http://www.landreport.com The Magazine of the American Landowner Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:05:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A conservation easement of historic proportions was purchased in the heart of the Texas Hill Country only a short drive from the Capitol of Texas. Hays County, the City of Austin, and the Hill Country Conservancy (HCC), with funding from the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), came together to ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/02/historic-dahlstrom-ranch-conservation-easement-finalized/ Ted Turner has announced a strategic alliance with Atlanta-based Southern Company to pursue development of renewable energy projects in the Southwestern United States, including his New Mexico land holdings. Turner is the state's largest landowner. “I’ve always been passionate about developing renewable energy, and I’m excited to join forces with Southern ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/02/americas-largest-landowner-announces-renewable-energy-venture/ Which asset class offers growth, a hedge against inflation, and has great tax benefits? Timber. That's one of the many interesting points brought out by this in-depth article that ran in Forbes last month. One of the other interesting elements the story touches on is that of the 500 million acres ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/01/ten-million-americans-own-timberland/ OF THE COUNTRY'S 100 LARGEST LANDOWNERS, FEW ARE AS COLORFUL AS CLAYTIE. A passionate approach to land stewardship is but one of Clayton Williams’s claims to fame. The diehard Texas Aggie is a born entrepreneur whose many pursuits have ranged from insurance salesman to banker, farmer, rancher, real estate developer, big-game ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/01/land-report-100-no-62-clayton-williams-jr/ Winter provides the perfect opportunity to evaluate access, one of the most practical yet overlooked aspects of sound property management, according to Bill Benton and Robert Chandler, founders of Evolved Outdoors. Their company advises land-intensive recreational businesses such as Bill Dance Signature Lakes and Deer Creek Lodge on how to ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/01/ask-the-expert-improving-access/ Both the author and the photographer are valued contributors to The Land Report, and there’s no doubt in my mind that landowners from coast to coast will be able to identify with this book. So let’s begin by getting two misconceptions about this book off the table. First off, Working Dogs ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/01/library-working-dogs-of-texas/ As 2010 approaches, landowners coast to coast are eager to get a bead on pricing and trends for recreational properties. Here’s a heads up from an industry icon, Greg Fay, who founded Fay Ranches in Bozeman, Montana in 1992. Fay and his partners have built a reputation for themselves that ... http://www.landreport.com/2009/12/ask-the-expert-greg-fay/ Growing up in the 1970s, Heath Shuler saw quail hunting disappear from the mountains of his native North Carolina. “It occurred to me early on that if I wanted to hunt quail, I might have to buy property with good habitat,” he says. Nowadays, that’s no small feat, especially in the ... http://www.landreport.com/2009/10/heath-shuler-eye-on-the-prize/ Gov. Dave Heineman is slated as one of the keynote speakers next month at the Nebraska Wind Power 2009 Conference. Scheduled for Nov. 9-10 in Kearney, the conference will feature nationally known experts on wind and wind power and focus on numerous issues of vital interest to landowners seeking to ... http://www.landreport.com/2009/10/nebraska-governor-to-address-wind-conference/ When it came to the Colorado hamlet of Creede, it was love at first sight for Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat (standing front and center with wife Jeannie and writer Trey Garrison). And what’s not to love about Creede? Nestled among high rocky cliffs on the eastern side of the Continental ... http://www.landreport.com/2009/10/crossing-the-divide-with-al-biernat/