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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Conservation Buyers Protect Historic Ranch Property
Cody, WY--August 21, 2006--The Nature Conservancy's Sheep's Point property near Meeteetse was sold to buyers who will protect its conservation values with a donated conservation easement to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The 320-acre parcel is surrounded by public land and harbors important elk and mule deer migratory corridors, elk calving grounds, and crucial elk winter range.
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The Sheep's Point property was once part of the Pitchfork Ranch, one of Wyoming's most historic ranches. Started in 1878, the ranch is an important link to the Old West--a place where Butch Cassidy stole a horse and legendary photographer Charles J. Belden captured images of the cowboy life. - Nature.org
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