Nikos Monoyios and Valeria Brackett
Eagle Valley Ranch on Bohannon Creek
Location: 8 miles southeast
of Salmon, Idaho onBohannon CreekLand Size: 5,112 acres
Year: 2008
Project Summary
Nikos Monoyios and Valerie Brackett, owners of Eagle Valley Ranch, have been supporters of the Lemhi Regional Land Trust since 2006. The conservation easement on their ranch was donated to the land trust in December of 2008. The protected property possesses significant agriculture and open space values, which are of great importance to the owners, people of Lemhi County, and State of Idaho.
The Eagle Valley Ranch Conservation Easement protects substantial open range, agricultural lands and scenic values. The property supports a significant commercial cattle operation and a diversity of wildlife species (including federal and state listed threatened, endangered and sensitive species).
Benefited Resources
* Preventing future conversion of farming, ranching,
and forest land to non-agricultural related land uses * Sustaining historic uses of farming, ranching, and
forested lands * Assisting in maintaining the culture and economics of
rural communities through sustaining workingagricultural landscapes * Maintaining scenic open spaces
* Maintaining riparian and wetland areas
* Conserving and enhancing water quality associated
with farming, ranching, and forested landscapesProject Goals
Nikos and Val were interesed in crafting an easement that would allow for the continuation of the day to day activites of their working cattle ranch while preserving the scenic open space and natural resource and recreational valus of this wildlife rich landscape by limiting future develpment. Eagle Valley Ranch occupies the vast majority of the Bohannon Creek watershed.
Lemhi Regional Land TrustPO Box 871 Salmon, Idaho 83467(208) 756 - 8879info@lemhilandtrust.org
PO Box 871 Salmon, Idaho 83467(208) 756 - 8879info@lemhilandtrust.org
