diff --git a/app/management/commands/import.py b/app/management/commands/import.py
index 14f3bce..03e5e1c 100644
--- a/app/management/commands/import.py
+++ b/app/management/commands/import.py
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         parser.add_argument('--csv_folder_path', type=str, help="Path where the csvs are located")
         parser.add_argument('--model_name', type=str, help="model name")
         parser.add_argument('--app_name', type=str, help="django app name that the model is connected to", default='app')
-        parser.add_argument('--all', action='store_true', help="'Imports all csvs")
+        parser.add_argument('--mother_range_reload', action='store_true', help="Whether we are trying to reload mother "
+                                                                               "range relationship")
+        parser.add_argument('--all', action='store_true', help="Imports all csvs")
 
     #  ./manage.py import --path /home/pcoder/Downloads/gmbadb/csvs/v2-LU_RedListCategories.csv --model_name RedListCategory --app_name app
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
@@ -308,9 +310,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             for csv_file_name, model_name in self.csv_files_models_dict.items():
                 print("Importing %s -- %s" % (csv_file_name, model_name))
                 models_to_ignore = ['Range', 'NamesImport', 'ImportGeom210915', 'Organization', 'AddElevation',
-                                  'GMBA_V2_Centroid', 'Person', 'PeopleRange', 'PeopleFunction',  "PeopleResource",
-                                  "RangeCountry", "RangeNameTranslation", "RangeOnlineInfo", "ResourceRange",
-                                  "ResourceKeyword", "Repository"]
+                                    'GMBA_V2_Centroid', 'Person', 'PeopleRange', 'PeopleFunction',  "PeopleResource",
+                                    "RangeCountry", "RangeNameTranslation", "RangeOnlineInfo", "ResourceRange",
+                                    "ResourceKeyword", "Repository"]
                 models_to_ignore = []
                 if model_name in models_to_ignore:
                     # we have already imported and do not want to spend more time redoing stuff
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         else:
             _model = apps.get_model(options.get('app_name', 'app'), options['model_name'])
             model_name = options['model_name']
+            mother_range_reload = options.get('mother_range_reload')
             k = ''
             csv_file_name = ''
             for k, v in self.csv_files_models_dict.items():
@@ -374,6 +377,19 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                         header = [h.strip('"') for h in header]
                         first = False
                         continue
+                    if mother_range_reload:
+                        # We have loaded the range model already and we are attempting to construct the mother_range
+                        # relationship
+                        print("Mother range relationship")
+                        try:
+                            this_range = Range.objects.get(id=int(row[0]))
+                            r = Range.objects.get(id=int(row[5]))  # default Range which exists already
+                            this_range.mother_range = r
+                            this_range.save()
+                        except Range.DoesNotExist as dne:
+                            print("MotherRange")
+                            print(str(dne))
+                        continue
                     _object_dict = {self.cols_to_django_fields.get(key): value.lstrip('"').rstrip('"') for key, value in zip(header, row)}
                     _object_dict = handle_object_dict(_object_dict, model_name)
                     try: