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Who Gets to Own the West?

June 22, 2019/No Comments

Idaho

Today, just 100 families own about 42 million acres across the country

Researchers at the magazine have found that the amount of land owned by those 100 families has jumped 50 percent since 2007.

By Julie Turkewitz

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/us/wilks-brothers-fracking-business.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

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Texas billionaire Wilks brothers put gates on popular Forest Service road near Boise

You’ve probably never heard of the Wilks brothers. They’re about to take away your Montana property rights.

Billionaire Wilks brothers buy 24,500 acre ranch in southeastern Montana; take it out of block management

Texas Billionaire Brothers Offer a Cautionary Tale for Public Lands

Video of run-in revives worries caused by Texas billionaires’ Idaho land purchase


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