R & C Ranch

The R&C Ranch is one of the most iconic and distinctive ranches in the entire John Day River Basin of Oregon. With over 5,430 deeded acres, direct access to an additional 7,517 Bureau of Land Management acres and the North Pole Ridge Wilderness Study area, this extensive holding includes multiple habitat types with miles of tributary streams and varying topographies that is ideal for multiple big game and upland bird species. Inhabitants of the R&C Ranch include mule deer, Rocky Mountain elk, bighorn sheep, chukar, partridge, quail, pheasant and wild turkey. The ranch contains 1.5 miles of John Day River deeded frontage and contains 4.4 miles of John Day River frontage between its upstream and downstream borders. It also includes ownership along the lower stretches of Butte Creek; this is a large tributary to the John Day River that is a known steelhead spawning stream.