Historic Bear Lake ranch to be spared from development
Open land • South Eden Ranch once was part of the sprawling Hyrum Nebeker cattle operation in Rich County.
By Brian Maffly: The Salt Lake Tribune
| Nov. 28, 2016, 4:25 p.m. | Updated: April 28, 2021, 4:02 p.m.
A deal has been reached to preserve the historic South Eden Ranch on Bear Lake’s east shore, which the Nebeker family promises to keep in production and undeveloped while adjacent lakefront property is subdivided and developed into residences.
The $800,000 deal targets a 50-acre slice of the 620-acre property, but it will ensure an indefinite reprieve from intensifying development pressure while further deals are reached to protect the entire property, according to ranch manager Krista Klein.
A state legislator hopes to make Bridal Veil Falls a state monument after a developer s proposal to build an aerial tram and lodge there became public late last year.
Richard Losee had ambitions to develop a private addiction treatment lodge at the top of the falls, along with an aerial tramway. “The only reason for granting such an easement was to prevent a future [commission] from allowing some other use of the Bridal Veil Falls Property,” the developer claims.
Editorâs note:
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At the time one of Robert Redfordâs classic movies was making its way into theaters across America, the Sundance kid bought a plot of land just up Provo Canyon in Utah County.
In the 1969 purchase of what would become Sundance, an ode to the character he played in âButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,â Redford had a vision for Sundance and that vision played a major role in what became the famous ski resort, arts community and more.