EAGLESTAR.NET LAND AND PROPERTY REVIEW
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Issue #6
March 3, 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:
Properties of the Week
Our Natural World: Latitude, Elevation, and Temperature
Buyer's List Update
Landterms.com Term of the Week: Surface Runoff
Letters to the Editor: Attracting Wildlife


"The thing generally raised on city land is taxes."
- Charles Dudley Warner


PROPERTIES OF THE WEEK
Each issue we feature properties we find especially interesting. This week's
theme is timber, investment, and recreation properties over 1,000 acres.

Property #1 - 540,000 acres in the heart of the Andes Mountains, Calingasta,
Argentina. A unique ecological sanctuary, with pristine mineral water
fountains, valleys, meadows, rivers, lagoons, snow-capped peaks, and minerals,
including gold. Less than $20/acre cash price. You must see the breathtaking
pictures at http://www.eaglestar.net/arg.html.

Property #2 - 1,047 acres in Foresthill, northern California. Timber, hunting,
2-3 bdrm home with redwood deck. Separate building houses gym, spa, home
theatre, and shooting gallery. 2 bdrm guest house on adjoining 20 acres: 5-car
garage, workshop/barn, kennels, and horse stalls. Over 3 miles of Shirtail
Creek runs through. $1.2 million+ in harvestable timber. Exterior/interior
photos and more info at http://www.eaglestar.net/vasi.html.

Property #3 - Monticello, Kentucky: 1,000 acres of farm land, river frontage,
and hardwood timberland. Offers hunting, farming, hiking, fishing, ATV riding,
horses, cattle and much more. 2,000 square foot brick home, 128'x84' barn,
footbridge over river fork, adjacent to Daniel Boone Forest and south forks of
Cumberland River. View photos and additional information at
http://www.eaglestar.net/dle.html.

Property #4 - Tripp County, South Dakota: 1,759 acre cattle ranch with
cropland. Ranch headquarters on a creek. 3 bedroom brick home with sunroom
and attached garage, machine shop, 2 wood barns, open pole shelter, and silage
bunker. Natural cover and water in every pasture. Stock dams full of fish,
mostly bass. Good turkey and deer hunting. Photos and details at
http://www.eaglestar.net/whtm1-.html.


OUR NATURAL WORLD
Latitude, Elevation, and Temperature

It's common knowledge that the higher you are above sea level, the cooler the
temperature. Likewise, temperatures are colder the farther north and south you
travel from the equator. What is less well known is that there are some
general "rules" or guidelines that can be used to estimate the magnitude of
temperature changes that correspond to differences in latitude or elevation.

Generally, temperature decreases three (3) degrees Fahrenheit for every 1,000
foot increase in elevation above sea level. Of course, the reverse is also
true: temperature increases 3 degrees with every 1,000 foot decrease in
elevation. This means that if you were to travel from the desert where it was
90 degrees to a nearby mountain that was 5,000 feet higher, it would be 75
degrees at the top - a difference of 15 degrees. This certainly explains why
everyone likes the mountains so much in the summer.

Temperature also decreases as latitude becomes more northward in the Northern
Hemisphere and more southerly in the Southern Hemisphere. Latitude in this
sense simply refers to a measurement of movement north or south across the
surface of the earth. The general rule is that temperature changes three (3)
degrees Fahrenheit for every 300 mile change in latitude at an elevation of sea
level. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, you can expect temperatures to
be 3 degrees cooler 300 miles north, 6 degrees cooler 600 miles north, and so
on, until you reach the North Pole. The same is true for the Southern
Hemisphere, except that temperatures cool the further you travel from the
equator toward the South Pole.

When you are calculating latitudinal temperature changes, remember to account
for differences in elevations. For example, you can expect a location that is
600 miles north and 2,000 feet lower in elevation to be about the same
temperature as your current location, because the elevational and latitudinal
temperature changes cancel each other out (6 degrees cooler + 6 degrees warmer
= no change). This rule of thumb, like all such rules, is general in nature
and obviously does not apply to all areas nor in all cases. It works best when
applied broadly, in increments of 1,000 feet (elevation) and 300 miles
(latitude). Temperature estimates are not as accurate when the rule is applied
over shorter distances.

In nature, differences in temperature due to elevation and latitude help to
create a diversity of plant and animal species within a relatively small area.
The numbers of plant and animal species that inhabit a certain area describe a
concept known as "biodiversity", one measure of a healthy, functioning
ecosystem. The greater the number of species, the greater the biodiversity and
often, the greater stability of an ecosystem. Minor variations in temperature
can profoundly affect the number and type of species in a given area.
Biodiversity and ecosystem health are thus very closely related to both
latitudinal and elevational temperature differences. Primary factors other
than temperature that influence biodiversity include soil properties,
topography, aspect (the direction a slope faces), and precipitation type,
timing, and intensity.


BUYER'S LIST UPDATE
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http://www.eaglestar.net/Land_Buyers_List/index.html.
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Buyer contact information is proprietary and available with paid seller's
property listing on Eaglestar.net (Seller's Plan A or Plan B).

Oregon: Looking for 400+ acres of bare land, under $900,000, within 80 miles
of Bend, Oregon. Would like water body or feature on property. Please refer
to buyer #20340.

Kentucky / Middle Tennessee: Logan, Todd, Robertson or Sumner Counties. Wanted:
40+ acres of woods/cleared land with year-round stream or springs to rear my 3
sons on. Prefer with house. Ready to buy immediately.
Please refer to buyer #20249.

Pennsylvania: Girard, Fairview, Springfield Townships, or Erie County. Would
like to buy vacant land, 10+ acres.
Please refer to buyer #2011289.

Looking in: Any mild climate. Wanted: Acreage on a lake suitable for water
skiing, property suitable for horses; in mild or temperate four-season climate.
Please refer to buyer #2005635.


LANDTERMS.COM TERM OF THE WEEK
http://landterms.com
Each issue we feature a real estate, forestry, natural sciences or other
land-related term from our partner site, Landterms.com.

This week's term:
Surface runoff - Water that flows over the earth's surface; precipitation that
falls to the earth, is not infiltrated, evaporated, or transpired, and exceeds
the capacity of the soil or the vegetation to absorb it.

More ecology, hydrology, and other natural sciences terms and definitions at
http://landterms.com/categories.html.


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Very much appreciated your article on attracting wildlife, thank you! (Vol.1,
Iss. 5)

It should be noted regarding putting a piece of wood in drinking water requires
consideration to the type of wood. A piece of pressure treated or a type of
wood that has natural toxic oils can be hazardous, not helpful. What a shame
to attract wonderful wildlife and then poison their water, or your domestic
animals as well! There are multiple types of heated water options on the market
that work very well.

Simply leaving a fraction of one's property "unmanicured" goes along way to
providing protection for so many animals. In my opinion, since humans level the
land for nearly anything anymore, this is the least we as individuals can do.

katherine
a wildlife friend


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