Coconino National Forest Ranches

Ranches that are permitted to use grazing allotments administered by the Coconino National Forest and have benefited from government assistance. (Additional ranches are added to this list as information becomes available.)

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Government Assistance For Ranchers Program Key
ALLBAWPFECPEQIPEWPHPCHeritage 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.
EWP - Emergency Watershed Protection, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (federal)
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.
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.
Bar T Bar RanchCO Bar RanchFlying M RanchH4 RanchLittle Horse & OX RanchM Diamond RanchWindmill Mtn. Ranch
Bar T Bar Ranch (Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc.) - Bar T Bar (FS) and Flying Butte (BLM) Allotments, State Leases #05-001339, #05-000305
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
1999EWP$79,558Paid to Take Cattle Off the Land During Drought
2005LRP*$285,000Juniper Tree Removal
2005LCCGP #05-81$150,000Grassland Restoration & Livestock Water
2005-2011WHIP$36,937
2005-2021EQIP$790,011
2006-2013WHIP*$176,981
2007-2008EQIP*$449,995
2011-2021LFP$1,085,897
2011HPC #10-203$24,000Prescribed Burns To Kill Juniper Trees
2012-2018PFWP$200,661
2014HPC #13-204$32,000Cut Down Juniper Trees
2015HPC #14-214$5,349Water Drinker Replacements
2017HPC #16-211$31,920Cut Down Juniper Trees
2022LFP$117,875
$3,466,121TOTAL 1999 - 2022
* This was shared with the Flying M Ranch, the other member of the Diablo Trust.
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.
CO Bar Ranch (Babbitt Ranches LLC) - Slate Mtn. & Wild Bill (Coconino NF), Moqui (Kaibab NF) & CO Bar (BLM) Allotments, State Lease #05-000252
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
2005LCCGP #05-26$150,000Grassland Restoration
2007LCCGP #07-02$125,000Grassland Restoration
2007WHIP*$70,124
2009LCCGP #09-29$125,000Grassland Restoration
2009-2017PFWP$199,950
2010Heritage Fund$50,000 Public Access to CO Bar, Espee, and Cataract Ranches
2011LCCGP #11-02$125,000Cut Down Juniper Trees & Dirt Tank Cleanouts
2013LRP$100,000Remove Pinyon Pine and Juniper Trees
2013HPC #12-202$40,000Remove Pinyon Pine and Juniper Trees
2015Heritage Fund$800,000Public Access for 10 Years to CO Bar & Espee Ranches
2018HPC #17-202$30,000Remove Pinyon Pine and Juniper Trees
2018-2021LFP$382,764
2021Heritage Fund$160,000Remove Pinyon Pine and Juniper Trees
2021HPC #20-207**$50,000Remove Pinyon Pine and Juniper Trees
2022Heritage Fund$20,000Remove Pinyon Pine and Juniper Trees
$2,427,838TOTAL 2005 - 2022
* WHIP ended in 2013 and was absorbed by the EQIP program.
** This project was shared with Hat grazing allotment on the nearby Kaibab National Forest.
This isn't all of the government assistance that benefited the ranch. According to a 2008 Arizona Game & Fish Department letter, they had previously spent more than $1.3 million on the ranch.

