The Land Bulletin
Mirr Ranch Group presents The Land Bulletin, where every week we discuss a wide range of topics impacting landowners, ranchers, and future land buyers. For more information on buying and selling ranch real estate, visit: https://www.MirrRanchGroup.com/.
Episodes
188 episodes
Breaking the Silence on Mental Health in Agriculture
Content Warning: This episode discusses mental health, depression, and suicide, which may be difficult or uncomfortable for some listeners. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available.“Pick yourself up by your boot...
The Back Forty: Exploring Island Park, ID
Island Park, Idaho, sits just across the Idaho-Wyoming border, on the edge of Yellowstone, and offers a unique mix of forests, rivers, recreation, and more. This week, Chris Corroon is back on the pod to share Island Park's history, reputation,...
The Future of the Colorado River
What happens when you dedicate 20 years to following a river from its headwaters to the sea? For Peter McBride, it has meant gaining an eye-opening perspective on water, the West, and the people who work and live on Western lands. A filmmaker, ...
Why Transferable Tax Credits Could Change Conservation
Conservation tools play an important role in protecting private land, but who benefits from them? Economist and University of Wisconsin professor Dominic “Nick” Parker joins the show to explore conservation easements, transferable tax credits, ...
The Back Forty: Exploring Evergreen, CO
Evergreen, Colorado offers a rare combination of mountain living, outdoor adventure, and proximity to Denver, so this week on the Back 40, we're heading just up the road with Broker Harry Woodward to check out what makes this Front Range commun...
30 Years of Healing with Casting for Recovery
For 30 years, Casting for Recovery has supported women with breast cancer through the healing power of nature and fly fishing. This week, we revisit one of our favorite partners as Haley sits down with Stacey Benham, Director of Marketing and C...
How Women are Building the Future of Ranching
Women have always been involved in ranching, but now more than ever, they are taking on leadership roles and shaping the future. This week, we’re joined by the Executive Director of Women in Ranching, Amber Smith, to discuss how the organizatio...
The Back Forty: Exploring Durango, CO
We're heading to Durango, CO, this week to explore the town and surrounding Four Corners region with broker Woody Beardsley. Woody guides us through the area as we explore the unique mix of mountain and desert landscapes, rich history, ou...
The Women Behind Beef Advocacy
The American National Cattlewomen has spent decades educating consumers, advocating for producers, and creating opportunities for women across the beef industry. This week, Haley sits down with ANCW President Casey Matzke and Director of Commun...
How Conservation Deals Get Done: Tolland Ranch
Conservation is about far more than protecting land, and few people understand that better than Justin Spring, Vice President and Colorado & Southwest Regional Director for The Conservation Fund. Justin joins us this week to discuss how con...
The Back Forty: Exploring Kaycee, WY
This week, we’re visiting Kaycee, Wyoming, a small ranching community with a Wild West reputation. With plenty of western history, wide-open landscapes, and strong community ties, Mirr broker Erik Anderson helps Haley explore the town’s rich ca...
Uncharted Territory: Helping More Women Get Outdoors
Summer is here, and outdoor recreation is on the rise, particularly among women. This week, Haley chats with Emily Jacobs of Uncharted Outdoorswomen about how the group helps women build confidence in the outdoors through hands-on education, me...
Denver's Backyard: Preserving the High Line Canal
When we think about conservation, we often picture vast landscapes, working ranches, and remote forests. But some of the most meaningful stewardship efforts are happening right in our own backyards. This week, Haley is joined by Suzanna Fry-Jon...
The Back 40: Exploring Sedalia, CO
We’re not going too far outside Denver in this week’s Back 40, but that’s part of the appeal of Sedalia, Colorado, a small foothills community that serves as a gateway to everything the Front Range has to offer. From gold medal fly fishing on t...
The Wild Side of Wyoming
This week, we’re welcoming a new broker to the crew: Davis LaMair! Growing up in Colorado and spending the last decade guiding anglers across the rivers of Wyoming and Idaho, Davis has built a deep appreciation for the landscapes, wildlife, and...
Breaking Down the Right to Wade Debate
Stream and water access has long been a complex issue across the West, particularly in Colorado, and this year, it’s once again at the forefront of conversation. In this episode, we’re joined by former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and former C...
St. Benedict's Monastery: A Story of Faith, Land, and Legacy
In this very special episode, we’re looking at one of our brokerage’s most unique and meaningful transactions: the sale of St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, CO. Covering over 3,700 acres, this property was about more than just land. It repr...
Prairie Restoration in the American West
The shortgrass prairie might not seem as glamorous as our nation’s mountains and forests, but it’s one of the most important ecosystems in the West. This week, Nora Bales joins us to break down what shortgrass prairie actually is, why it’s suff...
Ranch Buying 101: What First-Time Buyers Need to Know
Buying a house and buying a ranch are two entirely different ball games, and this week Mirr Ranch Group founder Ken Mirr joins us to break down why. In this episode, we walk through a practical, big-picture guide to preparing for your first or ...
Back 40: Exploring the Kamas Valley, UT
We’re back and exploring Utah’s Kamas Valley - an area just outside Park City but a world apart in pace and lifestyle. Mirr broker and resident Utah-expert Chris Corroon joins Haley to break down what makes this high mountain valley so enticing...
Integrating Wildlife into Ranch Management
Bob Budd, Executive Director of the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust, joins Haley on the podcast this week to discuss how ranchers can rethink the wildlife roaming their properties for what it truly is—an asset, not a liability.<...
Building a Direct-to-Consumer Beef Business with Bastrop Cattle Co
This week, we’re headed down to Texas to chat with Max Kruemcke, co-owner of Bastrop Cattle Company, about what it takes to build a successful small-scale beef business. After an unexpected shift from the film industry to life on a cattle ranch...
The Back 40: Exploring the Gila Wilderness, NM
This week, we're headed to the wild and often overlooked Gila Wilderness in southern New Mexico to explore the hidden oasis and recreational haven that also carries the historic honor of being the nation’s first designated wilderness area, cham...
Cheatgrass 101: Fighting Back - What Landowners Can Do
In the conclusion of our cheatgrass deep dive, Haley sits down with terrestrial habitat biologist Ryan Amundson from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to unpack the very real and often overlooked impacts this invasive annual is having on wes...
Cheatgrass 101: The Invasive Grass Fueling Problems Out West
Cheatgrass has quietly become one of the biggest threats to western rangelands, crowding out native forage, increasing wildfire risk, and costing ranchers valuable time, grass, and money. But there’s reason for hope.This week, Hale...