San Angelo sold 846 acres of the Ford Ranch for $1.296 million to a pair of limited liability corporations. According to the conditions of the sale, San Angelo retains 50 percent of the property’s mineral rights along with all rights to the 2,000-foot-deep Hickory Aquifer, a key source of groundwater for the city. Those water
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Sunshine State lawmakers approved a significant conservation deal by allocating $19.5 million for the 5,777-acre Orange Hammock Ranch in Sarasota County. Led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state cabinet voted unanimously to approve the purchase through the state’s Department of Environmental Protection land conservation program, Florida Forever. Proponents consider the move a response to rapid
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A new definition for “waters of the United States” (aka WOTUS) seeks to differentiate between federally protected wetlands and those under state jurisdiction. According to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army, the Navigable Waters Protection Rule also fulfills President Trump’s promise to safeguard against pollution and spur economic growth across the
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Sparsely populated since the dawn of time, the American West is struggling to sustain burgeoning growth and increasing demands on its resources. One group offering answers? Private landowners. By KEN MIRR There’s a new phenomenon out West, one that, as a board member of the Western Landowners Alliance, a conservation attorney, and a broker, I’m
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Trees are some of our BEST ALLIES in solving the climate crisis. — Frank Lowenstein, Brian Donahue & David Foster Across North America, trees stand ready to help us solve the climate crisis. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in their wood. One way to respond to a challenge from the
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A new coalition of farmland owners and operators will introduce a sustainable agriculture standard in 2020. BY CARY ESTES If Earth is our home, then the kitchen takes up half our house. According to the World Bank, 50 percent of the world’s habitable land is dedicated to agriculture uses. In essence, our planet is a
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From a 600-acre tract in the 1960s, a 6,000-acre agricultural powerhouse and our 2018 Farmland Deal of the Year was born. By Cary Estes It is easy to see the appeal of the 6,000-acre Weidert Farm in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley. From the top of a slowly rising hillside you are greeted by a 360-degree
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A new record was set for a key Northern Colorado water asset that was auctioned by Scott Shuman of Hall and Hall Auctions. The August sale of the Fred Sekich Farm generated a total of $15,545,920 with roughly $13 million attributable to water rights. One unit of water from the Colorado-Big Thompson went for $65,867,
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The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing an Obama ruling that expanded the definition of the “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers announced that not only was the 2015 rule being repealed, but that the long-standing regulations that existed prior to the 2015 rule
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