Ranches throughout the West are replaced by subdivisions, but Triple H Ranch protective developments are a solution to this problem.

The Triple H Ranch offers a unique opportunity for those who wish to preserve Western traditions, beautiful land and wildlife habitat for generations to come. It is rare to find ranch property in the Great Southwest which provides the combination of effective conservation and viewscape planning and delivers so much value for so little money. This is a chance to become a part of a ranching legacy and enjoy the rewards, which come from helping nature. Triple H Ranchlands is not for everyone but then, that is what makes it special!

In our case, we are using carefully planned development on a small percentage of the ranch to keep the larger percentage open and free. We create a small number of 140-acre homesteads so that they blend into the topography and trees. Each home has a spacious designated building envelope, which has magnificent views of the mountains but not of other homes. Homestead owners receive permanent recreational rights to the entire working ranch. Additionally, there will be a conference center for community fun. Finally, a conservation easement is your guarantee that the beauty you see today is the beauty that will always be at Triple H Ranch.

One hundred and forty acres at Triple H Ranch cost less than a single home site in an affluent neighborhood of most all major cities in our country. Moreover, as a homestead owner, you receive the value of permanent recreational rights to the entire 125,000+ acre working ranch and wildlife preserve. A perpetual easement attached to your deed, gives you, your family and friends complete access to the entire ranch for activities like hiking, camping, hunting, and horseback riding. A set of protective covenants is in place to enhance the value of your investment. In addition, the value of knowing that the land will remain in a natural state, never crowded, and uncompromised by urban sprawl is priceless. For you see, your property is encompassed by an additional 300,000+ acres to the east and 2,000,000+ acres to the southwest of National Forest for your additional enjoyment. The ranch is contiguous with the western foothills of the San Mateo Mountains, which is part of the Cibola National Forest with elevations up to 10,500 feet. The ranch elevation ranges from 6800 to 9000 feet. Your personal 140 acres would be part of various canyons and mountain passes which water is fed by the San Agustin Plains and springs outcropping onto our property. The plentiful water allows for provision of a water line delivered to each 140-acre parcel. The attachment to the forest complements ultimate privacy, breathtaking views, and a real hunter's paradise. There will be big game for you or your guest to hunt each year. If you or your families are not hunters, there will be big game to behold from your kitchen window or on horseback year round! Conservation is tantamount to the Triple H Ranch.

Perhaps the greatest asset of Triple H Ranch is its wildlife resources. As previously mentioned, the ranch is ideally located on the west side of the San Mateo Mountains, providing excellent habitat for such game species as mule deer, black bear, scaled quail, mourning dove, mountain lion, and elk. However, the ranch is also either permanent home or part-time home to an array of non-game species found in the transitional mountain ranges of New Mexico. The transitional mountain ranges are those along the midline of the state, which contain elements of the northern mountains, such as aspen, spruce, and fir; notwithstanding the elements of the southern mountains, such as walnut, hackberry, and Arizona alder. Areas that contain this diversity are often rich in wildlife. The Triple H Ranch is no exception!

One of the things, which will distinguish Triple H Ranch from other properties, is our commitment to viewscape planning. The homesteads are placed on a spacious building envelope, which is carefully nestled among the trees in a manner, which does not disrupt the native flora and fauna. Although the building envelopes are expansive and offer stunning panoramic views, they remain invisible from other parts of the ranch. Protective covenants enhance the value of your investment in conservation easement guarantees that the thousands of acres surrounding your home never see change; only enjoyment by your children's children. By following these rigorous guidelines, this ensures that the beauty you see today is the beauty for years to come. Simply put, there is no other property in New Mexico that has made this commitment on such a grand scale with such amenities including horses, hunting, fishing, trail rides, and a conference center with the highest technologies for private business meetings, recording studio, and family fun. This will be a working ranch with invitation for you to participate in roundups and brandings. This is not some dude ranch; it is the real deal, so bring your boots! Your ranch will be an undisturbed land affording views of rocky ridges, desert grassland, towering mountains, and abundant wildlife.

