Public Land

Land Report Top 10: Aspen Valley Ranch

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Situated in the picturesque valley just outside of Aspen, the Aspen Valley Ranch is the last working ranch in the area that reflects the mountain heritage of the West. At 813 acres, this prestigious family legacy ranch is a rare…

Tagged with: Aspen Valley Ranch, Colorado, Joshua & Co., Joshua Saslove, Land Report Top Ten, Pitkin County
Posted in Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Public Land, West

Land Report Top 10: Walton Ranch

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Walton Ranch, situated in the shadow of Wyoming’s magnificent Grand Teton Mountain Range, is one of the most exquisite, authentic working cattle ranches in the American West today. The 1,848-acre ranch has its own resident elk herd, which can be…

Tagged with: Billy Long, Ranch Marketing Associates, Ron Morris, Teton County, Walton Ranch, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Public Land, Water, Wyoming

Land Report Top 10: Jackson Land and Cattle Ranch

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Jackson Land and Cattle Ranch is a remarkably beautiful 1,750± acre ranch literally on the edge of the town of Jackson, Wyoming. Known as the premier resort community in the Rocky Mountain West, Jackson Land and Cattle Ranch takes full…

Tagged with: Hall and Hall, Jackson Land and Cattle, John Pierce, Land Report Top Ten, Teton County, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West, Wyoming

Fish & Wildlife Announces Endangered Species Candidates

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Land Report Editors

In October, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified three new candidate species for protection under the Endangered Species Act. They are the bracted twistflower, a Texas flower found primarily in the Austin area; the Poweshiek skipperling (see photo above), a…

Tagged with: Endangered Species Act, ESA, Fish and Wildlife
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, Public Land

Sold! Nebraska’s Circle Cross Ranch

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Update 12/2011 Forty-three minutes into the auction, the entire Circle Cross Ranch in Valentine, Nebraska sold for $11.75 million. The winning bidders, cattlemen Danny Weinreis of Minatare, Neb., and Gene Weinreis of Golva, N.D., along with their brothers, plan to…

Tagged with: Cattle, Cherry County, Circle Cross Ranch, crop production, gentleman's ranch, grasslands, grazing, income-producing ranch, irrigation, national forest, Nebraska, prairies, wells
Posted in Auctions, Cattle, Developers, Farming, Feature, Midwest, Nebraska, Public Land, Recreation

Ask the Expert: Chip Lenihan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

2011 Market Update: Chip Lenihan has been fly-fishing Colorado’s best waters for 40 years. His side gig? Running the Telluride office of Fay Ranches as lead broker. The Land Report turned to this former mayor of Telluride for an update on today’s…

Tagged with: BLM, Chip Lenihan, Colorado, Fay Ranches, San Miguel County, Telluride, USFS
Posted in 2011 Summer, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West

Ashe Takes Oath as Fish & Wildlife Director

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Dan Ashe was sworn in as the 16th director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on June 30. President Obama had nominated Ashe to head up the nation’s principal federal agency dedicated to the conservation of fish and wildlife…

Tagged with: Barack Obama, Daniel Ashe, Fish and Wildlife, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Water

Land Report July 2011 Newsletter

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Land Report Editors

There’s a lot of ground to cover in the July edition of The Land Report newsletter: auctions, equities, timberland, and several political developments affecting landowners, ranging from the passage of key legislation by the Texas Legislature to the appointment of…

Tagged with: Banning Lewis Ranch, Barack Obama, Dan Ashe, Eagle Ford Shale, Eric O'Keefe, Green Trees, Ken Salazar, KKR, land auctions, Plum Creek, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted in Auctions, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Land Report Top 10, Minerals, Newsletter, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Timber, Water

For Sale: Vermont’s Teal Farm

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Set at the western base of Camels Hump State Park, Teal Farm is a world unto itself. Its 500 acres includes a sustainably-managed northern hardwood watershed with streams, pond, wetlands, extensive trail network, waterfalls, and mountain pastures. The forest provides…