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Land Report December 2015 Newsletter

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

There are several fascinating reads in our final newsletter of 2015. But no one is urging you to read them right away. As the year winds down, all of us at The Land Report hope that we set aside our disappointments and focus on the…

Tagged with: Abraham Lincoln, Bill Hewett, Congress, David Packard, Eric O'Keefe, farmland, Jeff Bezos, land auctions, Land Report 100, Murray Wise, New Shepard, Red River, Richmond Ranch, San Felipe Ranch, Sen. David Davis, Terry Hundemer, Texas, USDA, USFS
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Farming, Illinois, News Desk, Newsletter, Oklahoma, Recreation, Texas, West

Congress Pondering 1031 Exchange

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Land Report Editors

The potential repeal of like-kind exchanges jeopardizes landowners and other investors. BY DAVID BROWN PUBLISHED SPRING 2015 Over the past year, a variety of proposals have emerged from Congress designed to gut the tax code and create a simpler, more fair taxation framework.…

Tagged with: 1031 exchange, Congress, House Ways and Means, like-kind exchange, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, Ways & Means
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Taxes

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

Farm Bill Goes to Conference Committee

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Land Report Editors

For the better part of the last year, American agriculture has been operating around a Congressional impasse. Last year, the 2008 Farm Bill expired on September 30. Although the Senate passed a new bill, similar legislation ultimately died in the…

Tagged with: Congress, Farm Bill
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West

Land Report April 2013 Newsletter

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Land Report Editors

It’s amazing – the yarns that can be shared about certain tracts of real property. Our April Newsletter takes a closer at several standout stories, including one that I am quite confident is destined to end up before the Supreme Court…

Tagged with: and Siuslaw Indians, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Congress, Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe, drought, Eric O'Keefe, Georgia, Land Report Top Ten, Lower Umpqua, O&C Lands, Ron Wyden, Senate, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Texas, Texas Rainy Day Fund, Texas Water Development Board, Timber, timberland
Posted in Agriculture, Federal Policy, Georgia, Newsletter, Oregon, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, Tennessee, Texas, Timber, Water

Interview: Heath Shuler

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Land Report Editors

The Land Report, Summer 2009 Growing up in the 1970s, Heath Shuler saw quail hunting disappear from the mountains of his native North Carolina. “It occurred to me early on that if I wanted to hunt quail, I might have…

Tagged with: Congress, Conservation, Dogs, hunting, NFL
Posted in 2009 Summer, Henry Chappell, Interviews

Animal ID System Faces Stiff Opposition

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2007 A program the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls “one of the largest systematic changes ever faced by the livestock industry” may be in trouble. The National Animal Identification System, which has been praised by some…

Tagged with: Brandi Calderwood, Congress, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, GAO, Government Accountability Office, Joseph Guinto, Liberty Ark Coalition, NAIS, National Animal Identification System, USDA
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, October 2007, Topics

Controversial Sale in North Dakota Badlands

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2007 More than 5,000 acres of federal land in North Dakota’s Badlands could go up for sale. That’s up to Congress. The property is supposed to be offered as a unique offset to a purchase…

Tagged with: Badlands, Billings County, Blacktail Creek Ranch, Byron Dorgan, Congress, cradle of conservation, Elkhorn Ranch, Joseph Guinto, Little Missouri River, North Dakota, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, October 2007, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Topics

How Safe Are the Nation’s Wildlife Refuges?

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED JULY 2007 The White House accelerated funding for its Healthy Lands Initiative this year, allocating some $3 million to the Bureau of Land Management. The money must be spent on restoring or maintaining natural habitats on…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, CARE, Congress, Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement, Jim Saxton, Joseph Guinto, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted in Conservation, Federal Policy, Joseph Guinto, June 2007, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics

Open Fields Legislation Offers Payments to Landowners

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

Remember that little place in the woods where you used to get off spectacular hip shots while hunting birds on the wing? Well, there’s a strip mall there now. That’s an increasingly common issue for hunters, whose once-prized spots are…