Ranches that are permitted to use grazing allotments administered by the Bureau of Land Management Safford Field Office and have benefited from government assistance. (Additional ranches are added to this list as information becomes available.)
Visit the Arizona Public Land Ranches Home Page for information about ranches in other regions of the state.
Government Assistance For Ranchers Program KeyALLBAWPFECPEQIPEWPHPCHeritage FundLCCGPLFPLRPPFWPWQIG
AALB - Arizona Livestock Loss Board, Arizona Livestock Loss Board (federal/state)
AWPF - Arizona Water Protection Fund, AWPF Commission (state)
ECP - Emergency Conservation Program, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (federal)
EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (federal)
The EQIP program absorbed the NRCS Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) after 2014.
The EQIP program absorbed the NRCS Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) after 2014.
EWP - Emergency Watershed Protection, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (federal)
The Arizona EWP Drought Program was discontinued in 2001 after a critical audit.
The Arizona EWP Drought Program was discontinued in 2001 after a critical audit.
HPC - Habitat Partnership Committee, Arizona Game & Fish Commission (state)
Arizona Heritage Fund, Arizona Game & Fish Commission (state)
LCCGP - Livestock & Crop Conservation Program, Arizona Department of Agriculture (state)
Note: Open Space Reserve Grants became LCCGP Grants after 2002.
Note: Open Space Reserve Grants became LCCGP Grants after 2002.
LFP - Livestock Forage Disaster Program, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (federal)
LRP - Landowner Relations Program, Arizona Game & Fish Department (state)
PFWP - Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (federal)
WQIG - Water Quality Improvement Grant, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (federal/state)
Note: These grants were previously called Section 319 nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution prevention grants.
Note: These grants were previously called Section 319 nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution prevention grants.
Allred RanchAndrus RanchBar T Bar RanchBroken L Badlands RanchBrown RanchCampstool RanchCarrizo RanchChevelon Butte RanchCienega RanchCosper RanchDoor Key RanchDry Camp RanchJeffers RanchJohnson RanchKlump RanchesL Lazy E RanchMenges RanchNoland RanchOl' Morani RanchOx Yoke RanchRed Wing RanchRocking Chair RanchSan Francisco RanchTwin C RanchWengert Brothers RanchWillis RanchWoods Canyon Ranch
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
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2008-2019 | EQIP | $323,715 | |
2011-2021 | LFP | $93,381 | |
2020 | ECP | $49,697 | |
2022 | EQIP | $5,818 | |
2022 | LFP | $4,842 | |
$477,453 | TOTAL 2008 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2015-2021 | LFP | $224,825 | |
2017-2020 | EQIP | $146,561 | |
2018 | HPC #17-110 | $15,000 | Little Ortega Lake Water Well Solar Conversions |
2020 | Heritage Fund | $9,000 | Repair Bourdon Well Water System |
2022 | EQIP | $14,844 | |
2022 | LFP | $54,158 | |
$464,388 | TOTAL 2015 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | EWP | $79,558 | Paid to Take Cattle Off the Land During Drought |
2005 | LRP* | $285,000 | Juniper Tree Removal |
2005 | LCCGP #05-81 | $150,000 | Grassland Restoration & Livestock Water |
2005-2011 | WHIP | $36,937 | |
2005-2021 | EQIP | $790,011 | |
2006-2013 | WHIP* | $176,981 | |
2007-2008 | EQIP* | $449,995 | |
2011-2021 | LFP | $1,085,897 | |
2011 | HPC #10-203 | $24,000 | Prescribed Burns To Kill Juniper Trees |
2012-2018 | PFWP | $200,661 | |
2014 | HPC #13-204 | $32,000 | Cut Down Juniper Trees |
2015 | HPC #14-214 | $5,349 | Water Drinker Replacements |
2017 | HPC #16-211 | $31,920 | Cut Down Juniper Trees |
2022 | LFP | $117,875 | |
$3,466,121 | TOTAL 1999 - 2022 |
WHIP was absorbed by the EQIP program after 2013.
In 2012 Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc., purchased the Black Rock Ranch for $1,228,920. It included the BLM Flying Butte allotment and state lease #05-000305. Ranch manager Bob Prosser is a former president of the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association.The ranch uses scientifically discredited Holistic Resource Management (HRM) intensive grazing theories. HRM grazing plans are typified by high utilization rates, which can increase competition between cattle and wildlife for forage, and degrade watershed health and wildlife habitat - especially in dry ecosystems and during droughts.
