Arizona ranches that have significantly benefited from government assistance and hold permits or leases for public land grazing allotments. (Additional ranches are added as information becomes available.)
Arizona Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ranches
- BLM Arizona Strip District Office Ranches
- BLM Hassayampa Field Office Ranches
- BLM Kingman Field Office Ranches
- BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office Ranches
- BLM Safford Field Office Ranches
- BLM Tucson Field Office Ranches
Arizona National Forest Ranches
- Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Ranches
- Coconino National Forest Ranches
- Coronado National Forest Ranches
- Kaibab National Forest Ranches
- Prescott National Forest Ranches
- Tonto National Forest Ranches
Keep in mind while reviewing these lists that these ranchers have paid the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and/or the U.S. Forest Service a federal grazing fee of only $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) since 2020 to graze their livestock on public land. That works out to $16.20 per cow per year. A 2019 congressional investigation found that leasing comparable livestock grazing on private ranchlands in the West cost an average of $23.40 per month in 2017.
One thought on “Arizona Public Land Ranches”
good resource.