South Parlin Ranch is a truly spectacular recreational and agricultural property consisting of 204 acres +/-. The land is comprised mostly of flood irrigated hay meadows with excellent water rights, livestock working corrals, and a 5 acre building site where a residence may be built. Tomichi Creek flows through the entire length of the ranch and provides excellent trout fishing. Mother Nature created a masterpiece when she designed the trout habitat on Tomichi Creek as it winds through the ranch. This freestone fishery offers consistent temperatures, a mild gradient, diverse insect population and self-supporting trout habitat that is home to rainbows, brown trout. The fall fishing for large brown trout is exceptional. Thousands of BLM acres border the southern property line and provide endless recreational opportunities including excellent deer and elk hunting. The ranch is enrolled in the Colorado Landowner voucher hunting program which produces a coveted Unit 551 mule deer voucher nearly every single year for the landowner to utilize themselves or sell to someone of their choosing. 8 levee control structures along the old river channel allows water to be held back providing excellent waterfowl habitat. This beautiful property is part of a unique ecosystem in the Tomichi Creek Valley that is protected by over 15,000 acres under conservation easements. The conservation easement ensures the valuable natural characteristics will remain intact, yet does not interfere with the agricultural operations. The protected status ensures the ecosystem will remain largely as it is, therefore enhancing its value. The flood irrigated lands are served by riparian water rights from Tomichi Creek and spread by ditches with numerous steel irrigation diversion structures. The lands produce about 200 tons of native hay annually with one cutting. The Irrigation Water rights include 12.09 CFS in Water District 28, Division 4 out of Tomichi Creek from the Hannah J. Winters #2 Ditch with an Appropriation date of July 1, 1881. These are considered excellent water rights typically providing all the water needed for an exceptional hay crop yield except for extremely dry years
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