California

Let’s Make A Deal

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Over the last two decades, water levels in the nation’s largest man-made reservoir, Lake Mead, have fallen to the point that it is at 39 percent of capacity. A similar plight faces the nation’s second largest reservoir, Lake Powell. Drought…

Tagged with: Bureau of Reclamation, drought, Lake Mead, Lake Powell
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, California, Feature, Federal Policy, Nevada, New Mexico, News Desk, Pacific, Southwest, Water, West

Clint Eastwood Presents a Master Class in Stewardship at Tehama

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Eric OKeefe

By Eric O’Keefe Clint Eastwood Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Tehama Photography by Jason Speth Clint Eastwood is mesmerized. He puts lunch on hold and stares intently at the flat screen TV at the Saloon in the Clubhouse at Tehama.…

Tagged with: Alan Williams, Brooks Koepka, Clint Eastwood, Gary Woodland, Jay Morrish, Pebble Beach, Richard Jewell, Tehama, The Mule
Posted in California, Feature, News Desk, Pacific, Residential Property

The Land Report Summer 2019

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Our 2019 Legacy Landowner, Clint Eastwood, takes center stage in the Best Brokerages issue. Go behind the scenes and enjoy a private tour of Tehama, Clint’s 2,000-acre masterpiece nestled above the Pacific Ocean between Carmel Valley and the Monterey Peninsula.…

Tagged with: America's Best Brokerages, Best Brokerages, Clint Eastwood, Legacy Landowner, Tehama
Posted in Back Issues, California, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Lifestyle, News Desk, Recreation, Residential Property

Fisher Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 26 Fisher Family 440,000 acres Gap cofounders Donald and Doris Fisher developed the Mendocino family of companies to manage their California timberlands: MENDOCINO REDWOOD COMPANY and Pacific Lumber, now known as HUMBOLDT REDWOOD. The Fisher family recently funded a…

Tagged with: Donald Fisher, Doris Fisher, Fisher, GAP, Humbolt Redwood, LandLeader, Mendocino, Mendocino Redwood Company, Pacific Lumber
Posted in California, Feature, Land Report 100, Pacific, Timber

Food for Thought: Customer Connection

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Eric OKeefe

Each year, the Big Four – JBS, Cargill, National Beef, and Tyson – process more than 80 percent of the cattle that go to market. One of the by-products of this concentration is that many cattlemen have little or even…

Tagged with: Ben Higgins, Hearst Ranches, Whole FOods
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Pacific

Private Paradise

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Established by ranch owners for ranch owners, EXPLORE RANCHES offers exclusive access to private landholdings across Texas and beyond. – Lisa Martin Guests had come to ogle steep bluffs and sheer canyon walls. The pitch-black West Texas skies stole their…

Tagged with: Allison Ryan, Davis Mountains Ranch, Explore Ranches, Jay Kleberg, Jesse Womack
Posted in California, Colorado, Feature, Pacific, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West

Land Report August 2019 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about serious money, right? I’m referring to the colossal implosion of the Mountain of Beverly Hills, the 157-acre, $1 billion listing in the 90210 zip code that sold at auction…

Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Cattle, Developers, Midwest, Nevada, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Southwest, Water, West

Sonoma County Landowners Fined More than $500,000 for Violating Conservation Easement

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Peter and Toni Thompson were not parties to the 2009 conservation easement that restricted development on their wine country estate. As subsequent owners of the 81-acre property, however, they were bound by it. So ruled Sonoma County Superior Court Judge…

Tagged with: Bob Neale, Judge Patrick Broderick, Peter Thompson, Sonoma County, Sonoma County Land Trust, Toni Thompson
Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, News Desk, Pacific

Ford Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 18 Ford Family 580,000 acres (down 203,000 acres) In the depths of the Great Depression, Kenneth Ford (1908—1997) decided to go into business with a single sawmill that he pieced together using salvaged equipment. Ford’s first mill initially employed…

Tagged with: Ford Family, Kenneth Ford, LandLeader, New Forests, Roseburg Forest Products, sawmill, Shasta Cascade Timberlands
Posted in California, Feature, Land Report 100, Oregon, Pacific, Timber

Land Report Case Study: Hearst Ranch

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Thinking outside the box landed this California beef producer’s entire herd inside Whole Foods. BY HENRY CHAPPELL PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD FIELD LEVINE, STEVE MILLER + ALEXANDER VERTIKOFF The Piedra Blanca Rancho lords over the Pacific roughly halfway between San Francisco…