Spread across mountains and fields in Central Oahu are nearly 2,900 acres that are now known as the Helemano Wilderness Project. Hawaii News Now reports that the land was purchased for $15 million from Dole Food Company by half a…
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SOLD! Dole Sells 2,900 Acres to Reforestation Effort
Tagged with: DLNR, dole, Dole Food Company, Helemano Wilderness Project, Reforestation
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Hawaii, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Water
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Hawaii, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Water
Federal Judge Scolds Interior Department
A federal judge in North Carolina made permanent a temporary injunction against the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s shoot-to-kill authorization on wolves in the wild. The ruling protects the American red wolf, which conservationists predict is headed for extinction. According…
Tagged with: American red wolf, Chief Judge Terrence Boyle, Conservation, extinction, North Carolina, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, North Carolina, South
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, North Carolina, South
Supreme Court Rules for Landowners 8-0
November 27 decision in Weyerhaeuser v. US Fish and Wildlife requires that habitat be present for Critical Habitat Designation. The case concerns about 1,500 acres in Louisiana that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated as a critical habitat for…
Tagged with: critical habitat, dusky tree frog, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, US Fish and Wildlife, Weyerhaeuser
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Louisiana, News Desk, South, Timber
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Louisiana, News Desk, South, Timber
Cash Crunch Squeezes Farm Operators
Farmland values in the Tenth District dropped an average of 3 percent, according to the Kansas City Fed’s Ag Credit Survey. Blame it on decreased farm income, which fell for the fifth consecutive year. –The Editors The Kansas City Fed…
Tagged with: Agricultural Credit Conditions, farm incime, farm income, farm liquidity, Kansas City Fed, lending
Posted in Agriculture, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming
Land Report November 2018 Newsletter
Our Investing Issue takes center stage in our November newsletter, which also includes Election Night results affecting landowners as well as major transactions: Colorado voters give a thumbs down to more extensive drilling setbacks. Voters in Park City, Utah, green-light…
Tagged with: Colorado, Garrett Zoller, Ken Mirr, Oregon, Park City, Proposition 112, Robb Nelson, Tiller, Utah
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Federal Policy, Hunting, Minerals, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Federal Policy, Hunting, Minerals, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West
Supreme Court Declines Coastal Act Case
A decade-long legal battle by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla over private property rights versus public coastal access ended this month when the Supreme Court declined to hear the case, reports the Los Angeles Times. Central to the dispute: a…
Tagged with: Martins Beach, private property rights, Sun Microsystem, Supreme Court, Vinod Khosla
Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land
Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land
Critical Habitat Debated Before High Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether or not private property can be designated critical habitat for an endangered species that doesn’t live there. In 2012, US Fish and Wildlife labeled 1,500 acres of Louisiana forestland as critical habitat for…
Tagged with: dusty gopher frog, Edward Poitevent, endangered, habitat, Weyerhaeuser
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Louisiana, News Desk, South
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Louisiana, News Desk, South
Land Report October 2018 Newsletter
Tom Brokaw’s West Boulder Ranch and the Old Steen Place, an adjacent portion of the Burnt Leather Ranch, were sold to a single buyer by Fay Ranches on September 28. The combination of the two Montana holdings creates a 4,751-acre…
Tagged with: Bakken Shale, Burnt Leather Ranch, Charles Wyly, Concierge Auctions, Endangered Species Act, ESA, Monadnock Conservancy, Old Steen Place, Permian Basin, Sam Wyly, Supreme Court, Tom Brokaw, US Fish and Wildlife, West Boulder River
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, North Dakota, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, North Dakota, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Texas, West
U.S. Attorney Sues Hemp Farm
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia filed a civil suit against a Mason County hemp farm. Although state laws allow the cultivation, sale, and purchase of industrial hemp, the suit alleges the…
Tagged with: hemp
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, South, West Virginia
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, South, West Virginia
Public Lands Primer
Not all public lands are created equal. That is especially the case out West where almost half the land – 47 percent – is owned by Uncle Sam. Text by Ken Mirr Four or five years ago, I listed a…
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