Wilks Brothers Idaho Land Purchase Map
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Wilks brothers idaho land purchase map. Wilks ranch brokers specializes in quality ranches mountain timberland agricultural hunting and recreational lands for sale in idaho id. The wilks brothers are known by the locals primarily for restricting access to the locals with gates anti vehicle ditches and no trespassing signs appearing soon after their acquisition of large parcels throughout idaho. Contact us today to learn more about any property listed. The wilks family led by two brothers.
Idaho land purchase and restrictions as early as 2016 9 the wilks brothers began purchasing large quantities of land in central idaho mainly in ada boise and valley counties. Valley county was able to purchase just over 4 acres of this land from the wilks brothers in order to continue to provide access to area trails that. Farris and dan wilks made 3 5 billion. In 2016 the wilks brothers of texas purchased private land between smith s ferry and cascade idaho.
Wilks brothers don t close off your new idaho lands. Texas billionaire brothers dan and farris wilks last year began selling some of the thousands of acres of idaho land they bought in 2016. July 26 2017 07 23 am order reprint ten year old deer hunter ayla kaltenecker was among. A wilks brothers purchase in southern idaho would be par for the course.
The wilks have been buying as much as 300 000 acres of land in montana over several years. Boise county a pair of texas billionaires the wilks brothers are buying up private land across southwest idaho and blocking access to public lands in some areas. Campers hunters snowmobilers and other users couldn t tell the difference between these private forest lands and public land for most of this period. View all properties ranches for sale.
Once the the wilks brothers acquired the land they immediately closed it to all users and cancelled logging contracts. This land was previously owned by boise cascade and potlatch and had been used for hunting snowmobiling logging and more. They bought 38 000 acres of land. The texas billionaires who bought and then closed off access to 172 000 acres of forest land in southern idaho have put 54 000 of those acres up for sale.