Your gift today will protect open spaces, wildlife, and wildlife linkages. The County closed on the Rancho Seco property on May 19, 2005. Rancho Seco is located just north of Arivaca, between I-19 and the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. The purchase includes 9,553 acres of fee lands, 27,000 acres of federal and state grazing leases, and a conservation easement over 480 acres retained by the sellers. Conservation of this ranch will preserve a very large, unfragmented landscape within Altar Valley, containing high biological values, habitat for numerous priority vulnerable species, and cultural and historic resources.
Date Acquired: May 19, 2005
Cost: $18,503,948
Cost Per Acre: $1,932
Acres: 36,574 (9,574 Fee and 27,000 Grazing Lease)
Type: Fee and Grazing Lease
Bond Category: Habitat Protection Priority