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
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2005 | LCCGP #05-14 | $75,000 | Livestock Fencing |
2006-2011 | EQIP | $292,220 | |
2007 | LCCGP #07-08 | $36,000 | Livestock Water |
$403,220 | TOTAL 2005-2011 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2009-2021 | EQIP | $511,511 | |
2011-2021 | LFP | $718,094 | |
2017 | AWPF #17-188 | $303,975 | Juniper Tree Removal |
$1,533,580 | TOTAL 2009 - 2021 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2005-2008 | EQIP | $270,603 | |
2014-2015 | LFP | $158,364 | |
$428,967 | TOTAL 2005 - 2015 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2014-2016 | LFP | $349,515 | |
2020-2021 | LFP | $116,693 | |
$466,208 | TOTAL 2014 - 2021 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
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1995 | HPC* | $103,700 | Hi-Point Water Well |
1996 | AWPF #96-002 | $77,844 | Hi-Point Water Well |
1999 | EWP | $90,205 | Paid to Take Cattle Off the Land During Drought |
2002 | OSR #43** | $5,961 | |
2005 | LCCGP #05-74 | $30,390 | Water Development |
2006-2008 | EQIP | $42,728 | |
2007 | Heritage Fund | $14,000 | Public Access For 1 Year |
2009 | WHIP*** | $183,900 | |
2009-2014 | PFWP | $88,500 | |
2010 | HPC | $16,250 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2011 | HPC #10-103 | $6,000 | Water Wells Fuel |
2011-2021 | LFP | $463,591 | |
2012 | HPC #11-104 | $7,400 | Water Wells Fuel |
2012 | HPC #11-105 | $7,500 | Dirt Tank Cleaning |
2013 | HPC #12-105 | $8,300 | Water Wells Fuel |
2014 | Heritage Fund | $50,000 | Public Access for 5 Years |
2014 | HPC #13-107 | $7,600 | Water Wells Fuel |
2018 | Heritage Fund | $75,000 | Public Access for 5 Years |
2015 | HPC #14-106 | $10,000 | Water Wells Maintenance |
2015 | HPC #14-107 | $7,600 | Water Wells Fuel |
2017 | HPC #16-108 | $12,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2018 | HPC #17-105 | $31,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2019 | HPC #18-105 | $34,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2020 | HPC #19-104 | $33,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2021 | HPC #20-109 | $13,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2022 | HPC #21-102 | $13,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
2022 | LFP | $30,342 | |
2023 | HPC #22-103 | $55,000 | Hi-Point Water Well Solar Pump Drive |
2023 | HPC #22-104 | $5,000 | Water Wells Fuel & Maintenance |
$1,522,811 | TOTAL 1995 - 2023 |
**Open Space Reserve (OSR) grants became LCCGP grants in 2005.
*** WHIP ended in 2013 and was absorbed by the EQIP program.* The Arizona Game & Fish Department stated they no longer have any record of this HPC grant, but it was described in the AWPF grant application.
**Open Space Reserve (OSR) grants became LCCGP grants in 2005.
*** WHIP ended in 2013 and was absorbed by the EQIP program.
Ranch manager Jim O'Haco is a member of the Arizona Livestock Loss Board, which provides ranchers with financial compensation for claimed livestock losses from endangered Mexican wolves, along with wolf depredation prevention grants.
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | PFWP | $25,000 | |
2018-2020 | EQIP | $144,248 | |
2019-2021 | LFP | $160,903 | |
2022 | LFP | $78,095 | |
$408,246 | TOTAL 2016 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2007-2018 | EQIP | $197,049 | |
2011-2021 | LFP | $91,151 | |
$288,200 | TOTAL 2007 - 2021 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2014-2021 | LFP | $499,735 | |
2017-2021 | EQIP | $154,977 | |
2022 | EQIP | $333 | |
2022 | LFP | $58,575 | |
$713,620 | TOTAL 2014 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
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2005-2018 | EQIP | $418,607 | (Kathy Sergent) |
2007 | LCCGP #07-80 | $49,020 | Livestock Water & Fencing |
2009 | LCCGP #09-101 | $69,182 | Coordinated Resource Management Plan (CRMP) |
2011 | LCCGP #11-64 | $100,000 | Coordinated Resource Management Plan (CRMP) |
2011-2022 | LFP | $134,971 | (Kathy Sergent) |
2015-2018 | EQIP | $57,995 | (Dry Camp Ranch, LLC) |
2016-2022 | LFP | $121,433 | (Dry Camp Ranch, LLC) |
$951,208 | TOTAL 2005 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | EWP | $170,435 | Paid to Take Cattle Off the Land During Drought |
2011-2020 | LFP | $491,552 | |
2017-2021 | EQIP | $680,958 | |
$1,342,945 | TOTAL 1999 - 2021 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | EWP | $32,195 | Paid to Take Cattle Off the Land During Drought |
2011 | PFWP | $24,900 | |
2015 | WQIG #15-005* | $322,822 | Erosion Reduction Measures |
2017-2019 | EQIP | $107,263 | |
$487,180 | TOTAL 1999 - 2019 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2006-2012 | EQIP | $452,010 | |
2009 | LCCGP #09-62 | $46,537 | Ten Ranch |
2015-2021 | LFP | $488,015 | |
2022 | LFP | $117,875 | |
$1,104,437 | TOTAL 2006 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | LCCGP #07-31 | $56,753 | Livestock Water, Fencing |
2011 | LCCGP #11-21 | $100,000 | Grubbing, Mucking, and Stretching Wire |
2012-2021 | EQIP | $246,491 | |
2021 | LFP | $34,310 | |
2022 | EQIP | $34,605 | |
2022 | LFP | $23,892 | |
$496,051 | TOTAL 2007 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
1996 | AWPF #95-014* | $157,223 | Gila Box RNCA Riparian Fences & Livestock Water |
2005 - 2009 | EQIP | $57,240 | |
2005 | LCCGP #05-70 | $36,831 | Livestock Water |
2007 | LCCGP #07-64 | $36,503 | Livestock Water |
2011-2021 | LFP | $638,740 | |
2017 | WQIG #19-002 | $49,580 | Livestock Water |
2020 | ECP | $33,122 | |
2022 | LFP | $20,420 | |
$1,029,659 | TOTAL 1996 - 2022 |
Portions of the four BLM grazing allotments are located within the BLM’s Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Ranch manager Jeff Menges was the Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association’s 2019 Cattleman of the Year. He is also a past president of that organization, and the local Greenlee County Cattle Growers’ Association. And he is also a former member of the Arizona BLM’s Resource Advisory Council (RAC). In 1998 he initiated a successful legal challenge against a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biological opinion that would have eliminated grazing in riparian areas on local BLM allotments in order to protect potential habitat for endangered species.
