CSU, UW sale of Y Cross Ranch stirs debate

LARAMIE – Some are feeling betrayed after the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University foundations completed the sale of the 60,000-acre Y Cross Ranch last week for an undisclosed sum on a $25 million list price.

The ranch was donated in 1997 with the intent it would remain a working cattle operation that provided hands-on education for University of Wyoming and Colorado State University students while generating scholarships with ranch revenues. A 2012 complaint by the donor said the universities’ foundations would “unjustly profit” from the sale of the ranch, which the donor felt was underutilized.

However, UW said the sale…