The conservation easements on the historic Sommers and Grindstone ranches in Sublette County continue to attract national attention for their conservation impact. This large-scale project was recently selected as Sunset Magazine's 2012 Environmental Winner in the "Best Ranchland" category.
Sunset Magazine announced that this project is a winner because: "The 19,000 acres of the Sommers-Grindstone Conservation Project will remain undeveloped, keeping it as it was in the early 1900s. Neighboring properties along the Upper Green River in western Wyoming, Sommers Ranch and Grindstone Cattle Co. are as old as the state itself.”
The Sommers-Grindstone conservation easements were completed in 2010 as a cooperative effort between landowners Albert Sommers and his sister Jonita Sommers who own and operate the Sommers Ranch Partnership, Maggie Miller of Grindstone Cattle Co., the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust. Both private and public agencies joined together to raise the funds necessary to complete this project which will keep these working ranches producing food and fiber for future generations – and available to wildlife, anglers and all those who enjoy Wyoming’s defining wide open spaces.
Sunset Magazine announced that this project is a winner because: "The 19,000 acres of the Sommers-Grindstone Conservation Project will remain undeveloped, keeping it as it was in the early 1900s. Neighboring properties along the Upper Green River in western Wyoming, Sommers Ranch and Grindstone Cattle Co. are as old as the state itself.”
The Sommers-Grindstone conservation easements were completed in 2010 as a cooperative effort between landowners Albert Sommers and his sister Jonita Sommers who own and operate the Sommers Ranch Partnership, Maggie Miller of Grindstone Cattle Co., the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust. Both private and public agencies joined together to raise the funds necessary to complete this project which will keep these working ranches producing food and fiber for future generations – and available to wildlife, anglers and all those who enjoy Wyoming’s defining wide open spaces.
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