Features:

TERRAIN:
High rimrock areas, often with three to four levels of rimrock, characterize the area. There are perhaps a dozen canyons with five main streams that are tributaries to the North Fork of the John Day River. Some of these streams are protected from timber harvest. There is scattered timber with some areas of heavy timber. The State Forestry Act of 1994 prohibits timber harvest within 600 feet of some of these features.

PRIVACY:
The Units 1 and 2 are secluded and behind locked gates with the exception of the ½ mile frontage on the John Day River which has a road along the river that is accessed by sportsman. Unit 3 is just off a county road, which is paved nearly to the ranch. The Headquarters is near the southwest corner of the ranch, but nearly this entire unit is behind locked gates. Unit 4 on the North Fork of the John Day River has a road though it, which averages 0 - 5 cars daily though the summer and fall. There is almost no traffic in the winter. The North Fork of the John Day River is used by rafters in the spring and summer and is especially known for its small mouth bass, steelhead and trout fishing.

DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING:
Most of the ranch is zoned Multiple Use. Part of the ranch is zoned Forestry. Currently, tax parcels of 160 acres or more zoned Multiple Use or 240 acres or more zoned Forestry can obtain a building permit without a rezoning application. The owners feel the ranch is ideal to merchandise in 160-acre vacation home sites with a possibility for a hunting membership program set up on the entire ranch for the homeowners. This type of program should easily generate in excess of $1,000 per acre in sales, which could exceed $20,000,000 in gross sales.

HUNTING:
The JV Ranch is one of the top elk hunting properties in the area. Typically there are about 180 resident elk and up to 600 by hunting season. There are three elk hunting seasons. The first is a controlled hunt with landowner permits available. The second hunt is open as far as over-the-counter elk licenses are concerned. However, since the land is private, the owners control the hunting on the ranch. There is an agreement that permits six hunters (previous owners) to hunt on the ranch. As of November 2000 there will be two years remaining. These past owners usually hunt the second hunt, if they come at all. The third elk hunt is for cow elk only. Mule Deer hunting is very good on the ranch and there is a small herd of antelope in one area. Properly managed, the ranch could possibly generate a large income from hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation such as rafting, snowmobiling, horseback riding, wildlife photography tours, etc.

GROWING TIMBER:
The timber harvest has been a selective thinning operation leaving all the trees under 13" diameter and some seed trees over 13" diameter. Oregon forestry practices provide that reforestation will be necessary if the required seed trees are not left. The value of the growing timber is an added value of this property, but the precise value is undetermined at this time. At this point in time, the owners do not feel that there is not much merchantable timber that can be harvested at this time, but the future value has great potential. Today there may be between 300,000 and 400,000 board feet of merchantable timber plus an additional unknown quantity and value of pulp timber.

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