Trey Garrison

Crossing the Divide with Al Biernat

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Land Report Editors

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…

Tagged with: Al Biernat, Colorado, Continental Divide, Creede, Creede America, Gustav Schmiege, Hecla Mining, Mineral County, mining, patented mineral rights, Trey Garrison, U.S.F.S
Posted in Developers, Feature, Federal Policy, Gustav Schmiege, Minerals, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Topics, Trey Garrison, Water, West

Pinon Canyon: “One Colossal Land Grab”

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Folks in Southern Colorado don’t trust the Army. And with good reason. In 1983, when the Department of Defense established the 500-square-mile Pinon Canon Maneuver Site (PCMS), the Army acquired almost half the 285,000 acres by using eminent domain. It…

Tagged with: Charlie Goodnight, Comanche National Grasslands, Dave Foster, Defense Authorization Act, Department of Defense, DoD, Doug Lamborn, Fort Carson, Gustav Schmiege, Jim Herrell, Joel Hefley, John Salazar, Ken Salazar, Kennie Gyurman, Lon Robertson, Mack Louden, Marilyn Musgrave, Pinon Canon Maneuver Site, The Nature Conservancy, US Army, Wayne Allard
Posted in 2008 Fall, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Gustav Schmiege, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Topics, Trey Garrison, West

Field Report: Timberland

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Land Report Editors

The following is excerpted from “Market Notes,” a series of interviews in the Fall 2008 issue of The Land Report by Trey Garrison featuring some of the top brokers nationwide. The complete version is available to subscribers. “Good quality timberland is selling…

Tagged with: jonathan burt, LandVest, National Farm & Forestry, timber REIT, timberland, TIMO, Trey Garrison
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Trey Garrison

Pinon Canyon: Under Fire Again

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Fire destroyed Mack Louden’s century-old Marty Feeds building in Trinidad on September 15. Louden, a local rancher who has been spearheading opposition to Fort Carson’s proposed expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, had insurance on just a portion of the property.…

Tagged with: Colorado, Department of Defense, eminent domain, Fort Carson, Mack Louden, Marty Feeds, Pinon Canyon, Trey Garrison
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Trey Garrison, West

Pinon Canyon: The Fight Goes to the Hill

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Land Report Editors

The U.S. Senate is close to approving a $72 billion military construction budget that would effectively prevent the Army from spending any money to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for another year. But opponents of the expansion are by no…

Tagged with: Colorado, Department of Defense, Doug Lamborn, eminent domain, Fort Carson, John Salazar, Keith Eastin, Ken Salazar, Marilyn Musgrave, Pinon Canyon, Trey Garrison
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Regional News, Topics, Trey Garrison, West

Pinon Canyon: Colorado Senator Ken Salazar Feels the Heat

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Pressure from grassroots opponents of the U.S. Army’s attempt to seize 420,000 acres of privately-owned land in southeast Colorado is starting to produce some results in Washington. While he’s been a lukewarm supporter of Colorado ranchers in their fight with the…

Tagged with: Colorado, Department of Defense, eminent domain, Fort Carson, Ken Salazar, Pinon Canyon, Trey Garrison
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Regional News, Topics, Trey Garrison, West

Pinon Canyon: The Opposition

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Mack Louden’s most memorable feature isn’t his sunbaked skin or his steely eyes. It’s his determination. The man’s face is optimistically defiant, unbroken yet scarred, and colored by a tinge of melancholy and pessimism.

Tagged with: Colorado, Department of Defense, eminent domain, Fort Carson, Mack Louden, Pinon Canyon, Trey Garrison
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Trey Garrison, West

Pinon Canyon: A Closer Look

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Land Report Editors

For more than a year The Land Report has been tracking the largest proposed seizure of private property by the federal government in modern history: the Battle for Pinon Canyon. It pits ranchers in southeast Colorado against an opponent that’s not used to losing…

Tagged with: Colorado, Department of Defense, eminent domain, Fort Carson, Mack Louden, Pinon Canyon, Trey Garrison
Posted in Cattle, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Trey Garrison, West

America’s Greatest Landowners?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Land Report Editors

I always wanted to be a Cartwright. To me, Bonanza wasn’t just some paint-by-numbers Western. The villains weren’t Indians or desperados. They were politicians, bankers, and railroad types, all of whom were hankering to get their hands on a piece…

Tagged with: Ben Cartwright, Bonanza, Hoss, Little Joe
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Trey Garrison

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…