Several months ago, we discussed the land purchase opportunities posed by the current real estate slump. Now here is a new article about the matter.
Real estate slump is a boon to conservation deals
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A Project of Sage Steppe Wild
Several months ago, we discussed the land purchase opportunities posed by the current real estate slump. Now here is a new article about the matter.
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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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Having looked into land values in rural Idaho and western Montana over the last ten years, I haven’t seen the same thing happen here in the Northern Rockies. Prices for good rural land with conservation amenities still seem to be climbing, although vacant lots and homes within towns and cities have been dropping in assessed value.