Confluence Land Company was founded with the fundamental understanding that private landowners are the silent leaders of Western conservation. Across the American West, about half of all land is privately owned, a statistic often overshadowed when conservation debates generally focus on public lands. From Montana’s vast cattle ranches to New Mexico’s piñon-dotted mesas, we have…
By nearly any measure, the American West is nearing the end of its driest winter on record. According to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), every major river basin across the West is currently in a state of snow drought, with 97% of Colorado SNOTEL stations reporting snow drought conditions and statewide snowpack sitting at a record-low…
Confluence Land Company is pleased to welcome the addition of Meriwether Stockford to our brokerage firm. Meri joins CLC in the role of Marketing and Transaction Coordinator, assisting our brokers and clients throughout the transaction process and the end-to-end management of our best-in-class promotion of premier ranch, sporting, and legacy properties. Meri holds a BS in Marketing from…
Last week, the Confluence Land Company team traveled to Redwing Ranch in Southern Colorado to participate in a workshop on regenerative grazing practices. Once treated as a fringe approach, regenerative grazing has moved into the mainstream of the production ranch conversation, with operators across the West rethinking stocking rates, pasture rotations, and soil health as…
Before arriving at Confluence Land Company as a summer intern, Austin Brown came to the western ranch market with a deep appreciation for land, but only a partial understanding of the forces that shape its value and complexity. A Finance and Real Estate student at Texas Christian University and a lifelong outdoorsman raised in South Texas, Austin grew up hunting,…
Background and Context If you’ve spent any time around water rights discussions in the West, you’ve probably heard the saying: “whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” While usually stated in-jest, it’s no joke that water allocation amongst Western stakeholders is an ever-increasingly contentious subject. At the heart of these disagreements often lies the Colorado River- the lifeblood river of the West, which…
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