewal process in which the incumbent lessee, CNC Cattle LLC, asked the board to overturn the staff decision.
Elliot Hoy, assistant director for sustainability and working lands, told commissioners staff followed the statutory renewal and competitive‑bid process (including the District Manager's determinations and site visits) and scored bids using three criteria tied to statute: reasonable and consistent revenue, stewardship, and community stability. He said the incumbent was offered the statutory chance to submit a highest‑and‑best offer; when that offer did not match the competing bid, staff moved to scoring and recommended the award to Eli Ranch based on the highest aggregate…
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