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Yellowstone Club Files for Bankruptcy

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

The world’s only private ski and golf community has sought bankruptcy protection. The Yellowstone Club, an exclusive 13,400-acre retreat in Montana’s Gallatin Mountains whose members include Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and former vice president Dan Quayle, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in…

Tagged with: Bill Gates, Chapter 11, Dan Quayle, Discovery Land Co., Edra Blixseth, Eric O'Keefe, Gallatin Mountains, Greg LeMond, Land Report 100, Montana, Montana ranches, Tim Blixseth, Yellowstone Club
Posted in Bankruptcy, Developers, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Recreation, Regional News, Residential Property, Timber, Topics, West

Ted Turner Tops the 2008 Land Report 100

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

For the second year in a row, Ted Turner take top honors as America’s largest landowner with more than a dozen properties totaling more than 2 million acres. Add to this more than 100,000 acres in Argentina, where he owns…

Tagged with: Bar None Ranch, Beau Turner, Call Me Ted, Collon Cura, Flying D Ranch, Gone With the Wind, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, La Primavera, Mike Phillips, Mikhail Gorbachev, Patagonia, Russ Miller, Scarlett O'Hara, Ted Turner, Tierra del Fuego, Turner Endangered Species Fund, Vermejo Park
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Hunting, Minerals, News Desk, Pacific, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber, West

Steamboat Springs Preservation Ranch Takes the Gold

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Land Report Editors

It always amazes me when someone takes the time to go above and beyond the call of duty to improve an already one-of-a-kind piece of property. The idea is to take some great place and make it even more over…

Tagged with: 4240 Architecture, Eddie Lee Rider, Elk River Partners, Golden Nugget, Inc., Jeff Temple, Marabou, Marabou Ranch, Pacific Coast Builders Conference, Steamboat Springs, TCD
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Eddie Lee Rider, Equestrian, Feature, News Desk, Recreation, Regional News, Residential Property, Topics, West

The Great Plague Returns?

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Trees, leaves, and changing colors are one of the glorious rites of fall. Yet the more wild places I visit from coast to coast, the more it becomes apparent that it’s not crisp autumn nights that is coloring these trees and…

Tagged with: bark beetles, beetle kill, beetles, Eric O'Keefe, forest fires, lodgepole pine
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Northeast, Regional News, Timber, Topics, West

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

Steep Drop in Ski Country

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Sales of land, ranches, and resort residences in Colorado’s top tier markets are off as much as 50 percent in 2008, according to figures compiled by Telluride Consulting and Land Title Guarantee Company.

Tagged with: Aspen, Breckenridge, Colorado, Eric O'Keefe, George Harvey, Rocky Mountains, ski country, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, Vail
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, 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…