Wyoming

NPR Highlights Estate Planning Workshops for Landowners

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Land Report Editors

All too often, when older farmers and ranchers retire, no one has been prepared to take their place. National Public Radio’s popular All Things Considered took a closer look at this unwelcome phenomenon as well as the steps the University…

Tagged with: All Things Considered, National Public Radio, National Young Farmers Coalition, succession planning, University of Wyoming, Western Landowners Alliance
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk, West, Wyoming

Forest Service Adds Key Tract to Bridger-Teton National Forest

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Trust for Public Land sold the 990-acre Upper Gros Ventre River Ranch to the USFS for $3 million. The previous owner, former Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, donated the property to the trust. The ranch sits immediately north of the…

Tagged with: Gros Ventre Wilderness Area, Herb Kohl, The Trust for Public Land, U.S. Forest Service, Upper Gros Ventre River Ranch, Yellowstone Ecosystem
Posted in Conservation, Feature, News Desk, West, Wyoming

Land Report April 2018 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Overachievers, led by Dan and Michael Murphy of Colorado’s M4 Ranch Group, were honored at the Realtors Land Institute’s Apex Awards in Nashville on March 13. The Murphys took top honors as APEX 2017 Top National Producer. Get the lowdown…

Tagged with: Aubrie Kobernus, Don Imus, Eddie Lee Rider, Imus Ranch, Jason Newsted, Jay Inslee, Kittitas County, Lesli Allison, M4 Ranch Group, National Public Radio, NPR, Patrick Gottsch, REALTORS' Land Institute, RFD-TV, RLI, Smithfield Foods, University of Wyoming, Western Landowners Alliance
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, North Carolina, Washington, Water, Wyoming

Crafting an Enduring Legacy

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

As an up-and-coming actor, Harrison Ford made ends meet as a self-taught carpenter, hustling to auditions and making a name for himself while completing projects for a slew of Hollywood heavy hitters, including Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola. (See…

Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Residential Property, West, Wyoming

Legal Eagles Take Sides in Wyoming Boundary Dispute

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Established in 1868, Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation ranks as one of the largest reservations in the Lower 48 with more than 2.2 million acres. But a 1905 decision to cede portions of the reservation to settlers has emerged at…

Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, West, Wyoming

Land Report July 2017 Newsletter

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

This month’s page-one story? The EPA has determined that there was no misconduct involved in 2015’s Gold King Mine spill. This news comes on the heels of the announcement by the agency that it was not legally able to pay…

Tagged with: Army Corps of Engineers, Big Sky, Concierge Auctions, EPA, Gold King Mine, Hall and Hall Auctions, John Duarte, Ken Salazar, M4 Ranch Group, National Auctioneers Association, Navajo Nation, Pacific Legal Foundation, Paul Clement, Ranch Marketing Associates, Scott Shuman, Seth Waxman, Wind River Indian Reservation
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Federal Policy, Montana, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, West, Wyoming

Mixed Results from the Kansas City Fed

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The agricultural sector in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of Missouri and New Mexico, recently reported varied results for the first quarter of 2017. Although farm income continues to fall off,…

Posted in Agriculture, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Wyoming

Park Service Acquires Key Teton Inholding

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Land Report Editors

On Dec. 12, the Department of the Interior took title to Antelope Flats, one of two 640-acre Wyoming School Trust Land inholdings located in Grand Teton National Park. The $46 million purchase ($71,875 per acre) was split equally between Interior…

Tagged with: Antelope Flats, Department of the Interior, Governor Mead, Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Interior Secretary Jewell, Land and Water Conservation Fund, National Park Foundation, Wyoming School Trust Land
Posted in Conservation, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, West, Wyoming

SOLD! Wyoming’s Iconic Walton Ranch

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Land Report Editors

The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that the largest ranch in Jackson Hole has sold after five years on the market. The 1,848-acre Walton Ranch, which sits in the shadow of the Grand Tetons on the Snake River, was…

Tagged with: Hall and Hall, Paul and Betty Walton, Ranch Marketing Associates, Walton Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, News Desk, West, Wyoming

Land Report October 2016 Newsletter

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Our October newsletter focuses on generating above-market returns, courtesy of: Chris Soules, aka, America’s most famous farmer Winecup Gamble Ranch, aka, America’s best ranch investment Innovative resource management at Carter Stilley Wetland & Stream Mitigation Bank Steve Hageman’s hunting paradise, The…