Roughly 4,000 landowners control two-thirds of the private land in the state. A recent study highlights what that means for wildlife habitat.

As skyrocketing land prices and the "Yellowstone effect" drive a historic sell-off of ranch land to billionaire outsiders, ...

A 6,200-acre ranch in Three Forks, Montana, with a post-and-beam lodge asking $33 million has found a buyer in an off-market deal. Grey Cliffs Ranch is around 40 minutes outside Bozeman and 4,500 feet ...

When it comes to defining his family legacy, Dale Veseth is unwavering: Veseth Cattle Co. will remain a working ranch that strengthens opportunities for local ranchers, champions education and ...

The sellers were the Vietor family, who owned Rocking Chair Ranch since 1952. Willy Vietor, who inherited the property from ...

Cattle graze along the Tongue River on the Diamond Cross Ranch near Birney in 2008. Assembled by now-deceased Mars candy heir Forrest Mars Jr., who died in 2016, the 199,500-acre ranch was sold on Dec ...

Rising prices and powerful outside buyers are driving longstanding livestock ranches across the US to sell — but some owners are taking a more creative approach to succession. Montana ranchers Dale ...

A Montana cattleman and his wife are giving away their $21.6 million ranch instead of selling it, a rare move as land prices climb and multigenerational ranches disappear across the West. Dale and ...