Federal Policy

Go West, Bureau of Land Management

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Land Report Editors

According to the Interior Department, officials are scouting a new location for BLM headquarters nearer the terrain it manages: 388,000 square miles, 99 percent of which can be found in a dozen Western states. Look for an announcement in September…

Tagged with: BLM headquarters, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Idaho, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Utah, West

2017 Farm Census Released

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Ninety-six percent of US farms and ranches are family owned. That’s one of the many takeaways from the USDA’s most recent Census of Agriculture based on data collected by the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) directly from…

Tagged with: 2017 Farm Census, agriculture, farm, NASS, National Agricultural Statistics Service, ranch, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk

Emmerson Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 3 Emmerson Family 1,956,100 acres (down 3,566 acres) Through their wholly owned SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES (SPI), the Emmersons are engaged in collaborative efforts to restore and maintain the health of California’s forests. In partnership with the US Forest Service,…

Tagged with: Americaâ€™s Largest Landowners, Emmerson Family, forest, forest products, LandLeader, lumber, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Sierra Pacific, Sierra Pacific Industries, SPI, U.S. Forest Service
Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Land Report 100, Pacific, Public Land, Timber, Water

Senators Grassley and Wyden Investigate “Bad Actors”

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Land Report Editors

The chairman and the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee have requested information including appraisals, promotional materials, and internal documents from 14 individuals involved in a tax avoidance scheme known as a syndicated easement. The IRS and the Justice…

Tagged with: Chuck Grassley, Conservation, conservation easement, fraud, Ron Wyden, Senate Finance Committee, syndicates easement, tax
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Taxes

Monsanto Liable for Non-Hodgin’s Lymphoma, Ordered to Pay $80 Million

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Land Report Editors

The popular weed killer Roundup was on the losing end of another major decision in federal court. A six member jury in San Francisco found that Monsanto failed to include a label on the weed killer warning of the risk…

Tagged with: Bayer, cancer, Edwin Hardeman, Monsanto, Non-Hodginâ€™s Lymphoma, Roundup, weed killer
Posted in California, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Pacific

Court Orders Austrian Government to Pay $1.7 Million to Owner of Der FÃ¼hrer’s Childhood Home

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Land Report Editors

After trying (and failing) for decades to negotiate the purchase of Adolph Hitler’s birthplace with its owners, the Austrian government expropriated the home in 2016 for 310,000 euros, reports The New York Times. Gerlinde Pommer, a descendant of the owners…

Tagged with: Adolph Hitler, Austrian government, Gerlinde Pommer
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, International

Land Report March 2019 Newsletter

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Spring has sprung, and with it has come pricing adjustments on several legacy properties currently on the market. Our March newsletter details these updates, including: Colorado’s Cross Mountain Ranch Northern California’s Lone Pine Ranch Southern California’s Mountain of Beverly Hills…

Tagged with: Aaron Kirman, AVA, California Outdoor Properties, cannabis, Charles Grassley, Cole Ranch, Cross Mountain Ranch, Dean Witter, Farm Service Agency, FSA, IRS, Lake Erie, Lone Pine Ranch, Mendocino County, Mountain of Beverly Hills, Neverland Ranch, Rights of Nature, Ron Wyden, syndicated easements, Todd Renfrew, Toledo, Treehouse REIT, Trinity County, Ukiah
Posted in Agriculture, California, Colorado, Conservation, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Midwest, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, West

SOLD! Dole Sells 2,900 Acres to Reforestation Effort

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Land Report Editors

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…

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

Federal Judge Scolds Interior Department

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

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

Supreme Court Rules for Landowners 8-0

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Land Report Editors

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…