Posted on 02/07/2008 11:36:02 AM PST by george76
CNN founder Ted Turner, the largest private landowner in Nebraska and the United States and the nation's largest bison rancher, said Wednesday that he is about done buying new ranches.
He said he would like to reach 2 million acres nationwide before he dies — about 40,000 acres more than he currently owns.
"I'm almost done. I've got enough," said Turner...
The 69-year-old billionaire, philanthropist and conservationist said he isn't interested in free-standing ranches anymore, only "reasonably priced" parcels adjacent to his current operations, which include five ranches in Nebraska near Gordon, Oshkosh and Mullen. The ranches cover 425,221 acres, an area larger than Douglas and Sarpy Counties combined.
"You know what 2 million acres is?" Turner asked over a plate of bison miniburgers and transfat-free onion rings. "If my land was all connected, in one long straight line, a mile deep, it would stretch from New York to San Francisco."
Then he joked: "I've been thinking about doing some swaps. I'd be able to cut the United States in half and charge people from going from the north to the south."
Turner answered questions on a broad range of subjects — his political preferences, the profitability of bison, his shrinking fortune and conspiracy theories ...
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I have a ball mason jar full of dirt !
Hide it.
I heard that Turner was after yer mason jar!
Farmers and ranchers terrified by the prospect of paying something to the government instead of living on subsidies.
“I’ve read that myself.”
The Bush’s have a little 100,000 acre spread down there too.
Yup. See LucyT's post #35.
Not that I’m a jerk or anything, but I’m really looking forward to the day he drops dead.
WTF? Truly, we must cue spooky music on this one!
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