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In Montana alone the Wilkses own 341,845 acres, according to Montana Cadastral mapping figures, making them the largest private landowners in the state. That figure now tops Plum Creek Timber Co., which for years was the largest landowner in the state. Plum Creekâs holdings are pegged at 262,601 acres, mostly in the Seeley-Swan area of northwestern Montana.
255,000 acres. The oil, real estate, and ranching family bought 60,000-acre Dana Ranch in Montana earlier this year. Lay folks like to hear land measured in acres or square miles, but the Killiam prefer animal units â the measure of how many cows an area can graze. Chalk up 3,000 animal units to the Dana Ranch.