largest montana land owner
In Montana alone the Wilkses own 341,845 acres, according to Montana Cadastral mapping figures, making them the largest private landowners in the state. That figure now tops Plum Creek Timber Co., which for years was the largest landowner in the state. Plum Creekâs holdings are pegged at 262,601 acres, mostly in the Seeley-Swan area of northwestern Montana.
Green land is Forest Service, blue is state and yellow is BLM property. BILLINGS -- The big just keep getting bigger. Montanaâs largest private landowners â Dan and Farris Wilks â moved up six notches in an annual survey of the nationâs largest landowners. The Wilkses jumped to No. 22 on the recently released The Land Report 100, compiled by editor Eric OâKeefe and sponsored by Fay Ranches, a real-estate brokerage headquartered in Bozeman.