ranch and continue livestock business. >> the ranch itself is more than 7,000 acres. the purchase also included exclusive access to more than 700,000 acres of adjoining land administered by the federal government, so-called open range. wayne took a couple of days to show us around. do you really need that much property? >> yes in this country it takes 320 acres to raise one cow for one year. >> now they couldn't afford to purchase three quarters of a million acres, so instead they paid for their private piece of property and at the same time brought water and grazing. that's the way it's been done out here since the 1860s. these rights have been handed down through purchase or will for more than 100 years. and the reason place like pine creek is economically viable. however, that extra land is public property managed by the forest service and the blm. that's where they say the problems began.