Montana

Wilks Brothers: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Wilks Brothers | No. 12 708,475 ACRES (up 3,108 acres) Based west of Fort Worth, FRAC TECH founders Farris and Dan Wilks love land. Not only do they have substantial holdings in Montana and Idaho as well as properties in…

Stan Kroenke: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Stan Kroenke | No. 5 1,380,000 ACRES With wind energy projects totaling more than 400 megawatts in Texas and Wyoming, KROENKE RANCHES is rapidly becoming one of America’s largest renewable energy landowners. In addition to progressive energy development, Stan Kroenke…

Tagged with: Broken O Ranch, brush management, Conservation, energy, energy development, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Kroenke Ranches, quail, quail habitat, restoration, Stan Kroenke, Sun River, Waggoner Ranch, wildlife, wind energy
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Southwest, Texas, Water, West, Wyoming

The Price of Popularity

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Sparsely populated since the dawn of time, the American West is struggling to sustain burgeoning growth and increasing demands on its resources. One group offering answers? Private landowners. By KEN MIRR There’s a new phenomenon out West, one that, as…

Tagged with: American West, Conservation, Ken Mirr, land, Mirr Ranch Group, private landowners, stewardship, water
Posted in Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Water, West, Wyoming

Small Towns Are Dying Everywhere But Here

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Land Report Editors

In almost every region of the country, tiny towns and small bergs are drying up and blowing away. The lone exception? Out West. Let’s start with Hamilton, Montana. BY DAVID LYNCH Photography by Jason Savage As small towns elsewhere saw…

Tagged with: David Lynch, Hamilton, Jason Savage, Montana, West
Posted in Conservation, Dogs, Equestrian, Feature, Hunting, Montana, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, West

The Land Report Top Ten: Rocky Mountain Properties

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Land Report Editors

From cattle operations to top-tier resorts and recreational estates, COLORADO boasts the lion’s share of the leading listings in the Rocky Mountain region. – The Editors 01. GATEWAY CANYONS | $279 MILLION | COLORADO Discovery Channel creator John Hendricks’s 6,900-acre…

Tagged with: Brent Rimel, Brian Smith, Cimarron Valley Ranch, Compass, Craig Morris, Cross Mountain Ranch, David Johnson, Dax Hayden, Ed Swinford, Four Peaks Ranch, Gateway Canyons, Hall and Hall, Hayden Outdoors, IX Ranch, Jeff Buerger, John Hendricks, Ken Mirr, Kerry Endsley, Kerry Oman, LIV Sothebyâ€™s International Realty, McCall Red Ridge Ranch, Mirr Ranch Group, Nottingham Ranch, River View Ranch, Seven Lakes Ranch, Slifer Smith & Frampton, Steve Shane, Summit Sotheby's International Realty, Thomas Wright, West Creek Ranch, Westlands, Wilks Ranch Brokers, Wyatt Wheeler
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Feature, Hunting, Idaho, Montana, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Utah, West

Holding Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 29 Holding Family 395,030 acres (down 4,790-acres) Robert Earl Holding (1926–2003) purchased SINCLAIR OIL CORP. for $78 million in 1976. The following year, he and wife, Carol, bought Idaho’s SUN VALLEY resort for $12 million. More recently, the Holdings…

Tagged with: Carol Holding, Holding Family, LandLeader, Robert Earl Holding, Sinclair Oil Corporation, Snowbasin, Sun Valley Resort, Sunlight Ranch, Yellowstone
Posted in Feature, Idaho, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Recreation, West, Wyoming

Food for Thought: Mother Nature

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Land Report Editors

By Corinne Garcia WHY DO SO MANY absentee ranch owners – those fulfilling a dream of owning a ranch for business and recreational purposes – cash out after a brief hold of just five to seven years? “Because their ranch…

Tagged with: Chris Jeffrey, Melinda Jeffrey, Thistledew Montana Grasslands
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Montana, West

The Land Report Rockies 2019

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Go West! According to the Census Bureau, more and more Americans are moving out West. Hence, the focus of this special issue. In addition to a closer look at this compelling demographic trend, our Rockies special issue also feature these…

Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Timber, Utah, West

Stimson Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 20 Stimson Family 552,000 acres One of the nation’s oldest continuously operating integrated wood products companies, the family’s STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY pre-dates the Civil War. Founder Thomas Douglass (T.D.) Stimson (1827—1898) blazed a trail for six generations of his…

Tagged with: LandLeader, Stimson Family, Stimson Lumber, Stimson Lumber Company, Thomas Douglass Stimson, wood products
Posted in Feature, Idaho, Land Report 100, Montana, Oregon, Pacific, Timber, West

Blackfeet National Park to be Studied

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Land Report Editors

A feasibility study is being prepared for Montana’s Blackfeet Nation regarding the development of a national park on tribal lands bordering Glacier National Park. Although many specifics remain to be determined, the development of such a parkland could potentially generate…