Our vision is both a profitable ranch and healthy land; a concept which is traditionally a misnomer. Progress comes from a good knowledge of the economics of ranching and the politics surrounding it, then combining it with a good working knowledge of ecology and applying it on the ground. We will control cattle grazing through range management, thereby restoring endangered habitat. Consequently, our concern blends environmentalism and conservation with ranching. This is particularly why our strict covenants and deed restrictions state that the ranch units must remain open range, with homes blending into the surroundings, landscaping incorporating native plants and fences forbidden except around the building envelope. We will manage the riparian areas for restoring the ecosystem. The perpetual easement planning affords the homeowners recreational activities as previously described and the opportunity to become a real cowboy! Our ultimate goal makes the ranch ecologically healthier and creates a private community of affluent people to enjoy it all.

We believe to save the planet; you must make it economically wise! Wendell Berry wrote, "You cannot save the land apart from the people or the people apart from the land. To save either, you must save both." For you see, we think predators are important to the ecosystem, yet however, we choose to be a defender of wildlife and cattle. We choose to tap into the economies of conservation and recreation. The dichotomy is to help the land and help the food. This is why the rancher must evolve into a resource manager!

What will ranching look like in the 21st century? "The new ranch" blends ranching with environmentalism. This is a model, which facilitates a way ranching keeps rural communities going and people on the land but does not compromise biodiversity. Our intention is to see the land prosper economically as well as encourage its improvement environmentally. This is why riparian areas grazed only in the dormant season allow the land to recover. Consequently, with the new ranch model you will see more wildlife, clearer streams, and an abundance of healthy grasses. Range management makes for the capability of running almost twice as many cattle on the same acreage. In fact, moving cattle frequently stimulates growth with each hoof print. These ranching techniques achieve a long-term healing of the land while still generating productivity by maintaining a focus on the timing, intensity and frequency of grazing. Land can prosper financially in a responsible manner. The common ground is found by focusing on what you do not do than what you do to the land.

Additionally, the new ranch concept requires analyzing the complete picture. It creates ecologically healthy rangeland, which in turn supports economically robust ranches. The new ranch is a place where cooperation will replace confrontation, where common interest and common sense prevail, where environmentalists have supper with the rancher and help him work his cattle. It finds the common ground for everyone. It is an alternative, which allows the land to heal, and perhaps thrive, while enabling ranchers to make a living and enjoy their historic culture.
The new ranch is a ranch at rest! Typically, only about 2% of the ranch is grazed on any given day. The cattle must move in millennial imitation of the historic grazing patterns of bison or elk. The new ranch supports heavier stocking patterns than the old ways. As the cattle pass on to new grazing areas, they will have eaten less than 10% of the forage available, thereby attaining our fundamental goal.

The new ranch goal is to maximize plant production during the growing season: The more plant tissue that remains after the cattle have passed, the faster the plants recover. Meanwhile the cow’s hooves have cultivated the soil surface between plants. The soils crust broken enables rainwater to infiltrate more quickly. Hoof prints plant grass seed! We contend poor land management – not cattle – cause ecological damage.

The new ranch will abolish overgrazing. It will ensure the protection of streamside and wetlands. It will allow native grasses to return and flourish. It will create habitat for endangered species and protect wildlife in all its forms. The new ranch will accommodate recreational use of public land. It will demonstrate that prohibition of grazing on public lands is both impractical and ecologically suspect. One might call this holistic range management! This practice holds every level of the ecosystem, from fungi and termites, to predators, as important parts of the ecosystem into which cows fit, rather than dominate. It is a true sustainable system finding a common bond ecologically and economically. The new ranch method of operation for the Triple H Ranch does more than allow the owner the opportunity to see the deer and the antelope roam. It promotes completion of the ecosystem! This will allow the owner of each property to experience many of the unique natural wonders of our ranch. There is something primal about an elk bugle and a wolf howl on a frosty October morning! Come help us live this experience!

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