Two dubious GET-RICH-QUICK INVESTMENTS – one that involved more than 17,000 acres outside of Boise and another that included more than 2,000 acres near Denver – ended up costing the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System close to $100 million.…
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Tagged with: Boise, CDK Realty Advisors, Dallas Police & Fire Pension System, Denver, Investment, Kelly Gottschalk, Richard Tettamant, Steve Thompson
Posted in Bankruptcy, Colorado, Developers, Feature, Idaho, News Desk, Public Land, West
Posted in Bankruptcy, Colorado, Developers, Feature, Idaho, News Desk, Public Land, West
SOLD! Dole Sells 2,900 Acres to Reforestation Effort
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
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Hawaii, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Water
$48 Million Conservation Acquisition Passes
A decades-long saga came to a close on Election Day when voters in the ski town of Park City approved a ballot measure that will fund the majority of the purchase price of prime recreational acreage overlooking the site of…
Tagged with: Conservation, land, Park City, Sundance Film Festival, Treasure Hill, Treasure land
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Utah, West
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Utah, West
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
The Land Report Fall 2018
Our Investing Issue takes a look at two completely different strategies: one built on blood, sweat, and salt, and the other based on speculation and greed. Guess which one lost $100 million? Other great reads in our fall issue include: Farmland: Bill…
Tagged with: Bill Gates, Dallas Police & Fire Pension System, David Teichert-Coddington, Doug Hart, El Maximo, Freddie Botur, Greene Prairie Farm, Hall and Hall, Ken Mirr, Latt Maxcy, Mirr Ranch Group, Mort Fleischer, The Cottonwood, Walking With the Wounded
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Midwest, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Midwest, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber, Water, West
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…
Bureau of Land Management to Exit Washington?
A host of Western cities are courting Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in the hopes of attracting the new BLM headquarters. The move is part of Secretary Zinke’s plan to relocate the agency closer to the bulk of the lands it…
Western Landowner Portrait: James Rogers, Winecup Gamble Ranch in Nevada
“To be honest, the tough conversations have made us better a landowner.” – James Rogers Text by Lesli Allison | Photography by David Packer and JD Hunter Sprawling across the very heart of buckaroo country, the Winecup Gamble Ranch encompasses…
Tagged with: James Rogers, Western Landowner Alliance, Winecup-Gamble Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Nevada, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Nevada, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West
2017 Ranks As Second-Worst Year for Tropical Tree Cover Loss
Scientists from the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland have determined that last year was the second-worst year for tropical tree cover loss, exceeded only by 2016. An area equivalent in size to Bangladesh – approximately 39 million…
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