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14,800 acres of range land goes public

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avatar 14,800 acres of range land goes public
February 25, 2010 02:21PM
This is adjacent to Mono County in the far northwest corner of Nevada. If you haven't been there and have a chance, I suggest you visit the area, it's beautiful open country.

A deal heralded as a conservation coup and a big plus for Northern Nevada's wildlife has put 23 square miles of privately owned range into the public's hands.

The Home Camp Ranch, in the far northwest corner of Washoe County about 170 miles north of Reno, was sold by the Jaksick family to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a $5.8 million transaction funded by the sale of federal land near Las Vegas.


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