
Joe Montana: The Land Report Interview
At Villa Montana, Joe Montana does not talk about football. At

At Villa Montana, Joe Montana does not talk about football. At

In addition to ranking as one of the nation’s largest landowners,

Pressure from grassroots opponents of the U.S. Army’s attempt to seize

No. 23 D.R. Horton 371,805 acres (up 109,000 acres) The Texas

No. 28 Collier Family 280,000 acres After earning a cool million

In a transaction destined to shake up the 2012 Land Report

More than two decades had passed since Mike Patten and his

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

As the 20th century came to a close, one of the

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

Ted Turner Parts With His Beloved Island Ted Turner has spent

No. 32 Stefan Soloviev 323,700 acres (up 88,000 acres) The 42-year-old

Civic-minded Texans with a distinguished record of service regarding public lands

A $165 million gift, the largest in Nature Conservancy history, transforms

No. 27 Philip Anschutz 434,500 acres In 1982, the Kansas native

By Henry Chappell Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Russell Gordy has