Pristine Property in Arizona's White Mountains

Banks have no incentive to lend money for a wide range of consumer purchases, including unimproved land, because the Federal Reserve is providing almost unlimited short term funding at a rate of .25% and encouraging purchase of longer term Treasury securities that yield rates of 2-4%. This artificial manipulation of the debt markets is facilitating Government borrowing at the expense of the private sector.

In order to make the acquisition of lots in the EC Bar Ranch Estates subdivision affordable to a wide range of people, the developer is offering to finance the purchase of one or more lots for qualified borrowers. Pricing of subdivision lots is dependent upon market conditions, as well as, lot location, trees, and financing.  All terms are negotiable. Discover more about our general financing of lot sales in the EC Bar Ranch Estates subdivision.

The Environmental Protection Agency created an article and video describing how Jim Crosswhite, owner of the EC Bar Ranch which includes a three mile section of Nutrioso Creek, participated in the Arizona Department of Environmental Water Quality Improvement Program that resulted in the first instance in Arizona where water quality standards were met due to mitigation. Mr. Crosswhite donated a conservation easement to permanently protect water quality and aquatic wildlife habitat conditions on his property.

The EC Bar Ranch Conservation Easement protects 94 acres of restored riparian habitat along a three-mile stretch of Nutrioso Creek, an important perennial stream and tributary of the Little Colorado River. Nutrioso Creek and the surrounding riparian area provide significant habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife, including several state and federally threatened and endangered species. EC Bar Ranch Estates adjoins the conservation easement and Nutrioso Creek.

It’s taken Jim Crosswhite almost 15 years to make sure the three-mile section of Nutrioso Creek that runs through his EC Bar Ranch Estates subdivision meets the government’s standards for water quality and aquatic/ wildlife habitat. Now that he has achieved that goal through a lot of hard work, time and money, he is making sure the 94-acre riparian corridor will be preserved into perpetuity by donating the EC Bar Ranch Conservation Easement to the New Mexico Land Conservancy, which holds 31 easements in the Southwestern United States.