The Nature Conservancy Purchases 161,000 acres in New York

BY TREY GARRISON
PUBLISHED AUGUST 2007

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

Eminent Domain Clouds Pinon Canyon

With more than 15 million acres of military bases, training centers, and maneuver sites, the US. Army ranks as one of Americas largest landowners. But when it comes to taking territory, shock and awe are not its most formidable weapons. As hundreds of ranchers in southern Colorado have learned, the big gun is eminent domain. Read more

Cut Your Taxes With An Agricultural Exemption

BY TREY GARRISON

Anne Barnett has seen it all. The Florida real estate broker is also a licensed commercial appraiser and has developed and sold properties in Key West, Georgia, and throughout North and Central Florida, including Gainesville, where she bases her company, Southern Property Services. Her clients run the gamut from savvy investors to greenhorns like the South Florida attorney who hired her not long ago. The man and his partners had just bought 232 acres. “These weren’t land guys. They just about bought it sight unseen. This was an investment for them,” she says. Read more

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