The Conference of Western Attorneys General has recommended that the State of Utah not pursue a lawsuit compelling Uncle Sam to hand over 30 million acres of federal lands in the Beehive State. Legal counsel from seven Republican attorneys general,…
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Land Report November 2016 Newsletter
The 2016 Land Report 100 is at the press. More than two dozen new entrants and updates highlight this year’s survey, which is sponsored by LandLeader, the nation’s largest network of brokerages dedicated to farm, ranch, and recreational properties. Other items…
Tagged with: Dax Hayden, Eddie Lee Rider Jr., Hall and Hall Auctions, Land Report 100, LandLeader, Texas A&M, The Conservation Fund, Thomas Land Company, timberland, Tom Vilsack, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Hunting, Montana, Nebraska, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Public Land, Texas, Washington, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Hunting, Montana, Nebraska, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Public Land, Texas, Washington, Water
Gold King Mine Named Superfund Site
On September 9, the Environmental Protection Agency added Colorado’s Bonita Peak Mining District, which includes the shuttered Gold King mine, to the National Priorities List, making it eligible for additional study and cleanup resources under EPA’s Superfund program. The EPA…
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, New Mexico, Public Land, Southwest, Utah, Water
Navajos Sue EPA Over Gold King Spill
On August 16, the Navajo Nation filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency and more than a dozen other entities, alleging mismanagement of Colorado’s shuttered Gold King mine. The suit says that 440 tons of metals spilled out when…
Tagged with: EPA, Gold King Mine, Navajo Nation
Posted in Colorado, Feature, Federal Policy, New Mexico, Southwest, Utah, Water, West
Posted in Colorado, Feature, Federal Policy, New Mexico, Southwest, Utah, Water, West
Guaranteed Loan Programs Find Favor
Ag lenders are reducing exposure to lending risks by requiring more farm real estate as collateral for large, non-real estate farm loans. –The Editors Using responses from 213 banks, economists with the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank presented a survey…
Tagged with: ag, farm loans, Investing, lending, loan programs, real estate
Posted in Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming
Land Report August 2016 Newsletter
Ever heard of a wind tax? Probably not. That’s because only one state has one: Wyoming. Although the Cowboy State claims to be a low tax haven, it imposed the nation’s lone tax on power generated by wind turbines in 2012. Not…
Tagged with: California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, conservation easements, farmland, Florida, Land Report 100, Mike Markkula, New Mexico, Overland Trail Ranch, Philip Anschutz, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Minerals, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Minerals, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, West, Wyoming
Wyoming to Sell Two 640-Acre Parcels to National Park Service for $46 Million Apiece
On June 13, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead announced an agreement to facilitate the purchase of two state school land parcels located within the bounds of Grand Teton National Park. Wyoming has a constitutional…
The Land Report Summer 2016
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
Posted in Back Issues, Conservation, Dogs, Energy, Equestrian, Equities, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land
Corn Belt Sees Consecutive Annual Declines
The Seventh District registers back-to-back drops in farmland values for the first time since the mid-1980s. NATIONAL — TREND Two factors put downward pressure on row crops in 2015: record (or near-record) harvests; and the strong dollar, which slowed exports.…
2015 Land Report Aspen Summit
Leading landowners, industry experts, and thought leaders gathered at the Aspen Institute to discuss key issues facing private landowners and to honor Colorado’s Salazar family, The Land Report’s 2015 Legacy Landowners. – Photography by Aubree Dallas Groves of quaking aspens…
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