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Land Report December 2015 Newsletter

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

There are several fascinating reads in our final newsletter of 2015. But no one is urging you to read them right away. As the year winds down, all of us at The Land Report hope that we set aside our disappointments and focus on the…

Tagged with: Abraham Lincoln, Bill Hewett, Congress, David Packard, Eric O'Keefe, farmland, Jeff Bezos, land auctions, Land Report 100, Murray Wise, New Shepard, Red River, Richmond Ranch, San Felipe Ranch, Sen. David Davis, Terry Hundemer, Texas, USDA, USFS
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Farming, Illinois, News Desk, Newsletter, Oklahoma, Recreation, Texas, West

Land Report July 2015 Newsletter

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

Plenty of bold-faced headlines in our July newsletter, including the designation of three new national monuments and a key lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service. Other items include: The Nature Conservancy’s acquisition of Colorado’s JE Canyon for $21 million; The $29.5…

Tagged with: Antiquities Act, Barack Obama, Greenwood Plantation, JE Canyon Ranch, Mirr Ranch Group, Red Hills, Red McCombs, Richard Fuld, Santa Barbara County, Sotheby's International Realty of Santa Barbara, Suzanne Perkins, The Nature Conservancy, Theodore Roosevelt, USFS, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek Pass
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Equestrian, Federal Policy, Georgia, Idaho, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Residential Property, South, Timber, West

Land Report January 2015 Newsletter

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

Take a peek at our January newsletter to learn the following: Which invasive species threatens the Great Lakes. Which Colorado ranch just sold at a 65-percent discount. Which Land Commissioner has put the kibosh on a $2 billion project. What conservation plans…

Tagged with: Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Aspen, Aubrey Dunn, Barack Obama, Bear Wallow Ranch, BLM, Colorado, Congress, Conservation, conservation easements, New Mexico, Peace Ranch, SunZia, USFS
Posted in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter

Ask the Expert: Chip Lenihan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

2011 Market Update: Chip Lenihan has been fly-fishing Colorado’s best waters for 40 years. His side gig? Running the Telluride office of Fay Ranches as lead broker. The Land Report turned to this former mayor of Telluride for an update on today’s…

Tagged with: BLM, Chip Lenihan, Colorado, Fay Ranches, San Miguel County, Telluride, USFS
Posted in 2011 Summer, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West

Western Massachusetts to Become National Forest?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

Former Governor Mitt Romney’s proposal to designate the Berkshires and all of Western Massachusetts as national forest is being considered once again. Massachusetts is one of just six states without national forest designation, a situation the Romney administration sought to…

Tagged with: Berkshires, conservation easements, Eric O'Keefe, Green Mountain National Forest, Lisa Capone, Mitt Romney, national forest, USFS
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Northeast, Public Land, Regional News, Topics

Forest Service Paving the Way for Plum Creek?

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

The nation’s largest landowner may be getting a last-minute, going-away gift from the Bush Administration. The Forest Service may amend existing easements, a step that would allow Plum Creek Timber (NYSE:PCL) to pave roads through USFS land. Such a move would facilitate an…

Tagged with: Eric O'Keefe, Forest Service, Mark Rey, PCL, Plum Creek, USFS
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Regional News, Residential Property, Timber, Topics, West

Resilient Montanans Rally Around Timber

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Worthwhile read in the New York Times today by Kirk Johnson for the National Desk. The focus of the article is less about timber or timberland as an investment and more about the Montana logging communities whose lifeblood has been altered by…

Tagged with: Forest Service, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Smurfit-Stone, USFS, Wood Resources International
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Timber, Topics, West

Interior Department to Allow Firearms in Parks and Refuges

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

On Friday the Interior Department ruled that Americans will be able to carry concealed weapons in some federal parks and wildlife refuges. The announcement overturns a decades-old Reagan Administration regulation that required all guns brought into national parks and wildlife…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, firearms, Interior Department, National Park Service, NPS, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics

Potential for Massive Wildfires Next Summer in the West

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

The great plague that is the pine beetle infestation has now destroyed millions of acres of timber across the western U.S. and into Canada. The extent of this calamity is so enormous that last month we covered the devastation at…

Tagged with: bark beetle, beetle kill, forest fires, Forest Service, Jim Robbins, The New York Times, USFS, wildfires
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Timber, Topics, West

BLM Makes Push to Buy Western Land

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2007 Under a federal law, the BLM, an arm of the Department of the Interior, has begun buying private properties that carve into federal wildlife refuges, national parks, national forests, and their ilk, making those…