Yavapai Ranch Reciprocal Easement Exchange

Del Sol Group prepared an EA for the Prescott National Forest (PNF), for an easement conveyance of approximately 20 miles of roads located in the land ownership “checkerboard” of Yavapai County. The PNF, in return, requested reciprocal easements across private lands to public lands. The EA, encompassing nearly 35,000 acres, consisted of a roads analysis, agency scoping and coordination, resource inventory including biological and cultural surveys, and GIS mapping.

Location: Yavapai County, Arizona
Timeframe: May 2010 – January 2013
Accomplishments: PNF granted easements to private land owner across PNF lands
Challenges: Impact analysis of roads to be improved due to future development.