A story that names what many families feel — and why avoiding the conversation often carries the greatest risk.
This feature follows Dan Skeeters of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust as he sits down at kitchen tables across the West, starting with one simple but often unanswered question: Do you have a succession plan? Through real family stories, the article explores how land transfer is shaped as much by emotion, identity, and fairness as by finances or law — and how delaying those conversations can fracture families and put land at risk.
Read the full story, from Western Landowners Alliance’s On Land Magazine: https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2025/partner-spotlight/we-need-a-plan/
