Thanks to less expensive land, lower cost of living, milder winters, and a diverse array of landscapes, brokers in the SOUTHEAST enjoyed a banner 2020. BY CORINNE GAFFNER GARCIA Last spring, as the ramifications of COVID-19 became more and more…
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Posted in Alabama, Arkansas, Corinne Garcia, Estates, Feature, Florida, Georgia, Hunting, Recreation, Residential Property, South, South Carolina
Cumberland Plateau NFWF Announced $1.3 Million In Grants
States in which grants will be used include Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) grants target the restoration, enhancement, and protection of shortleaf pine, oak, and riparian forests. “More than two-thirds of the forests…
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Land Report July 2020 Newsletter
Highlights from our July newsletter include: Australia’s Forrest family acquires two cattle stations totaling more than 500,000 acres. The Conservation Fund acquires 15,408-acre Chadbourne Tree Farms in Maine. Burger King Prevails in court, wins dismissal of vegan lawsuit. For up-to-the-minute reports on…
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Posted in Agriculture, Alabama, Auctions, Cattle, Conservation, Federal Policy, Florida, Georgia, International, Kentucky, Maine, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, South, Tennessee
McDonald Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 24 McDonald Family 474,000 acres This Alabama family holds the vast majority of their US lands (some 300,000-plus acres) in Maine via GREAT NORTHWOODS LLC. The McDonalds also own more than 100,000 acres in their home state as well…
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Westervelt Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 22 Westervelt Heirs 518,000 acres In 1884, the Prairie States Paper Company was founded by Herbert Westervelt, a talented innovator who patented the self-opening paper bag machine. His descendants’ WESTERVELT COMPANY is based in Tuscaloosa and operates in Alabama,…
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Reed Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 4 Reed Family 1,729,232 acres (up 359,232 acres) Headquartered in Seattle, the Reed family’s GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCES COMPANY is a fifth-generation, family-owned forest products company with timberland in eight states spread out across the Pacific Northwest and the South.…
FOR SALE: Southeastern Timberland Molpus Woodlands Presents Four-State Timberland Offering
On July 24, Jackson-based Molpus announced that it will market 45,850 acres of investment-grade timber properties in the Southeast on behalf of a client. The timberlands include 15,300 acres in North Carolina, 4,850 acres in Georgia, 12,300 acres in Alabama,…
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Weyerhaeuser and Plum Creek Merger Creates “New Paul Bunyan”
The $8.4 billion merger of Weyerhaeuser Company with Plum Creek Timber Company created the nation’s largest private landowner, leading one analyst to label the 13-million-acre behemoth the “new Paul Bunyan.” The company, which will operate under the Weyerhaeuser name, has…
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Wildfire Torch Record Acreage in 2015
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that wildfires burned a record 10,125,149 acres across the United States last year. The 2015 total eclipsed the previous record, which was set in 2006. Of last year’s blazes, more than 50 exceeded 50,000 acres,…
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