
2017 Land Report 100: Mike Smith
No. 37 Mike Smith 283,500 acres Based in Amarillo, Smith and

No. 37 Mike Smith 283,500 acres Based in Amarillo, Smith and

A successful hedge fund manager and dedicated conservationist, Bacon’s 202,000 acres

Perpetuating his family’s legacy is at the heart of this man’s

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Text and photography by LYNN DONALDSON Russell Gordy is my neighbor.
For more than a year The Land Report has been tracking the

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By Eric O’Keefe | Photography by Linda Solomon Things got Western

Cheap and close. Those are the two criteria you use when