California family’s 6,625-acre cattle ranch protected after 112 years
The Kinsey family has strategically safeguarded their vast 6,625-acre ranch in Benbow, California, by implementing a conservation easement. This crucial step preserves the land's agricultural, forest, and wildlife values, ensuring the ranch's ongoing functionality while protecting vital habitats for endangered species. David Johnson, a family member, was instrumental in this initiative, with the…
For more than a century, a California family has maintained a 6,625-acre cattle ranch in Benbow, preserving its agricultural, forest and watershed values. The Northcoast Regional Land Trust (NRLT) has now safeguarded the Kinsey Ranch with a conservation easement, ensuring it remains working land even if ownership changes. The easement protects the ranch's watersheds, forests, rivers and wildlife habitats, while allowing the family to continue their cattle operation.
The Kinsey family, who bought the property in 1914, expressed pride in the preservation of their family legacy. The ranch's location near other protected areas will create a corridor of conservation and agricultural lands in the region.
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