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | LCCGP #07-70 | $125,000 | Livestock Water, Fencing |
2008 | WQIG #10-008 | $126,900 | Gila Box RNCA Riparian Fence |
2008 | LRP | $22,200 | Gila Box RNCA Riparian Fence |
2009-2015 | EQIP | $180,873 | |
2011-2016 | LFP | $306,270 | |
2011 | LCCGP #11-52 | $83,910 | Chesser Creek Rehab |
2013 | HPC #12-502 | $29,623 | Turtle Mtn. Allotment Water & Livestock Fence |
2014 | HPC #13-503 | $33,000 | Turtle Mtn. Allotment Water & Livestock Fence |
2016 | LCCGP #16-19 | $47,863 | Livestock Fence Reconstruction |
2018 | LFP | $48,886 | |
2020-2021 | LFP | $106,920 | (Turtle Cattle Co. LLC) |
2022 | LFP | $32,104 | (Turtle Cattle Co. LLC) |
$1,143,549 | TOTAL 2007 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2005-2021 | EQIP | $284,186 | |
2011-2021 | LFP | $141,588 | |
2022 | LFP | $16,155 | |
$441,929 | TOTAL 2005 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2011-2021 | LFP | $225,310 | |
2010-2013 | EQIP | $250,694 | |
2016 | LCCGP #16-11 | $50,000 | Water Well, Pipeline & Drinkers |
2017 | HPC #16-104 | $20,961 | Water Development |
2022 | LFP | $15,145 | |
$562,110 | TOTAL 2011 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2011-2021 | LFP | $164,503 | |
2018-2020 | EQIP | $86,913 | |
2022 | LFP | $28,441 | |
$279,857 | TOTAL 2011 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2014-2020 | LFP | $158,627 | |
2019-2021 | EQIP | $143,316 | |
2022 | EQIP | $16,979 | |
2022 | LFP | $60,003 | |
$378,925 | TOTAL 2014 - 2022 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2005-2014 | EQIP | $167,041 | |
2005 | LCCGP #05-52 | $85,100 | Erosion Control |
2007 | LCCGP #07-51 | $50,000 | Livestock Water & Fencing |
2009 | LCCGP #09-60 | $87,068 | Alternative Livestock Water, Phase II |
2009 | WQIG #11-002 | $42,750 | Alternative Livestock Water |
2010 | WQIG #12-005 | $100,246 | Alternative Livestock Water, Phase II |
2011 | AWPF #11-175 | $137,594 | Alternative Livestock Water, Phase III |
2011 | LFP | $1,554 | |
$671,353 | TOTAL 2005 - 2014 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
1996 | AWPF #95-014* | $157,223 | Gila Box RNCA Riparian Fences, Livestock Water |
2011 | LCCGP #11-44 | $100,000 | Goat Camp Water Well |
2011-2021 | LFP | $98,409 | |
2022 | LFP | $4,068 | |
$359,700 | TOTAL 1996 - 2022 |
A portion of the Twin C grazing allotment is located within the BLM’s Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. The ranch’s manager Manuel “Rocky” Manuz is a past president of the Greenlee County Cattle Growers Association.
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | Heritage Fund | $21,000 | Public Access for 5 years |
2011-2021 | LFP | $398,343 | |
2014 | Heritage Fund | $25,000 | Public Access for 5 Years |
2019 | Heritage Fund | $25,000 | Public Access for 5 Years |
$469,343 | TOTAL 2008 - 2021 |
YEARS | PROGRAM | AMOUNT | PROJECT NAME |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | EQIP | $879,525 | |
2018-2021 | LFP | $49,712 | |
$929,237 | TOTAL 2011-2021 |
Background Information About Assistance Programs
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