November 2007

Clint Eastwood Goes One on One with The Land Report

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Clint Eastwood sticks to his guns. Not just when creating iconic characters such as Rowdy Yates, “Dirty” Harry Callahan, and Bill Munny or in his scintillating body of work as a director, but as a landowner. He’s interrupted a family…

Tagged with: Clint Eastwood, Monterey Peninsula, Tehama
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Magazine, November 2007, Pacific

Hunting Land is a Hot Investment

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Over the last decade there’s been a boom in rural land prices throughout much of the United States and parts of Canada. I say this not because of some government report or a recently released study but based on firsthand…

Tagged with: 1031 exchange, capital gains tax, hunting, hunting land
Posted in Hunting, Magazine, November 2007, Topics

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…

Tagged with: BLM, Coachella Valley, Interior Department, Joe Guinto, Joshua Tree National Park, National Park Service, Taylor Grazing Act, USFS
Posted in Federal Policy, Magazine, News Desk, November 2007, Pacific, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest, Topics, West

Texas at Vortex of Wind Power Debate

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOE NICK PATOSKI El Capitan stands as a stone sentinel, a jagged limestone monolith that buttresses the southern flank of the tallest mountain range in Texas. It is imperious and daunting, the most visible landmark for hundreds of miles.…

Tagged with: Alternative energy, Babcock & Brown, Baffin Bay, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Delaware Mountains, El Capitan, Jack Hunt, Kenedy Ranch, King Ranch, Laguna Madre, Mifflin Kenedy, Padre Island, Richard King, Wild Horse Desert, wind energy
Posted in November 2007, Regional News, Southwest

America’s Aristocrats: Gardiner’s Island

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

Fly into JFK, look toward the setting sun, and you see Manhattan, the city that never sleeps, the Big Apple. Turn the other direction, however, and drive two hours east–past the scenic Southampton Golf Club and Napeague State Park–and you’ll…