Energy

The Commish Takes Our Questions

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Interview by Eric O’Keefe Original Photography by Gustav Schmiege III MUCH LIKE HIS NATIVE STATE, the 28th Commissioner of the General Land Office is an intriguing blend of tradition and innovation. He wears cowboy boots – and an iWatch. His…

Tagged with: Alamo, Alpine High Field, Eric O'Keefe, George P. Bush, Texas General Land Office
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Gustav Schmiege, Interviews, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest, Taxes, Texas, Water

Xcel Announces 600MW Wind Farm in South Dakota

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The nation’s largest producer of wind power will add 1,550 megawatts of new wind generation in the upper Midwest, including 600 megawatts at a wind farm located in South Dakota’s Codington, Deuel, and Grant Counties. According to Xcel Energy, the…

Tagged with: wind farm, Xcel
Posted in Energy, Feature, Great Plains, News Desk, South Dakota

The Land Report Top Ten: Fall 2016

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Legacy Springs Ranch ranks as one of the last great private holdings in Texas’s Highland Lakes region. — The Editors 1. NEW! Sandow Lakes Ranch (Texas): $250 million This 33,777-acre acre Central Texas sanctuary is being sold by Alcoa. Bernard…

Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Energy, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Florida, Hunting, Massachusetts, Nevada, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, Water, West

Private Landowners Fuel Jet Travel

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack greeted Seattle passengers deplaning at Washington Reagan after an Alaska Airlines flight powered in part by a new renewable fuel made of wood waste salvaged from private lands in Washington, Oregon, and Montana. “In 2011,…

Tagged with: Conservation, renewable fuel, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, Timber, Washington, West

2016 Land Report 100

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Land Report Editors

More than 20 new landowners grace the ranks of the 2016 Land Report 100 sponsored. Among the new Land Report 100ers are California’s Fisher family, who founded The Gap in 1969. With some 440,000 acres in Northern California, the Fishers ranked No.…

Tagged with: 2016 Land Report 100, Emmerson Family, Jeff Bezos, John Malone, King Ranch, Land Report 100, Stan Kroenke, Ted Turner, Waggoner Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Hunting, International, Land Report 100, Midwest, Minerals, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, West

Wyoming “Owns” the Wind

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Cowboy State tax that generates millions from wind power imperils multi-billion-dollar Anschutz project. Wyoming prides itself on its status as a low tax haven. It has no individual income tax, no corporate income tax, and according to the Tax Foundation,…

Tagged with: Anschutz Corporation, Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project, Overland Trail Ranch, Philip Anschutz, tax, wind turbine
Posted in Energy, Feature, Taxes, West, Wyoming

The Land Report Summer 2016

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Find out what the pros are saying about key land markets in our Best Brokerages issue, which features insights and commentary from more than 150 brokerages and auction houses nationwide. It’s our most comprehensive survey ever. And our cover story, featuring…

Tagged with: Berkshire Mountains, Hall and Hall, JE Canyon Ranch, Jeremy Stanton, Ken Mirr, Land to Table, Mirr Ranch Group, The Nature Conservancy, Woodlife Ranch
Posted in Back Issues, Conservation, Dogs, Energy, Equestrian, Equities, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land

Land Report Deal of the Century: Waggoner Ranch

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Land Report Editors

A Texas landmark with a matchless legacy changes hands for the first time in history. Original photography by Wyman Meinzer It’s one thing to get a chuckle out of the state’s highest elected official. But it’s an entirely different situation…

Tagged with: Joel Leadbetter, Kroenke Ranches, Sam Middleton, Stan Kroenke, Waggoner Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Energy, Equestrian, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Minerals, News Desk, Recreation, Southwest, Texas

Weekend Update

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Land Report Editors

CHRIS SOULES IS NOT LOST. Considering the setting of this exclusive Land Report cover shoot by Jason Walsmith – an Iowa cornfield – the reality TV star actually feels quite a home. That’s one of the many insights about America’s most famous farmer that…

Tagged with: Chris Soules, Patrick Bates, Peoples Company, Winecup-Gamble Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Midwest, Minerals, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Water, West

Kroenke Buys the Waggoner Ranch

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Texas’s largest ranch behind one fence changes hands for the first time. Stan Kroenke was approved by the 46th Judicial District Court to purchase the 510,527-acre W.T. Waggoner Estate Ranch in February. The historic transaction will be the first-ever sale…