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Jeff Switzer Recognized in APEX Top Producers Club

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March 21, 2025 – Jeff Switzer, Owner and Managing Broker of Rocky Mountain Ranch & Land in Colorado Springs, has been recognized as a part of the APEX 2024 Producers Club by the REALTORS® Land Institute as a part of the RLI APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report. Jeff was recognized by RLI CEO Aubrie Kobernus as well as The Land Report’s Co-founders Eddie Lee Rider Jr. and Eric O’Keefe at a special awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 18, during RLI’s 2025 National Land Conference (NLC25) in Tucson, AZ.

“I fully appreicate being recognized in the APEX 2024 Top Producers Club. It further highlights my work with ranch and rural land sellers and buyers in Colorado and the trust they put in me everyday,” said Jeff upon receiving the award. Jeff works with ranch, farm, and recreational land clients throughout Colorado and has over 35 years of experience in the business. He is a licensed employing level real estate broker in Colorado and Florida and is a member of the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors and Realtors Land Institute. Jeff has also earned the prestigious Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) designation through the Realtors Land Institute.

“We are proud of Jeff and all of our members that were recognized as part of our award programs for their accomplishments in 2024. They truly are the most accomplished professionals with the highest levels of expertise in land real estate,” said RLI’s CEO Aubrie Kobernus, MBA, RCE. Top awards winners will receive national recognition in The Land Report’s Spring Magazine, RLI’s Spring issue of Terra Firma magazine, as well as additional promotions throughout the year. 

All land professionals recognized as part of the RLI APEX Producers Club are active members of RLI and have at least $5M dollars of qualifying dollar volume in closed land sales in 2024. The APEX Awards Program celebrated its eighth year by welcoming 255 applicants totaling a combined $8.9+ billion in qualifying transaction volume, 9,255 transaction sides, and over 1.2 million acres sold. 

Jeff Switzer Awarded Land.com Landstar Award

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Colorado Springs, CO –  Jeff Switzer, Owner and Managing Broker of Rocky Mountain Ranch, has been recoginized as a Land Star Award Top Producer for 2024. The award recognizes high sales volume and transactions and is given to top producers in the land real estate market. Learn more about the industry award here.

Jeff has over 30 years of experience in the land market specializing in ranch, farm, mountain and recreational properties. He is a licensed employing level real estate broker in Colorado and Florida and is a member of the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors and Realtors Land Institute. Jeff has also earned the prestigious Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) designation through the Realtors Land Institute.  He has worked in every facet of the land business including acquisitions, sales & marketing, land planning, entitlements, and development and has held senior executive positions for several nationally recognized real estate companies. If you are interested in buying or selling a property in Colorado, please contact Jeff at 719-963-2513 or at jswitzer@rmranchland.com.

RMRL Awarded Top Producer by SATP

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February 19, 2025 (Colorado Springs, Co) – Rocky Mountain Ranch & Land was awarded Top Terriroty Producer for 2024 within the Sports Afield Trophy Properties Network.  Rocky Mountain Ranch & Land is the exclusive participant in Colorado with Sports Afiled Trophy Properties.  “We are honored with the recognition from SATP”, said Jeff Switzer, Owner and Managing Broker after receiving the award.  “The affiliation with SATP has given our properties a tremendous amount of exposure both regionally and nationally.  Furthermore, the affiliation with SATP brings a high level of brand name recognition and marketing strength to our business”.  Jeff serves on the Planning Council for Sports Afield Trophy Properties.     Rocky Mountain Ranch & Land is a full service ranch brokerage company serving ranch buyers and sellers in Colorado.  If you are buying or selling a ranch, farm or recreational property we would be glad to assist you.   Please contact Jeff Switzer at 719-963-2513 or by email at jswitzer@rmranchland.com. 

