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> They are all territorial and have personal relationships with the land until someone waves a few $million in front of them.

this describes real estate developers.. there are plenty of those, and plenty more waiting if they could. But wilderness land owners are (mostly) NOT the real estate developers really because .. ? test question..



What I witnessed in Teton Valley is that a branch of the Rockefeller family (aka has to be somebody with unlimitedly deep pockets) was able to convince over half of the traditional longstanding ranches to sell and now all that land is being cut up into 2.5 ac lots and planned subdivisions. It’s still mostly undeveloped though, aside from the roads and utility connections




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