The Associated Press reports that the Boy Scouts of America mortgaged the 140,177-acre Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico to secure $446 million of debt. Although the ranch was pledged in March 2019, members of the Philmont Ranch Committee only…
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Did the Boy Scouts Break Their Word?
Tagged with: Boy Scouts of America, debt, philanthropy, Philmont Scout Ranch
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Public Land
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Public Land
Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust and Yampa Valley Land Trust Merge
On October 1, two of Colorado’s leading land trusts merged into a single conservation organization. Going forward, joint operations will be conducted under the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust name and brand. Among the terms of the merger agreement were…
Land Report November 2019 Newsletter
Featured listings from our Investing Issue highlight our November newsletter, including: Colorado’s Diamond Tail Ranch. Martha’s Vineyard’s Red Gate Farm. Virginia’s Eldon Stock Farm. Washington’s Lakeridge Homestead. For up-to-the-minute reports on breaking news, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
Tagged with: Diamond Tail Ranch, Eldon Stock Farm, Lakeridge Homestead, Red Gate Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Massachusetts, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Virginia, Washington, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Massachusetts, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Virginia, Washington, Water, West
America’s National Mammal Returns to Badlands Habitat for the First Time in More Than a Century
Thanks to a land swap involving the 22,000-acre Don Kelly Ranch, bison have returned to portions of South Dakota’s Badlands for the first time since the 1870s. Engineered by the US Forest Service and the World Wildlife Fund among others,…
Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue on the Ballot
For more than two decades, Texas legislators have used sales tax revenues from sporting goods sales as a private piggy bank, directing those receipts away from the outdoors to other line items in the state budget. Thanks to the Texas…
Tagged with: Texas Historical Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest, Texas
Land Report 2018 Conservation Deal of the Year: Cabin Bluff Sporting Plantation
Preserving A Landmark Hunting and Fishing Club The nation’s oldest hunting and fishing club is saved from almost certain extinction. By Corinne Garcia It’s hard to believe that just across the waters from the bustling tourist enclaves of Amelia Island,…
Tagged with: Cabin Bluff Sporting Plantation, jonathan burt, LandVest Inc, The Nature Conservancy, WestRock
Posted in Conservation, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Georgia, Hunting, Public Land, Recreation, South, Timber, Water
Posted in Conservation, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Georgia, Hunting, Public Land, Recreation, South, Timber, Water
Hughes Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 30 Hughes Family 390,000 acres Patriarch Dan Hughes Sr. was a legend in the oil and gas industry. He began as a roustabout in high school, earned a geology degree from Texas A&M, and then found, financed, and drilled…
Tagged with: Dan Hughes, Hughes Family, LandLeader, Patriarch Dan Hughes, Texas A&M, wildcatter
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Texas
Landmark Eminent Domain Ruling
by Cary Estes Landowners no longer will be fenced in by state decisions when it comes to eminent domain cases thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling. By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled in Knick v. Township of…
Tagged with: eminent domain, Institute for Justice, Robert McNamara, Supreme Court
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land
The Land Report Rockies 2019
Go West! According to the Census Bureau, more and more Americans are moving out West. Hence, the focus of this special issue. In addition to a closer look at this compelling demographic trend, our Rockies special issue also feature these…
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Timber, Utah, West
BLM to Move Headquarters to Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced plans to move its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Grand Junction, Colorado, so top officials can be closer to the land managed by the agency. The BLM oversees approximately 388,000 square miles of…
Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction, headquarters
Posted in Colorado, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, West
Posted in Colorado, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, West
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