Ted turner how many acres

The Land Report compiled a list of the largest landowners in the country in — here are the 10 families or individuals who topped the list. The Pingree heirs are comprised of the fifth, sixth, and seventh generations of the Pingree family, descended from Salem shipping merchant David Pingree.

The sprawling King Ranch was first assembled in the s by Henry King, a former indentured servant who went on to earn a fortune as a steamboat captain, according to Forbes. The land now crosses four counties in Texas and Florida, and includes ranching, hunting, farming, and oil and gas operations. The famously media-shy Brad Kelley finally confirmed to The Wall Street Journal last year that he owns roughly 1 million acres — mostly in west Texas, but also in Florida, Hawaii, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

It's something I have an affinity for. It becomes part of your DNA. Singleton was the co-founder of the company Teledyne, and started buying up land in He eventually purchased 1.

Irving Limited, dubbed "one of Canada's richest and most secretive business dynasties" by The Wall Street Journal , owns a collective 3 million acres of timberland across Canada and the United States.

The family's US branch, Irving Woodlands, has managed roughly over 1 million acres in Maine for more than 60 years. The Reed family's Green Diamond Resource Company was founded in and is now among the oldest continuously operating forest products companies in the Pacific northwest. The family's holdings span 1. The Emmerson family owns Sierra Pacific Industries, the country's second-largest lumber producer, along with roughly 2 million acres of timberland across California and Washington.

Media mogul Ted Turner, best known for founding CNN, used to be the single largest private landowner in the country until his roughly 2 million acres were surpassed in The year-old billionaire owns land in 10 different states, and has cultivated a herd of 51, bison spread across 15 of his ranches in an effort to restore the country's endangered bison population.

While this list only includes privately held land, nearly all of it serves some commercial purpose — from farming and ranching to logging and renewable energy production. Not only do the private land holdings on this list often generate income for their owners, but also real estate itself is a valuable commodity.

Not surprisingly, many of the people on this list rank among the wealthiest Americans. Here is a look at the richest person in every state. The Hadley family, Anheuser-Busch heirs, own , acres, including the massive Diamond A Ranch, which makes up a substantial part of New Mexico's southwestern tip.

The Lydas are Texas cattle ranchers and landowners. Their properties include the massive La Escalera ranch in far West Texas. The Galts are a family of cattle ranchers with a number of large properties in Montana, including the Martinsdale Ranch.

Anne Marion owns several major properties in Texas, including the famous , or "Four Sixes" cattle ranch in the Southern Panhandle, which is close to years old. The Lee Family owns an estimated , acres in New Mexico. The Lees are sheep and cattle ranchers who owe some of their wealth to the discovery of uranium and coal on their property in the western half of the state.

The Babbitts are long-time Arizona cattle ranchers who have been in the area since They own several large ranches in the northern part of the state. The Killam family deals largely in cattle and oil, with ranches in Texas and Oregon and oil operations in Louisiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas.

The Kokernot family's 06 Ranch brand registered in Texas since David Fasken, a Canadian, bought a ranch in West Texas in The Faskens have several major properties in West Texas. Baron Collier was an advertising executive who developed land and infrastructure in southern Florida. Collier was the largest landholder in the state at the time of his death. Today, his family owns some , acres, primarily in Collier County, which is named after him.

The Bass family fortune, like those held by many of the entries on this list, comes from oil and cattle ranching. The Barta family, which owes its wealth to its prescription services company, Sav-Rx, now owns one of the largest cattle ranching operations in Nebraska. The family owns numerous properties throughout the northern and eastern part of the state.

Under the livestock feeding company Llano Partners Ltd. Abell currently serves as the vice president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, a trade group with membership exceeding 15, in Texas and Oklahoma alone. Mike Smith owns nearly , acres, which are primarily spread throughout eastern Texas. His properties include the 11, Broseco Ranch, which contains two lakes that are acres in size. Collectively, the Robinson and Freed families own , acres in partnership.

Their land is primarily made of up six cattle ranches in Utah. Shannon's farming and ranching operations produce peanuts, corn, wheat, dairy, and cattle. The late Truman Collins was a lumberman who became the largest private landholder in Pennsylvania before his death in Today, his living family members own over , acres of land in northern California and western Pennsylvania. Much of the land is used to grow crops like wheat, corn, and sorghum.

Zane and Tanya Kiehne own ranches that span seven counties in New Mexico and seven counties in Texas and consists mostly of mountainous terrain that is home to a variety of wildlife.

Both Zane and Tanya were born into ranching families. In addition, Turner ranches support many progressive environmental projects including water resource and timber management, and the reintroduction of native species to the land. WarnerMedia has established a scholarship, internship program and exhibition hall at the University of Georgia to be named after maverick media mogul Ted Turner. Is Ted Turner the real Captain Planet?