Turner "Almost Done" Buying Up Ranchland
The "Mouth of the South" might be mellowing, at least in terms of his appetite for ranchland in Nebraska.
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, who was visiting Omaha for the reopening and renaming of one of his 54 bison restaurants, now called Ted's Nebraska Grill.
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.
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Omaha World Herald | PAUL HAMMEL | February 8, 2008 01:35 PM