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Vermejo Reserve is a 558,000-acre (226,000 ha) nature reserve and guest operation in northeastern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Also known as Vermejo Park Ranch, Ted Turner Reserves, the luxury hospitality company founded by Ted Turner, operates it as a center for conservation research and ecosystem restoration along with guest accommodations. The ranch, which stretches from the Great Plains at an elevation of 5,867 feet (1,788 m) to the summit of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, reaches an elevation of 12,931 ft (3,941 m). The property produces significant quantities of coalbed methane, a type of natural gas.