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Land Report 2019 Conservation Deal of the Year: Las Varas Ranch Donated to UCSB

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Charles Munger acquires – and then donates – Santa Barbara County’s Las Varas Ranch The billionaire Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman reportedly spent $70 million for the property, which he donated to the University of California, Santa Barbara. “This is much…

Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, News Desk, Pacific

Ford Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Ford Family | No. 15 600,000 ACRES (up 20,000 acres) Founded by Washington native Kenneth Ford (1908–1997) in 1936, ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS has become one of the largest family-owned wood products manufacturers in the nation. The company’s expansive timber holdings…

Tagged with: acreage, Allyn Ford, Ford Family, Grady Mulbery, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Kenneth Ford, land, Land Report 100, Roseburg Forest Products, Timber, wood products manufacturers
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific, South, South Carolina, Timber, Virginia

Wilks Brothers: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Wilks Brothers | No. 12 708,475 ACRES (up 3,108 acres) Based west of Fort Worth, FRAC TECH founders Farris and Dan Wilks love land. Not only do they have substantial holdings in Montana and Idaho as well as properties in…

Tagged with: Bull Mountain Ranch, Dan Wilks, Farris Wilks, Frac Tech, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Little Snowy Mountain Ranch, Rosebud Mountain Ranch, Sage Creek Ranch, Wilks Brothers, Wilks Ranch Brokers
Posted in Cattle, Feature, Hunting, Idaho, Land Report 100, Montana, Oregon, Pacific, Recreation, South, Southwest, Tennessee, Texas, West

The Singleton Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Singleton Family | No. 9 1,110,000 ACRES Family patriarch HENRY SINGLETON (1916–1999) purchased New Mexico’s historic San Cristobal Ranch in 1986. Located just south of Santa Fe between the Cerrillos Hills, the Jemez Mountains, the Ortiz Mountains, and the Sangre…

Tagged with: acreage, Aqua Verde, Bar Y, Bigbee/Lobo, Bojax, Conchas, Dunlap/Perez, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Henry Singleton, Latigo, Peachtree Ranch, River Island Ranch, San Cristobal Ranch, Singleton Family, Teledyne, Top Ranch, Trigg
Posted in California, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Pacific, Southwest

Reed Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Reed Family | No. 4 1,726,295 ACRES (down 2,937 acres) Headquartered in Seattle, the Reed family’s GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY is a fifth-generation, family-owned forest products company. According to Forisk Consulting, its holdings span eight states in the Pacific Northwest…

Tagged with: forest products, Green Diamond Management Company, Green Diamond Resource Company, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Plum Creek Timber, Reed Family, Twin Creeks Timber LLC
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Pacific, South, Timber, Washington

Emmerson Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The roots of SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES (SPI) go back to 1949 when Curly Emmerson and his son Red went into business together, leasing a small sawmill and forming a partnership. Seventy years later, Red and his family are still in…

Tagged with: biomass power, California spotted owls, Conservation, Curly Emmerson, Emmerson Family, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Red Emmerson, sawmill, Sierra Pacific, Sierra Pacific Industries, SPI, timberland
Posted in California, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Pacific, Timber

The Land Report Top Ten: Winter 2019

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Land Report Editors

A 420,000-acre collection of ranches assembled over decades, BREWSTER RANCHES is the new national No. 1. — The Editors 1. BREWSTER RANCHES | $319.2 MILLION NEW! This massive assemblage of 420,000 acres in the Big Bend country of Far West…

Tagged with: Aaron Kirman, Atlantic Ocean, Bart Miller, Boone Pickens, Brent Rimel, Brewster Ranches, Bryan Pickens, Bull Springs Skyline Forest, Chas. Middleton & Son, Compass Real Estate Los Angeles, Cristina Cordon, Discovery Channel, Ed Swinford, El Rancho Tajiguas, Gateway Canyons, Gemini, Hall and Hall, John Hendricks, Kerry Endsley, Key Largo, King Land & Water, Mason & Morse Ranch Company, Mesa Vista Ranch, Monte Lyons, Nottingham Ranch, Ocean Sotheby’s International Realty, Pumpkin Key, Republic Ranches, Robb Van Pelt, Russell Post, Sam Middleton, Slifer Smith & Frampton, Sotheby's International Realty, Southampton Estate, T. Boone Pickens, Todd Peter, Veale Ranch, West Creek Ranch, Ziff Family
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Estates, Feature, Florida, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, Utah, West

Cunningham Sheep Co. Joins Land Report 100 at No. 73

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Anyone familiar with the striking designs of Native American-inspired trade blankets by Pendleton Woolen Mills knows this family. For over a century, the renowned mill has relied on local providers in Eastern Oregon such as Cunningham Sheep Co. for the…

Tagged with: Charles Cunningham, Coreys, Cunningham Sheep Company, Hayden Outdoors, Levys, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Rambouillet sheep, wool
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, Oregon, Pacific

Lanai vs. Molokai

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Two Hawaiian islands. Two large landowners. Two completely different experiences. BY JIM BYERS On Lanai, they’re putting the finishing touches on a multimillion-dollar remake of the old Four Seasons Lodge at Koele, which is being turned into a sumptuous spa…