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ABOUT ALABAMA
With the second lowest property taxes in the nation, maybe everyone should be singing "Sweet Home Alabama." This affordable outdoor playground is the only state to offer access to both the Appalachian Mountains and the Gulf of Mexico, and features the added benefit of two major metropolitan areas -- Birmingham and Atlanta -- within a short two-hour drive of one another. Miles of inland waterways along the Alabama Bass Trail attract the country's most avid bass enthusiasts every year during tournament season, while Mobile Bay and Gulf Shores are home to a plethora of Gulf Coast sportfishing charters. Toothsome wahoo, cobia, king mackerel, and snapper all await your hook – and your frying pan – and give up a good fight on the way there. Alabama's generous hunting seasons and bag limits provide a welcoming haven for those looking to snag a few white-tailed deer and wild turkeys. Forests and rivers blanket two-thirds of the state, so it doesn't take long to find trails to hike and streams to fish, and few people realize that there's even a ski resort in the Heart of Dixie. Southern Living Magazine's headquarters are in Birmingham, no less. Take all of that into consideration, and Alabama may quite possibly be the best bang for your buck.
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Regional Breakdown. Alabama can be divided into seven main areas: the Mountains, Central Alabama, the Black Belt, the Wiregrass region, Coastal Plain/Mobile Bay, and the Shoals.
Investment Opportunity. Northeast Alabama is home to the Mountains. Many consider this area a state within a state thanks to the presence of the southern foothills of the Appalachians. The 16 counties in the region boast the state's largest national forest and wilderness area, the state's largest collection of covered bridges in Blount County, four state park resorts, and even snow skiing at Cloudmont Ski and Golf Resort (www.cloudmont.com). Some of the best bargains in Alabama can be found in these foothill counties, so enjoy the scenery.
Large deposits of iron ore, limestone, and coal are chief among the plentiful mineral resources found in Central Alabama. The coincidence of these three fueled the growth of Birmingham, the state's largest city. Central Alabama is also home to Oak Mountain State Park, the state's largest. Oak Mountain features 9,940 acres of pines and hardwoods and offers vacation cottages, golf, improved camping, picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, mountain bike trails, backpacking, a demonstration farm and horseback riding.
Alabama's Black Belt is a part of the larger Black Belt region, which stretches from Texas to Virginia. Though the earliest settlers avoided farming the black soil, it proved exceptionally productive back when king cotton was the top crop. In Alabama, the heart of the Black Belt is centered between the Appalachian foothills and the Coastal Plain. These counties historically include Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, and Wilcox.
The Wiregrass country is an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of Southeastern Alabama, Southern Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. The region is named for the native Aristida stricta, commonly known as wiregrass for its texture. One of the state's most pristine state parks is in the Wiregrass. Frank Jackson State Park is a premier fishing destination with a 1,000-acre stream-fed lake. In addition to providing outstanding fishing and swimming opportunities, Lake Jackson also features shoreline picnic areas and RV camping sites with cable hookups.
Alabama's coastal counties and Mobile Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, form the popular Coastal Plain. The mouth of Mobile Bay is formed by the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island, on the western side. Mobile Bay narrows from 20 miles wide near its mouth to about 7 miles at the northern end nearly 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The deepest areas of the bay are in excess of 75 feet, but average depth is only 12 feet.
The Shoals can be found in the northwest corner of the state up by the Tennessee line and includes six counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, and Morgan.
Landowner Issues. In 2005, Gov. Bob Riley signed into law a bill that made Alabama the first state to give its citizens stronger protection against eminent domain for private profit in the wake of the Supreme Court's Kelo decision. The law prohibits cities and counties from using eminent domain for private development or for enhancing tax revenue.
Major Private Landowners. The largest private landowners in the state are institutional owners: ALFA (Alabama Farmers Federation) Insurance and the non-resident timber companies. One of the largest timber REITs in the U.S. is located in Alabama. Resource Management Services (www.resourcemgt.com) was a medium-sized REIT until it recently purchased the vast majority of local land holdings from International Paper. Enon Plantation owner Campbell "Cam" Lanier is one of the state's largest individual landowners (www.enon.com) as is motorsports park owner George Barber.
Public Lands. Alabama features a diverse selection of parklands. Its 23 state parks are spread out across all regions and range from caverns and creeks to mountains and lakes. A complete list is available at www.alapark.com.
Best Hunting. Outdoorsmen love Alabama, which is home to some of the best recreational hunting and fishing in the United States. According to Corky Pugh, director of the state's wildlife and freshwater fisheries division, "Alabama has abundant wildlife populations. With population estimates of 1.7 million deer and 500,000 turkeys, Alabama is considered a top state for hunters for those game species. Opportunities to hunt small game also contribute to Alabama's popularity as a great place to hunt." The state offers one of the longest white-tailed deer seasons in the U.S., starting with an archery season in September and concluding with a gun season in January. Many world-class lodges and plantations feature turkey, quail, wild boar, and waterfowl such as White Oak Plantation, located just outside of Tuskegee in the heart of Alabama's Black Belt Region. While good quality deer hunting can be found in just about every corner of the state, the Black Belt is the destination of choice of Alabama's many resident and non-resident hunters. White Oak Plantation (www.whiteoakplantation.com) also offers Southern-style horse-and-wagon quail hunts, top-notch spring turkey hunting, and a challenging sporting clays course. See all See all Alabama hunting properties.
Best Fishing. The best day this fisherman has ever had was deep-sea fishing out of Gulf Shores, Alabama. For four hours, our crew filled cooler after cooler of feisty red snapper and king mackerel with a hard-fishing wahoo thrown in for good measure. Other abundant species Gulf Shores anglers can expect include grouper, triggerfish, amberjack, and cobia. Suffice to say, the state has world-class Gulf fishing opportunities. "Overall, Alabama's public water freshwater fisheries resources are in great shape. In Alabama, there are 47 reservoirs larger than 500 acres that cover 551,220 acres, 23 Alabama state public fishing lakes, and 77,000 miles of perennial rivers, streams, and the Mobile Delta," says Corky Pugh. See all Alabama fishing properties.
Crops and Farming. Farming is still big business in Dixie, and Alabama is no exception, even though the number of farms dropped from 43,500 in 2005 to 43,000 in 2006. Alabama ranks fourth in the nation at poultry production. The top five agricultural commodities of the state are chickens, beef cattle, greenhouse and nursery products, chicken eggs and cotton. See all Alabama farms and ranches.
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