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BLM to Move Headquarters to Colorado

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Land Report Editors

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

Public Lands Primer

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Land Report Editors

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…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Ken Mirr, Mirr Ranch Group, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Yellowstone National Park
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Public Land, Recreation, Water

Zinke Nixes Proposed Interior Department Land Sale

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The potential sale of more than 1,600 acres of federal land located within the previous boundaries of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was announced in mid-August and then quickly canceled. “The secretary did not see the proposal before it went…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Manaement, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Ryan Zinke
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Utah, West

Land Report August 2018 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

US farmland takes top billing in our August newsletter as the Department of Agriculture reports in its annual survey that farmland values, including land and structures, moved up for the ninth year in a row and for the thirteenth year…

Tagged with: BLM, David Bernhardt, Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Knorr Ranch, NASS, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Ren Martyn, Ryan Zinke, Summit County, The Colorado Cattlemenâ€™s Agricultural Land Trust
Posted in Newsletter

Land Report April 2017 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

President Trump has directed the Department of the Interior to review all national monuments designated over the past two decades that exceed 100,000 acres. This includes monuments established by Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Other updates in this month’s newsletter include: Hawaii’s…

Tagged with: A.B. Hudson Ranch, Antiquities Act, BLM, Donald Trump, Parker Ranch, Ryan Zinke
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, South, South Carolina, Southwest, Texas

Land Report February 2017 Newsletter

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

STOP THE PRESSES! CONGRESS CONSIDERS ELIMINATING 1031 EXCHANGES! 1031s are an essential tax-deferral mechanism for landowners coast to coast. Grover Norquist tells The Land Report that tax reform by Congress is a certainty. Norquist adds that 1031s are under consideration for…

Tagged with: 1031 exchange, Albany, Barefoot Ranch, Bernard Uechtritz, BLM, Blue Springs Plantation, Corn Belt, David Oppedahl, Eric O'Keefe, George P. Bush, Grover Norquist, Hall and Hall, John Ed Stepan, Kyle Bass, Ranch Investments, tax policy, Witt Stephens Jr.
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Federal Policy, Georgia, Golf, Midwest, Newsletter, Oklahoma, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Taxes, Texas, Water

Land Report January 2016 Newsletter

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Ten million acres of forest fires? That’s how much land, public and private, went up in smoke in 2015. You’ll learn more about this startling statistic in our January newsletter, and get updates on: A 23,000-acre auction in Eastern New Mexico A…

Tagged with: BLM, California, Cattle, farmland, Land Report 100, Mason & Morse, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, NWS, Summit Ag, Tom Vilsack
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Cattle, Farming, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water

Land Report January 2015 Newsletter

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

Take a peek at our January newsletter to learn the following: Which invasive species threatens the Great Lakes. Which Colorado ranch just sold at a 65-percent discount. Which Land Commissioner has put the kibosh on a $2 billion project. What conservation plans…

Tagged with: Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Aspen, Aubrey Dunn, Barack Obama, Bear Wallow Ranch, BLM, Colorado, Congress, Conservation, conservation easements, New Mexico, Peace Ranch, SunZia, USFS
Posted in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter

BLM Advisory Board to Review Wild-Horse Policy

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Land Report Editors

Federal regulators want to hear from all stakeholders and interested parties with regard to our nation’s wild horses. Per the Dept. of the Interior, it is the responsibility of the Bureau of Land Management to establish policies pertaining to wild…

Tagged with: BLM, public land, wild horses
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Southwest, West

Land Report August 2013 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Land Report Editors

One of the focal points of our August Newsletter is the continued interest in land as a productive asset, especially given the solid returns investors have been realizing. So many drivers are powering this upswing: lackluster yields in the bond…