In a major policy shift that benefits timberland owners, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced that biomass will be considered carbon neutral for the purposes of regulating emissions from sources such as power plants that burn wood. Biomass proponents hailed the…
McAllen Mayor Jim Darling reports that 167 landowners in Hidalgo County have received condemnation notices from the federal government. The notices arrived as Customs and Border Protection personnel informed South Texas officials from cities, counties, and foreign trade zones along…
No. 34 Shannon Kizer 302,000 acres Kizer turned down a basketball scholarship and instead bought himself a John Deere 8820 combine. At 20, he bought his first ranch – some 3,000 acres outside of Lingo, New Mexico – and has…
The robust US economy means plenty of transactions to report in our July newsletter, including: Colorado’s Grizzly Ranch sells for $18.5 million Red Lodge Creek Estate goes to auction on August 30 A 157-acre mountaintop in Beverly Hills lists for $1…
By Eddie Lee Rider, Jr. Wendy Johnson, ALC. United Country | Texas Landmark Properties Wendy Johnson started selling agricultural land, ranches, recreational properties, and, probably her favorite, equestrian estates, in 2012 all over Texas. She owned and operated Oak Knolls…
A divided court gives Florida another opportunity to draw more water out of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint basin and away from Atlanta. A decades-long legal battle that has thus far incurred more than $100 million in legal fees took an unexpected turn…
No. 33 Collins Family 311,400 acres Founded in Pennsylvania in 1855 by a 24-year-old railroad engineer named Truman “T.D.” Collins, the family enterprise now includes forestland in the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest. Some 119,000 acres of the Collins’ acreage…
No. 32 Stefan Soloviev 323,700 acres (up 88,000 acres) The 42-year-old Soloviev boosted his total acreage this year with the acquisition of White Lake Ranch, 69,314 acres in New Mexico’s Chaves County. “We buy for profitability, not eye appeal,” says…
No. 31 Malone Mitchell 3rd 336,000 acres (down 48,000 acres) This Far West Texas native has established his Longfellow Ranch as one of the finest hunting properties in the Trans-Pecos. A full-service lodge welcomes guests; species found on the 500-square-mile…
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