Pristine Property in Arizona's White Mountains

The EC Bar Ranch is located on the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona  nationally recognized through newspaper and magazine publicity  for  conservation projects. The EC Bar Ranch is a working cattle ranch that includes 3 miles of Nutrioso Creek, a perennial stream, that has been restored in recent years to one of the highest standards for water quality and aquatic/wildlife habitat in Arizona. The controlled timing, duration, and frequency of livestock grazing through riparian pastures have helped in the restoration process. EC Bar Ranch Estates is located on a portion of the EC Bar Ranch.

EC Bar Ranch Estates is a 206 acre rural residential subdivision in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona located 15 miles south of Springerville and 2 miles north of Nutrioso, on the historic Coronado Trail Scenic Byway (Highway 180/191), at an altitude of 7,600 feet. Over the next few years, 13 lots of two acres each will be offered for sale at competitive prices with owner financing available. Each lot has direct access to County maintained roads, nearby electric power, irrigation water rights, trees and bushes, and panoramic mountain views. Lots have special appeal as horse property and for retirement homes.

The “Coronado Trail Scenic Byway” is one of only four National Scenic Byway’s in Arizona. From Springerville in the White Mountains of northeaster Arizona, the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway follows Highway 191 through the towns of Nutrioso and Alpine, then winds down to Clifton, AZ. The EC Bar Ranch Estates subdivision adjoins the Coronado Trail in Nutrioso.

Jim Crosswhite

“While implementing a Safe Harbor Agreement to restore habitat for the Little Colorado River spinedace, a threatened fish, and the southwestern willow flycatcher, an endangered bird, I was inspired to donate the EC Bar Ranch Conservation Easement to permanently protect 94 acres, including 3-miles of Nutrioso Creek,” said Jim Crosswhite, a rancher in Apache County, Arizona.

Crosswhite is the developer of the EC Bar Ranch Estates subdivision near Nutrioso and the EC Bar Ranch, a working cattle ranch.

The Arizona Partners for Fish and Wildlife program helped implement the Agreement through controlled grazing, vegetative plantings, and improved management. “The conservation easement will protect those practices in perpetuity,” Crosswhite said.

More information, including the Safe Harbor Agreement, is posted at the United States Fish & Wildlife Service website.