NCA | Springtime Update

by Martin Paris | NCA Executive Director | O: 775-738-9214 Springtime Update

The Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale that was held in

February is in the books. We have just finished wrapping up everything from the sale and would like to give thanks to all of our consignors, buyers, sponsors, and volunteers once again for your support this year. We look forward to seeing everyone again in 2023!

As we enter into spring, I hope everyone has some shiny new calves and lots of rain. While the Nevada Legislature is not in session this year, there is still plenty going on in the livestock industry, particularly on the public lands front. The bird is once again the word, sage grouse that is. Last November, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their Notice of Intent to amend the 2015 and 2019 Sage Grouse Management Plans. If we go back through the annuls of history, the 2015 Sage Grouse Management Plans were rife with issues harmful to the livestock industry. With components such as 7-inch stubble height requirements, incoherent lek buffers, and sage brush focal areas, livestock appeared to be public enemy number one. Fast forward to 2019, the Trump Administration/ BLM was able to rework the Sage Grouse Management Plans to reflect on the ground realities and add in some much-needed flexibility for livestock producers. Shortly thereafter, U.S. District Court Judge, Lynn Winmill ruled in favor of environmental groups by deeming that the BLM failed to fully analyze how sage grouse would be harmed under the 2019 land use plans. BLM’s new planning effort comes on the heels of the Judge Winmill’s decision and seeks to “examine new scientific information, including the effects of stressors like climate change, on Greater SageGrouse, to assess what management actions may best support habitat conservation and restoration on public lands to benefit sage-grouse, as well as the people who rely on sagebrush lands to support their livelihoods and traditions.”

The comment period for the Bureau of Land Management’s Sage Grouse Scoping Period closed in February. NCA submitted comments urging that the BLM consider the following in preparation of new sage grouse plans; • The alignment of any potential federal plan with the 2019 Nevada Greater Sage-Grouse

Conservation Plan • Removal of Sagebrush Focal Areas • The reliance on the best available science regarding habitat objectives • Addressing wildfire and the use of livestock grazing as a tool to prevent wildfires • The need to address predation on nesting sites • The need for cooperative monitoring agreements between BLM and permittees • Compliance with the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act

NCA will continue to closely monitor and engage as the process continues to work itself out. In the meantime, I’m happy to report that the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus package recently passed by Congress included a critical provision prohibiting funds from being used to enact a federal listing of the Greater Sage-Grouse under the Endangered Species Act. This key provision should empower voluntary, locally led conservation efforts from the ground up and not the top down.

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Lund Farm Lund, Nevada

100 acre farm with irrigation well and flood irrigation system. Approx. 90 acres water righted. Nice manufactured Home plus several small pastures near house with water and A small feed lot in center of property. Great farming/ ranching Community with K-12 Schools and even an Ag program.

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Bar O Ranch Summer and Winter Range

909+ Deeded acres of which over 700 acres have Water rights for irrigation. Currently 2 pivots in and New seeding planned and another new pivot about To be installed. Winter range out the gate and summer Range not to far away on the Utah side of the border. Three good manufactured homes plus three shops and Other outbuildings. Owner rated at approx. 300 head Year around. Price: $4,000,000. Will increase with addition of two more pivots and well to service them. Chicken Ranch South of Wells

3796 + Deeded acres fenced an cross fenced with a stock water well and water from a permitted Spring. The ranch has an approved irrigation permit for 130 acres and 3 phase power is readily available. There is a 100 acre parcel zoned Industrial with Rail access and access onto US. Hwy 93. Price: $2,250,000 Bassett Lake Farm - McGill, NV

160 acre farm property near Bassett Lake. Has nice log home plus shop and a lot of nice fencing. Two pivots and two irrigation wells plus domestic well. Excellent farm for small cattle operation or hay for Supplemental income. Great privacy but only 7 miles out of town. Price $775,000.

Wildhorse Cattle Co Elko | White Pine | Nye Counties

897 acres in Elko, White Pine and Nye Counties with USFS grazing permits west of Wildhorse Reservoir and BLM permits on East and South of Wildhorse. 361 acres with water rights at the Wildhorse headquarters. Excellent summer and winter grazing. Price: $4,200,000 Copper Creek Recreational Retreat and Pasture

Approximately 400 Acres with nearly 1/2 mile of Copper Creek on it. In the Charleston Valley. Borders forest on two sides. Short distance to Bruneau River. 81 acres with water rights. Charleston, Nevada Price: $689,000 Talbot Creek Ranch Lamoille

This 426 acre property is truly unique with over a mile of year-round Talbot Creek running through it and bordering the Humbolt National Forest. 2 cabins, large metal storage building. Priced to sell at $2,100,000