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riversedge

(70,182 posts) Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:52 AM Jan 2016

2 Texas billionaires bought up 38,000 acres of Idaho land

utliberal ‏@utliberal 52s52 seconds ago Salt Lake City, UT

2 Texas billionaires bought up 38,000 acres of Idaho land https://shar.es/16DX1M via sharethis. This is what will happen to federal lands

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2 Texas billionaires bought up 38,000 acres of Idaho land (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2016 OP

Wait until they triple the grazing fees! Human101948 Jan 2016 #1

Privatization - yep, live by the sword, die by the sword...nt jonno99 Jan 2016 #2

They were warned in ID and fredamae Jan 2016 #3

Didn't Ted Turner buy a lot of land is one of those Northwestern states for Buffalo? Jim Beard Jan 2016 #4

Human101948

(3,457 posts)

1. Wait until they triple the grazing fees!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:53 AM

Jan 2016

Privatization baby!

Oh, and they'll bring in Academi (Blackwater) to make sure those fees are paid.

jonno99

(2,620 posts)

2. Privatization - yep, live by the sword, die by the sword...nt

Reply to Human101948 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:58 AM

Jan 2016

fredamae

(4,458 posts)

3. They were warned in ID and

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 12:22 PM

Jan 2016

gave those people the finger......defended, supported and elected those who would take it all away/buy it all up for personal use.

Jim Beard

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4. Didn't Ted Turner buy a lot of land is one of those Northwestern states for Buffalo?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 12:35 PM

Jan 2016

http://www.tedturner.com/turner-ranches/turner-ranches-faq/

http://www.tedturner.com/turner-ranches/turner-ranch-map/flying-d-ranch-montana/

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/05/16/rancher-ted-turner-bison-meat-controversy

Mr. Turner is the second largest individual landowner in North America, with approximately two million acres of personal and ranch land in twelve U.S. states and Argentina. Mr. Turner owns eighteen ranches, fifteen in the western U.S. and three in Argentina.

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