The enormous CO Bar Ranch is located between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon, and runs from the Little Colorado River in the east to State Route 64 in the west. It is comprised primarily of private and state land, but includes the Coconino National Forest's Slate Mountain & Wild Bill grazing allotments in the south, and the Kaibab National Forest's Moqui grazing allotment in the north, along with the BLM's small CO Bar allotment, administered by their Hassayampa Field Office. 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. (Babbitt Ranches LLC also owns the Espee Ranch, located west of SR 64, which includes private land and state grazing lease #05-000822.)
Flying M Ranch (Flying M Ranch LLLP) - Anderson Springs Allotment, State Lease #05-001065
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
2005LRP*$285,000Juniper Tree Removal
2006-2007WHIP$26,145
2006-2013WHIP*$176,981
2007-2008EQIP*$449,995
2011-2021LFP$946,105
2012-2013PFWP$65,000
2013-2018EQIP$293,776
2015HPC #14-236$20,000Cut Down Pinyon Pine & Juniper Trees
2016HPC #15-211$28,800Cut Down Pinyon Pine & Juniper Trees
2017HPC #16-203$44,450Cut Down Pinyon Pine & Juniper Trees
2018HPC #17-203$60,000Cut Down Pinyon Pine & Juniper Trees
2022LFP$85,722
$2,481,974TOTAL 2005 - 2022
* This was shared with the Bar T Bar Ranch, the other member of the Diablo Trust.
WHIP ended in 2013 and was absorbed by the EQIP program.

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.
H4 Ranch (William F. & Lori Brown) - H4 & Hardscrabble Allotments (Tonto NF), Mud Springs Allotment (Coconino NF)
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
1999EWP$9,408Paid to Take Cattle Off the Land During Drought
2002OSR #14*$77,350
2005-2015EQIP*$327,947
2005LCCGP #05-17*$125,000Livestock Water & Fencing
2007LCCGP #07-09*$100,000Livestock Water & Fencing
2009LCCGP #09-17*$75,000H-4 Ranch and Brunson Field Farming Projects
2016#HPC #15-603$10,000Kill Juniper Trees on 100 Acres
2016#HPC #15-604$25,000Construct 7 New Dirt Tanks
2016#HPC #15-605$20,000Repair 8 Existing Dirt Tanks
2016HPC #15-608$20,000Solar Powered Water Well
2017-2020EQIP$41,305
2017LRP$5,000Solar Water Well Pump & Water Pipeline Extension
2018HPC #17-613$7,600Goldtooth Smiths Spring Development
2018-2021LFP$69,067
2021HPC #20-605$110,000Rebuild Livestock Waters Burned in the 2020 Bush Fire
$1,022,677TOTAL 1999 - 2021
OSR grants became LCCGP grants in 2005
* This assistance was received by the previous owner James R. Brown, who died in 2016. William Brown is his son.
Little Horse & OX Ranch (Little Horse Ranch LLLP) - Casner Park/Kelly Seep (FS) and Grantham Bros. Lease (BLM) Allotments, State Lease #05-000111
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
2005-2017EQIP$485,143
2009LCCGP #09-66$100,000Range Improvement Progam
2011-2020LFP$656,118
2011LCCGP #11-39$125,000Range Improvement Program
2022LFP$66,839
$1,433,100TOTAL 2005 - 2022
M Diamond Ranch (M Diamond Management Co. LLC) - Buckhorn Allotment
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
2002Heritage Fund$31,300West Clear Creek Riparian Fence
2004WQIG #5-012$119,100Livestock Fences & Waters
2004HPC #03-2-040$29,850Remove Pinyon Pine & Juniper Trees
2004HPC #03-2-041$29,850Remove Pinyon Pine & Juniper Trees
2005WQIG #6-019$224,177 Livestock Fence, Remove Juniper Trees
2005LCCGP #05-63$75,000Grassland Restoration & Erosion Control
2007LCCGP #07-58$26,100Fencing
2010-2011EQIP$92,366
2011-2021LFP$165,690
2018HPC #17-204$20,000Livestock Water Enhancement
2018WQIG #20-006$71,364Clean Stock Tanks, Remove Juniper Trees
2022LFP$26,537
$911,334TOTAL 2002 - 2022
Windmill Mtn. Ranch (Windmill Mountain Ranch LLC) - Windmill West Allotment, State Lease #05-036853
YEARSPROGRAMAMOUNTPROJECT NAME
2011-2021LFP$348,164
2022LFP$55,131
$403,295TOTAL 2011 - 2022

This page was last updated on Mar 30, 2023 @ 9:49 am.

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