Tbd Stevens Gulch Paonia, CO 81428

The North Fork Ranches consists of nine ranches lying between the heart of the North Fork River Valley and the Grand Mesa Plateau. Located only 90 miles from Aspenâs world-class ski slopes and 50 miles Montrose regional airport with flights to Boston, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, P...hoenix, New York, San Francisco, and Charlotte. Each ranch encompasses the draws, meadows, and ridges along the south face of the Grand Mesa, just 5 miles north of Paonia, Colorado, on Stephens Gulch Road. Adjoining BLM public land on one side, and the ranch offers year-round county road access. This exceptional ranch property is a superb wildlife paradise for moose, elk, mule deer, bear, mountain lion, turkeys, eagles, and numerous small animal and bird species, with over-the-counter elk tags available. Current revenue potential includes hunting, limited timber production, grazing, and summer/winter eco tourism. To improve the propertyâs suitability for livestock operations, mile of wildlife friendly new fence has been constructed since 2017. The ranch features seasonal live water through East Rotcap creek, small springs, and spring-fed ponds. these ponds have been improved, reworked, enhanced, cleaned, or newly created since 2017. The terrain of each ranch is as varied as the acreages, elevations run from 7,200' to 8,600' with vegetation mixes of sub-irrigated meadows, sage brush, Gamble Oaks, Pinion pine and Cedar trees at the lower end to small stands of aspen, grassy meadows at higher elevations. To improve wildlife habitat, additional acres of low-lying brush has been cleared and reseeded into highland pasture. This improved habitat diversity has driven a vast expansion in game species populations both migratory and year-round herds. Each ranch features incredible building sites and fantastic views of the West Elk, Ragged, and San Juan Mountain Ranges. Electric power and domestic water is available at the county road. The North Fork Ranches have all been refurbished, replanted, re-surveyed and fenced as part of a million-dollar vegetation mitigation/improvement project. Nothing has been left undone and these turnkey ranch properties are ready to be sold. Continue reading