Landowners in and around Fort Hood have been receiving millions of dollars from Texas A&M to participate in a secretive Pentagon program whose goal is to protect endangered species.
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Pentagon Turns to Texas A&M to Protect Endangered Species
Tagged with: Aggies, Department of Defense, Fort Hood, Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, Neal Wilkins, Pentagon, Susan Combs, Texas A&M
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest
Kelo Rears Its Greedy Head in Houston
For landowners, their is no more controversial case than the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Kelo v. City of New London permitting the use of eminent domain to transfer private property from one owner to another under the guise of furthering economic development. In response…
Tagged with: Andrew Wheat, Bill White, BLVD Place, Ed Wulfe, Galleria, Houston, James Collins, Jock Collins, Kelo, Kelo v. City of New London, New London, Supreme Court, Texans for Public Justice
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest, Topics
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest, Topics
Plum Creek Completes First Phase of $150 Million Montana Timber Sale
The nation’s large private landowner – Plum Creek Timber (NYSE:PCL) – took the initial step towards completing the sale of an estimated 130,000 acres of Montana forestlands last week. In the first step of a three phase plan, the company received…
Posted in Conservation, Equities, Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Timber, Topics, West
More Details Emerge on the Crested Butte Mountain Resort Sale
Last Friday’s sale of Colorado’s Crested Butte Ski Resort, part of a three-ski-area package acquired by CNL Lifestyle Properties from Triple Peaks LLC for $132 million, marks the second change in ownership for the Gunnison County landmark in less than five years.…
Tagged with: American Skiing Company, CNL Lifestyle Properties, Colorado, Crested Butte, Diane Mueller, Gunnison County, Okemo, Steamboat Springs, Sunapee, Tim Mueller, Triple Peaks LLC
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Golf, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Residential Property, Topics, West
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Golf, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Residential Property, Topics, West
Resilient Montanans Rally Around Timber
Worthwhile read in the New York Times today by Kirk Johnson for the National Desk. The focus of the article is less about timber or timberland as an investment and more about the Montana logging communities whose lifeblood has been altered by…
U.S. Sugar Approves Sale of 180,000 Acres in the Everglades for $1.34 Billion
Today U.S. Sugar announced that its board of directors had approved the sale/leaseback of 180,000 acres to the South Florida Water Management District for $1.34 billion ($7,444 per acre). The transaction ranks as one of the largest of 2008 and…
Tagged with: Broward County, Charlie Crist, Dade County, Eric O’Keefe, Everglades, Florida Everglades, Gov. Charlie Crist, Lake Okeechobee, Martin County, Palm Beach County, U.S. Sugar
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, South, Topics, Water
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, South, Topics, Water
Interior Department to Allow Firearms in Parks and Refuges
On Friday the Interior Department ruled that Americans will be able to carry concealed weapons in some federal parks and wildlife refuges. The announcement overturns a decades-old Reagan Administration regulation that required all guns brought into national parks and wildlife…
Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, firearms, Interior Department, National Park Service, NPS, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
Pinon Canyon: “One Colossal Land Grab”
Folks in Southern Colorado don’t trust the Army. And with good reason. In 1983, when the Department of Defense established the 500-square-mile Pinon Canon Maneuver Site (PCMS), the Army acquired almost half the 285,000 acres by using eminent domain. It…
Tagged with: Charlie Goodnight, Comanche National Grasslands, Dave Foster, Defense Authorization Act, Department of Defense, DoD, Doug Lamborn, Fort Carson, Gustav Schmiege, Jim Herrell, Joel Hefley, John Salazar, Ken Salazar, Kennie Gyurman, Lon Robertson, Mack Louden, Marilyn Musgrave, Pinon Canon Maneuver Site, The Nature Conservancy, US Army, Wayne Allard
Posted in 2008 Fall, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Gustav Schmiege, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Topics, Trey Garrison, West
Posted in 2008 Fall, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Gustav Schmiege, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Topics, Trey Garrison, West
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