Our November newsletter features a slew of activity involving federal and state stakeholders: The Chicago Fed updates Midwest farmland values. U.S. Fish & Wildlife declares the Gunnison sage grouse a threatened species. Elected officials in Colorado vow to fight U.S. Fish…
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Land Report November 2014 Newsletter
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Minerals, Newsletter, Public Land
Sold! 165,000 Acres of Montana and Washington Forestland
Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL) announced on Oct. 27 that it reached an agreement to sell approximately 165,000 acres of Montana and Washington forestland to The Nature Conservancy for $134 million. The agreement includes higher elevation timberlands with slower growing…
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Montana, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Timber, Washington, West
2013 Land Report Best Brokerages: Mossy Oak Properties
Mossy Oak Properties www.mossyoakproperties.com (886) 667-2289 2013 Sales: $300 – $500 Million Who: More than 70 franchise offices in 21 states specializing in rural land for recreational or investment purposes. Wow: In 2013, the Mississippi-based firm opened its first office…
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Mississippi, Public Land, Recreation, South, Timber
Panelists to Search for New Model of Conservation Funding
The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) has named 20 leaders from the outdoor recreation, retail and manufacturing sectors, the energy industry, and sportsmen’s groups to its Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustaining America’s Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Under…
Tagged with: Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, West
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, West
The Little Pink House Goes to Hollywood
One of the greatest missteps by our nation’s high court will be featured on the silver screen next year. Producer Ted Balaker can remember the exact moment when he first learned that the Supreme Court had ruled 5-4 against Susette…
Tagged with: eminent domain, Kelo v. City of New London, Little Pink House, Property rights
Posted in Connecticut, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Northeast, Public Land
Posted in Connecticut, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Northeast, Public Land
Conservation Easement Granted on a Key Livestock Trail
A Wyoming landowner has agreed to a plan that protects a historic stock rest in the northern part of the state, near the Big Horn Mountains. Rancher Bruce Pheasant of Kaycee, signed a conservation easement to protect a grassy valley…
Keystone Pipeline Goes to State Supreme Court
The Nebraska Supreme Court will wait until September to hear a challenge by landowners and others opposing Gov. Dave Heineman’s decision to let Keystone XL pipeline builder TransCanada use the power of eminent domain to acquire the necessary right of…
Tagged with: eminent domain, keystone pipeline
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Nebraska, Public Land
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Nebraska, Public Land
The Land Report Summer 2014
Timber specialists, ranch brokers, recreational experts, productive ag pros – more than 100 firms from coast to coast were surveyed to prepare our fourth annual look at America’s Best Brokerages for the Summer 2014 edition of the Magazine of the American Landowner. Dozens more…
Tagged with: America's Best Brokerages, America's Top Auction Houses, Colorado, Forbes Trinchera Ranch, Grand Tetons, Kip Forbes, Louis Bacon, Malcolm Forbes, Trinchera Blanca Ranch, Trinchera Ranch, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Back Issues, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Dogs, Energy, Equestrian, Equities, Farming, Federal Policy, Golf, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Hunting, International, Land Report 100, Land Report Top 10, Midwest, Minerals, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Taxes, Timber, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Back Issues, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Dogs, Energy, Equestrian, Equities, Farming, Federal Policy, Golf, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Hunting, International, Land Report 100, Land Report Top 10, Midwest, Minerals, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Taxes, Timber, Water, West
Land Report June 2014 Newsletter
Too many items to discuss in the June 2014 Newsletter. Among the high points? A major judicial decision that will impact landowners nationwide. Rising beef prices and increased crop yields continue to stoke land values. And a first look at the…
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Residential Property, Southwest, Taxes, Water, West
National Park Proves a Hard Gift to Give
Roxanne Quimby Faces an Uphill Battle to Bequest 100,000 Acres Lucas St. Clair pulled up to an overlook in Maine’s North Woods to a stunning vista of Mount Katahdin, the state’s highest peak and the endpoint of the Appalachian Trail.…
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