Cattlemen, Conservationists, & Developers Duke It Out in Arizona
March 30, 2008
The fate of more than 9 million acres of public lands may soon rest in the hands of the citizens of Arizona in large part because of a stalled effort in the Arizona legislature. Read more
Fortune Magazine Gets It Wrong
March 29, 2008
Fortune Small Business didn’t just miss the boat. They missed the dock with this article that was supposed to single out the top cities to start your own company. Read more
Texas Market Report
March 27, 2008
Land Report Editor Eric O’Keefe discusses the latest news on Texas real estate in the Texas Market Report. Read more
Promontory Club Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
March 25, 2008
What a difference a mortgage meltdown can make. A few years ago, I was touring the high country meadows outside Park City with Jack Nicklaus and his design team as the Golden Bear crafted one of his Signature Courses at the Promontory Club. The latest amenity there? Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
How to buy a Texas hunting ranch
March 18, 2008
Regional Spotlight: Texas Hunting Ranch
General Info: As temperatures across the country skyrocket this month, it’s almost inconceivable for hunting to cross anyone’s mind. Dove season is just a few weeks away, followed closely by quail, and then deer season in the winter. It may not be possible to find, buy, and use your own hunting ranch this year, but the arrival of the season could definitely whet your appetite for a personal game retreat. Read more
Nature Conservancy purchases 161,000-acre tract in New York
March 12, 2008
The Nature Conservancy purchased 161,000 acres of Finch Paper Holdings forestlands in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The $110 million deal, which works out to approximately $683 per acre, was announced on June 18 and includes a 20-year working forest agreement that will ensure the continued harvesting of timber on a large portion of the land and preserve approximately 850 jobs at the Glen Falls mill on the Upper Hudson River. Read more
Bureau of Land Management urges wild horse adoption
March 10, 2008
Call it a case of we scratched your back, now you scratch ours. Or you could call it a case of preserving the Western horse culture’s heritage. Uncle Sam, by way of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and a group of ranchers, is asking Western cattlemen who graze livestock on BLM lands to consider buying older wild horses that have been culled from the range. Read more
Bureau of Land Management makes push to buy Western land
March 8, 2008
Get your real estate listing ready. The Bureau of Land Management just might want to buy some of your property. That is, if you own land in the West that makes public properties into a messy patchwork. Read more
Buying a ranch? Make it your passion
March 3, 2008
Why do you want a ranch? Get that settled first. Why are you even considering spending a 55-gallon drum or so of real money on some remote tract of dirt and rock?
Find your perfect piece of land and buy it.
