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…
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SOLD! Dartmouth College Sells Scenic Farm for $1.84 Million
The Ivy League institution sold New Hampshire’s Hudson Farm to The Trust for Public Land, which immediately deeded the 175-acre tract to the National Park Service as an addition to the Appalachian Trail. A mixture of forest, fields, and wetlands,…
Tagged with: Dartmouth College, Hudson Farm, National Park Service, The Trust for Public Land
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Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Behold An Enchanted Forest
A Maine entrepreneur’s extraordinary generosity spurs the creation of a North Woods gem. Burt’s Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby just put a big X on her bucket list. She gave away 87,654 acres – to the Department of the Interior. The…
Tagged with: Burts Bees, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, National Park Service, Roxanne Quimby
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Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Sporting Properties
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 Farmland, News Desk, Sporting Properties
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Sporting Properties
BLM Makes Push to Buy Western Land
BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2007 Under a federal law, the BLM, an arm of the Department of the Interior, has begun buying private properties that carve into federal wildlife refuges, national parks, national forests, and their ilk, making those…
Tagged with: BLM, Coachella Valley, Interior Department, Joe Guinto, Joshua Tree National Park, National Park Service, Taylor Grazing Act, USFS
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Posted in News Desk
ATV Riders Run Into Bump in Road
Whether you’re tearing it up in an off-road vehicle or all torn up about their impact on the land, you’ll probably want to know about the tongue-twisting new advocacy group known as Rangers for Responsible Recreation. The group, backed by…
Tagged with: ATV, Joseph Guinto, National Park Service, PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
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