
2015 Land Report 100: Babbitt Heirs
No. 31 Babbitt Heirs 270,000 acres President and fourth-generation family member

No. 31 Babbitt Heirs 270,000 acres President and fourth-generation family member

No. 2 Ted Turner 2,000,000 acres Running the largest private herd

On the shores of Alabama’s largest lake, American Idol winner Taylor

When our inaugural issue (inset right) came off the press, this

Barefoot Ranch on market for $59.5 million Owned by hedge fund

No. 24 McDonald Family 474,000 acres (up 64,000 acres) Based in

When five-time Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola first saw the

More than two decades had passed since Mike Patten and his

Ted Turner was country before country was cool. Today, everyone from

As transactions go, the 2021 Deal of the Year didn’t break from

With the acquisition of Seneca Jones Timber, Sierra Pacific Industries becomes America’s largest private landowner with 2.33 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington.

Bubba. I am not aware of a more misleading nickname than

By Bill BriggsIt’s an idyllic swath of Western Iowa, a patchwork

By Lisa Martin As a 5-year-old, Cody Wetmore remembers looking down off

BY CARY ESTES We are trailing Bear through a thick hardwood

By TODD WILKINSON During his storied career, Ted Turner has demonstrated an