RMRL Attends Dallas Safari Club in Atlanta

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Rocky Moutain Ranch & Land recently attended the Dallas Safari Club Show held in Atlanta from January 9-12. The Dallas Safari Club’s mission is to ensure the conservation of wildlife through public engagement, education and advocacy for well-regulated hunting and sustainable use. The DSC Convention and Sporting Expo is one of the biggest conservation fundraising events in the US. Sports Afield Magazine is one of the main sponsors of the convention which attracts thousands of affluent sportsmen and sportswomen. Our affiliation with Sports Afield Trophy Properties allows us to feature our Colorado Properties to potential buyers from all over the US and internationally at his event. Despite the chilly weather, the show was a great success! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth. See you next year!

Landowner Preference Program

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The Landowner Preference Program (LPP) was created to give landowners a preference for hunting licenses to encourage private landowners to provide habitat that increases wildlife populations for the benefit of all hunters, discourage the harboring of game animals on private lands during public hunting seasons, and relieve hunting pressure on public lands by increasing game hunting on private lands.

With passage of Senate Bill 13-188, a new landowner preference system was created called the Landowner Preference Program. The LPP replaces all previous landowner preference systems. Starting July 1, 2014 in order to apply for landowner preference, the deeded landowner must register the deeded land with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) by December 1 to be eligible for the drawing the following year. Early registration is highly encouraged.  LPP registrations are valid for up to five (5) years.

For a landowner as shown by a recorded deed to qualify for the Landowner Preference Program in Colorado, the land must meet all of the following qualifications:

  1. Be a minimum of 160 contiguous acres of private agricultural land.
  2. Be inhabited by the species being applied for in significant numbers throughout the year or in substantial numbers for shorter times.
  3. Provide for the species being applied for: wintering habitat, transitional habitat, calving areas, solitude areas, migration corridors, or provide a forage source.
  4. Have a history of game damage or a huntable population of the species being applied for.
  5. Be within a Game Management Unit (GMU) for which all rifle licenses are totally limited for the species (deer, elk, or pronghorn) being applied for.

For more information and additional details about the Landowner Preference Program please visit the Colorado Park and Wildlife website at cpw.state.co.us.

RMRL Announces Sale of the Huerfano River Canyon

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October 1, 2024 -Rocky Mountain Ranch & Land is proud to announce the sale of the Huerfano River Canyon Ranch in Huerfano and Pueblo Counties. The Huerfano River Canyon Assemblage represented an opportunity to own a ranch in Southern Colorado which was reminiscent of the large ranches of the old west.  The ranch had both historical and ecological significance and posessed high conservation easement value.  The 10,370 acre assemblage encompassed two large private ranch holdings and included over 11 miles of wild and remote frontage along the Huerfano River and Canyon. Remnants of prehistoric art, rock shelters, and fire rings were seen in this picturesque canyon. 

Historically, the land had been operated as a working cattle ranch for generations, but also offered premium hunting, horseback riding, and other recreational opportunities.  The high point of the ranch was known as Turkey Ridge which is one of the most prominent mesa formations in Southern Colorado.  Tree cover included pinon, cedar, juniper, oak brush, cottonwoods, and other riparian vegetation along the river.   

The Ranch was purchased by The Nature Conservancy which plans to protect the land through a future conservation easement. As part of The Nature Conservancy’s Southern High Plains Intiative, the conservation group aims to protect large, connected landscapes to allow species to move and adapt to climate change while also preserving a way of life for local communities. The initiative has also helped conserve land in New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas by providing incentives to help ranchers and farmers invest in sustainable and regenerative practices. Those efforts are making an impact in the Southern High Plains and driving innovations that can be exported to grasslands everywhere.  “The Huerfano River Canyon Ranch was a highly unique ranch to work on with very diverse terrain” commented Jeff Switzer, Owner and Managing Broker of RMRL. “Rarely do you find a ranch with this much canyon, river bottom, native prairie, and high mesa land. It was fantastic to work with The Nature Conservancy on this property”.