Farisita Ranch is a 630-acre property in Huerfano County near the southwestern end of the Wet Mountains. The property is used for cattle grazing as well as piñon nut and bough harvesting. It comprises two parcels that are connected by Bureau of Land Management land that is leased by the owner. It includes a stretch of Turkey Creek, with associated cottonwood gallery forests and wetlands, piñon-juniper woodlands, open montane grasslands, wet meadows, several springs, and a pond. It is visible from two county roads, and the conservation of this property protects that viewshed for travelers.
Farisita Ranch – permanently protected!
