Under the guise of progress, eminent domain rears its ugly head yet again. by Henry Chappell | photography by Russell Graves When Harold “Thump” Witcher (right) mows a hayfield, cleans a fencerow, or feeds his cattle, he works land he…
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The Battle of Bois D’Arc Creek
Tagged with: Bois D'Arc Creek, eminent domain, Harold “Thump” Witcher, North Texas Municipal Water District, NTMWD, Russell Graves
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Feature, Federal Policy, Henry Chappell, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Water
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Feature, Federal Policy, Henry Chappell, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Water
2016 Land Report 100: Malone Mitchell 3rd
No. 28 Malone Mitchell 3rd 384,000 acres This Far West Texas native met his wife Amy while both were undergraduates in Stillwater at Oklahoma State. After receiving their degrees, the two founded Riata Energy in their guest bedroom with $500…
Tagged with: elk, hunting, LandLeader, Longfellow Ranch, Malone Mitchell 3rd, mule deer, Riata Energy, SandRidge, Texas Trans-Pecos
Posted in Energy, Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Recreation, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Energy, Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Recreation, Southwest, Texas
2016 Land Report 100: Jeff Bezos
No. 25 Jeff Bezos 400,000 acres (up 110,000 acres) One of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs grew up spending summers on his grandfather’s 25,000-acre ranch outside of Cotulla, Texas. Decades later, the founder of Amazon started his own private aerospace…
Tagged with: aerospace, Amazon, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, New Shepard
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
SOLD! City of San Angelo Pays $44 Million for 34,841-acre Ford Ranch in Central Texas
Purchase reunites surface rights with valuable groundwater rights previously acquired by the municipality. The historic Ford Ranch, which predates Texas statehood, was acquired by the City of San Angelo in mid-June. The municipality, which already owns immensely valuable groundwater rights…
Tagged with: Chas. S. Middleton & Son, Ford Ranch. City of San Angelo, King Land & Water
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Southwest, Texas, Water
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Southwest, Texas, Water
Land Report 2016 Ranchland Deal of the Year: Osage Nation Buys Bluestem Ranch from Turner Enterprises
In June 2016, the Osage Nation acquired Oklahoma’s Bluestem Ranch from Turner Enterprises for $74 million. It was one of many steps the Osage have taken as they seek to reassemble tribal lands dispersed more than a century ago. The…
Tagged with: bison, Bluestem Ranch, Osage Nation, Ted Turner, Turner Enterprises, Turner Ranches
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest
The Land Report Top Ten: Spring 2017
Big ranches, big resources, and big views dominate the nation’s leading listings. — The Editors 1. Sandow Lakes Ranch (Texas): $250 million This 33,777-acre acre Central Texas property is being sold by Alcoa. Bernard Uechtritz of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International…
Land Report 2016 Timberland Deal of the Year: Forest Investment Associates and Molpus Woodlands Group Acquire 295,000 Acres from Hancock
Almost 500 square miles of former TimberStar lands in Arkansas and Texas were purchased by Forest Investment Associates and Molpus Woodlands Group from the Hancock Timber Resource Group. The 295,000-acre sale to the timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) was announced…
Tagged with: Forest Investment Associates, Hancock Timber Resource Group, Molpus Woodlands Group
Posted in Arkansas, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber
Posted in Arkansas, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber
2016 Land Report 100: Drummond Family
No. 23 Drummond Family 433,000 acres In 2015, Drummond Land & Cattle Co. was inducted into the Sooner State’s Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. The family helped write ranching history in Oklahoma. Clan patriarch Frederick Drummond (1864–1913) emigrated from Scotland…
Tagged with: Addie Genter, Drummond Family, Drummond Land & Cattle, Frederick Drummond, LandLeader, Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, Land Report 100, Oklahoma, Southwest
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, Land Report 100, Oklahoma, Southwest
Horses to Ride, Cattle to Cut
The San Antonio Viejo Ranch of Texas Text by Henry Chappell | Original Photography by Wyman Meinzer Given rain, the Wild Horse Desert will heal after drought and hard use by humans and livestock have left it battered and bare.…
BLM Admits to Survey Errors
A long-standing dispute over the Texas–Oklahoma state line that jeopardized private landholdings along a 116-mile stretch of the Red River has been put on hold. In a letter filed in the Northern District Court in Wichita Falls, the agency admitted…
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