I will have to agree that at least in the case under discussion the landowner believed the value of his deeded property was increased by restricted access to public lands. One might use as evidence the amount of money he was attempting to get as damages. I'm sure other landowners had the same feelings.
Believe me, the "surrounded by public land" will be used in advertising should we ever sell the place.
Yes sir.....I don't look at property listings very much but I absolutely have seen clauses in realty listings promoting a particular property's accessibility to public lands, and I absolutely won't believe the listed price isn't influenced by that.
I know in one particular case of mine, when looking at a particular property that I didn't end up purchasing, the appraiser's report indicated it bordered public land and as such the appraised value was raised due to that.
