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BILL WRIGHT
is a licensed
California Real Estate Broker and the founder & owner of Shasta Land
Services, Inc. with more than 35 years of experience in the operation,
financing, management, sales, and analysis of agricultural properties in
Northern California. He is a graduate of California State University,
Chico, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Business and a
Minor in Economics, and a graduate of Shasta Community College, Redding,
California, with an Associate of Arts degree in Agriculture.
Mr. Wright's
background and qualifications are extensive and include the complete
location, set-up, and management of a branch office of the Chico
Production Credit Association (1978-1984, Branch Manager); the complete
start-up and development of the Redding Branch office of California
Livestock Production Credit Association (1984-1987, Branch Manager)
financing agriculture in Northern California, Oregon & Nevada; and the founding and development of Shasta Land Services (1987 through
present, Owner).
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Bill owned the
Lookout Ranch for a number of years and just sold the ranch in
2004. The Lookout
Ranch consists of approximately 6,800 acres farmed to wild rice, cereal
grains, alfalfa and timber production plus 600 cow-calf pairs running on both the
deeded lands and a U.S.F.S. permit. The ranch also had a Private Lands
Management Program (PLM) which provided for late season deer & antelope
tags in exchange for habitat development. The ranch was famous for the
extensive waterfowl habitat development that took place during his
ownership."
Bill is responsible for negotiating and closing
more than $30,000,000 in real estate transactions in recent years, as well
as real estate and chattel appraisal, management and consulting services
on more than 30,000 acres, and agriculture real estate mortgage and
chattel lending. Bill is very experienced in negotiating
Conservation Easements on behalf of landowners in Northern California as
well as three-way exchanges with USA entities and Trust organizations. |
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BILL
QUINN
is a
licensed California Real Estate salesperson and associate of Shasta Land
Services who has specialized in Northern California agricultural real
estate sales since 1981. He majored in agriculture at California
Polytechnic State University, Pomona and from 1979-1990 farmed and ranched
in Modoc and Lassen counties. He was a hay broker/partner in the L&Q
Ranches, 1982-1990. Presently, he runs a cow/calf operation. Quinn’s
experience also includes consultant and management services to agriculture
properties in excess of 11,000 acres.
Some of his past affiliations include Director and President of
Intermountain Hay Growers Association, President of the California
Waterfowl Association, Director of California Waterfowl Association
1980-2002 and Water Consultant to the California Department of Water
Resources (1975-1979). Vice President and Governor of California Trout.
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In 1993, Bill was honored by the firm with which he was previously
affiliated
as the No. 1 salesperson of the year with more than $10,000,000 in
negotiated and completed sales. More recently, he negotiated the transfer of 6,000 plus acres of PG&E
land to a group of eastern Shasta County (CA) ranchers & cattlemen. Mr.
Quinn has also done many real estate transactions involving the three-way
trade of private lands for cash and/or timberland. In addition he has
negotiated and placed conservation easements on ranch properties in
Northern California. Mr. Quinn currently runs a cow/calf operation,
manages several ranches for absentee owners, and consults on Wetland
Restoration Projects. |
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KEVIN DEVINE
is director of technology for Western Video Market,
producing live, interactive satellite and Internet auctions around the
West.
He majored in English at Stanford University (1966-70)
and received a degree in Journalism from the University of Texas-Austin
(1988). His broadcast experience includes stints as reporter and anchor at
KTVH-TV in Helena, Montana and KRCR-TV in Redding, California. Kevin has won
awards for his television production work, including a documentary on
Montana's 1989 Centennial Cattle Drive. |
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