The Savory Institute has owned and managed the West Bijou Ranch since 2017.
Previous to 2017, Western Arapahoe Conservation District and private ranchers owned and managed the land as a cattle ranch for more than 100 years using continuous grazing. In 2007, the Plains Conservation Center (PCC) gained ownership and managed a herd of bison on the eastern third of the ranch and rested the western two-thirds of the ranch. Beginning in 2016, the entire ranch, divided into 17 paddocks, began being managed holistically for both the growing season and non-growing season by PCC before ownership was transferred to the Savory Institute in 2017.
Today, the West Bijou Ranch operates as a cow-calf bison operation and additionally is one of two Savory Global Campuses.