…Uncle Ted…?
Ted Turner’s Land Legacy
When media titan Ted Turner died earlier this month, he was one of the largest individual landowners in North America, with holdings that included more than a dozen big ranches in six Western states. He brought bison back to many of his ranches, and reintroduced Mexican wolves and endangered black-footed ferrets, too. Much of his two million acres were managed for conservation and environmental projects, and his 363,000-acre Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico, has a permanent conservation easement that shields it from development. Before his death, Turner created an agricultural research organization, which will ensure his lands will continue to be protected from future development and subdivision.
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