Butte Creek Farms has been owned by the Otterson family for over 76 years. Over the years the 2,832 acre ranch has been developed into a rice and row crop operation.

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Over 300 acres of the ranch have been set aside for wildlife which includes oak groves, sloughs, riparian areas along the river, Butte Creek and pond areas.

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Butte Creek Farms floods rice fields after harvest to decompose rice straw and to improve wildfowl habitat. The ranch is a primary wintering area for ducks, geese, and many other bird species. During the waterfowl season, the land is utilized as a hunting club.

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Butte Creek Farms have progressive in developing fish screens for its main river pumping station and its Butte Creek pumps. Both fish screens operated during the 2025 crop season without any major problems which resulted in achieving our goal of protecting the fish resources.​

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Butte Creek Farms water resources are very valuable, and we devote substantial time and resources to protect and develop them.

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Butte Creek Farms continues to haul our river frontage property, Colusa Landing. We are in the process of rezoning the 88-acre Mayfair field to Resort/Commercial to realize the long-term potential of this property.