
Return of the Circles
BY LISA MARTIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMMIE SPERANDEO Long before the

BY LISA MARTIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMMIE SPERANDEO Long before the

By Henry Chappell | Photography by Richard Field Levine, Steve Miller & Alexander Vertikoff The

After a three-generation run, the cattle kingdom that LATT MAXCY built

At more than 173,000 acres, the York Ranch features 35,236

No. 22 Wilks Brothers 347,500 acres (up 36,000 acres) The

This 1,874-acre component of Colorado’s Cross Mountain Ranch sold this

No. 22 Philip Anschutz 434,500 acres Wyoming’s reputation as a

Arguably the finest hunting ranch in North America, this Southern Colorado

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

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

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

No. 14 Briscoe Family 640,000 acres (up 30,000 acres) Three generations

No. 13 Wilks Brothers 702,000 acres (up 30,000 acres) In 2011,

No. 9 King Ranch Heirs 911,215 acres On August 25, the

By Eric O’Keefe Ken Mirr of Mirr Ranch Group brokers $18.75

No. 4 Stan Kroenke 1,380,000 acres One of the greatest opportunities