Werewolf Ranch has a rich history, from the acorn grinding holes of the indigenous Maidu, to the classrooms left behind from when it was a charter school, a lot has gone down here. Nestled in the foothills of Lake Tahoe, about an hour north east of Sacramento, Werewolf Ranch was established in 2015. Jacqui Meehan and Dylan Kuenzi, its founders, were starstruck when they first beheld the land's beauty, and after five years of vagabonding about they decided to build their nest here.
Prior to their arrival, from about 2004 through 2010, the ranch had been converted into a small private charter school. You can still see relics of the school on the property today, such as the class rooms and basketball hoops. Before the school was here, the land was part of a larger parcel that was used primarily for cattle and sheep ranching. Before Jacqui & Dylan acquired the property, it was left to the brambles for nearly four years.
Jacqui and Dylan have been hard at work on the property since they arrived. They repurposed a classroom into a sheep barn and chicken coop. Converted the the old handball court space into a four-season greenhouse. Renovated the school's administrative offices into a B&B. Planted over 600 trees on over-grazed degraded land.
- And- with the help of some ambitious goats and sheep they are doing ecological restoration where invasive Himalayan blackberry and star thistle has taken over.
Today Werewolf Ranch is a working ranch and farm practicing regenerative agricultural techniques. Additionally, it is a farm stay bed & breakfast and event venue.