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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Land Report July 2020 Newsletter
Tagged with: AFM, American Forest Foundation, American Forest Management, Andrew Forrest, Bayer, Bayer Carbon Initiative, Burger King, Ed Bass, Great America Outdoors Act, Jubilee Downs, King Charles I, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Quanbun Downs, Raag Singhal, The Conservation Fund, Tom Margo, William Chadbourne
Posted in Agriculture, Alabama, Auctions, Cattle, Conservation, Federal Policy, Florida, Georgia, International, Kentucky, Maine, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, South, Tennessee
Posted in Agriculture, Alabama, Auctions, Cattle, Conservation, Federal Policy, Florida, Georgia, International, Kentucky, Maine, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, South, Tennessee
Loss of Digester at the Androscoggin Mill Impacts Timber Industry
An explosion inside a digester – where wood chips, water, and chemicals are mixed to make paper – tore apart a Pixelle Specialty Solutions’ mill in Jay, Maine. Until the April 15 blast, the mill processed some 1.5 million tons…
Pingree Heirs: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate
Pingree Heirs | No. 11 830,000 ACRES Known as the Merchant Prince of Salem, David Pingree (1795–1863) purchased his first tract of Maine timberland in 1841. Although he eventually established landholdings in Kentucky, Ohio, New Hampshire, Texas, and Wisconsin, his…
Peter Buck: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate
Peter Buck | No. 7 1,236,000 ACRES (up 311,000 acres) Privately held Subway, which was founded by Peter Buck and Fred DeLuca in the 1960s, is the largest single-brand restaurant chain on earth with more than 41,000 locations in 100-plus…
Tagged with: acreage, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, land, Peter Buck, restaurant, subway, Tall Timbers Trust
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Irving Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate
Irving Family | No. 6 1,247,880 ACRES Kenneth Colin “K.C.” Irving (1899–1992) ranks as Canada’s equivalent of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. In the early 20th century, Irving gained a foothold in the oil patch that eventually evolved into…
Tagged with: Canada, forestland, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Irving Family, Irving Oil, J.D. Irving, Kenneth Colin Irving, minerals, oil
Posted in Energy, Feature, Georgia, International, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, South, Timber
Posted in Energy, Feature, Georgia, International, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, South, Timber
John Malone: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate
To the nation’s largest landowner, one of the most valuable attributes of his timberland and ranchland holdings is the benefits to society of good stewardship. In Maine, for instance, Malone’s million-plus acre BBC LAND holdings use photosynthesis to absorb enormous…
Tagged with: BBC Land, Bell Ranch, John Malone, Silver Spur Ranches, sustainable grazing
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Maine, New Mexico, Northeast, Recreation, Southwest, Timber, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Maine, New Mexico, Northeast, Recreation, Southwest, Timber, West
Land Report 100er Peter Buck Acquires 311,000 Acres of Maine Timberland
Subway cofounder Peter Buck increased his family’s substantial timber holdings in the Pine Tree State from 925,000 acres to 1,236,000 acres by acquiring 311,000 acres from Birmingham’s McDonald family. The acquisition elevates the former nuclear physicist from No. 9 to…
Tagged with: Hayden Outdoors, McDonald Family, Peter Buck, subway, timberland
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
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…
Tagged with: Great Northwoods, LandLeader, McDonald, McDonald Investment Company of Alabama
Posted in Alabama, Energy, Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, Oklahoma, South, Timber
Posted in Alabama, Energy, Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, Oklahoma, South, Timber
Pingree Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 11 Pingree Heirs 830,000 acres (up 125,000 acres) Pingree lands are consolidated in Maine and owned by fifth-, sixth-, and seventh generation descendants of David Pingree (1795—1863). Known as the Merchant Prince of Salem, Pingree’s nineteenth-century empire ultimately exceeded…
Tagged with: David Pingree, LandLeader, Maine, Maine Woods Company, Merchant Prince of Salem, Moosewood Millworks, Pingree Heirs, Seven Islands Land Company
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Peter Buck: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 9 Peter Buck 925,000 acres (up 125,000 acres) How many Subway Cold Cut Combos go into an acre of timberland? (Here’s a hint: It doesn’t matter if you order a six-inch combo or the footlong.) Only a nuclear physicist…
Tagged with: Fred DeLuca, LandLeader, Peter Buck, sandwich, subway, Tall Timbers Trust
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
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