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90 | BRAD REESE 118 The LandReport | W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 LANDREPORT.COM Reese Family 129,600 acres up 7,400 acres Last year, the family marked a century of ranching at its Rockin' 7 Ranch in Wyoming, although they didn't slow down operations long enough to celebrate. One hundred and one years ago, the original homestead stood at 320 acres. With the recent acquisition of the 7,400-acre Rabbit Ear Ranch, the Reeses now run over 129,000 acres. Brad Reese notes the family has run beef cattle on its land since 1914. The hunting opportunities are just as impressive. Davis Heirs 127,500 acres At the foot of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains sprawls the CS Cattle Company Ranch, which the family has owned and run since 1873. Since the death of Les Davis in 2001, his widow, Linda, and their six children (each of whom returned to the ranch after college) continue to manage the family cattle and quarter horse program. Booth Family 125,000 acres Not only does Wyoming's Booth Land and Livestock runs a cow-calf operation, and the family also upholds a tradition of conscien- tious wildlife management, including mule deer, pronghorn, and elk. Brite Heirs 125,000 acres The Marfa Plateau called to patriarch Luke Brite, who wisely leased all available water to sustain what quickly grew into the region's largest cattle operation more than a century ago. His descendants never left those lands, working tirelessly to raise the Hereford cattle so well suited to life in the Highlands. Milliken Family 119,509 acres Armed with a degree from Harvard, Roger Milliken Jr. joined his family's Maine-based Baskahegan Company, a timber management firm, and proceeded to steer the business toward conservation and sustainability, his twin personal passions. Roxanne Quimby 119,000 acres After making her fortune off lotions and po- tions (as cofounder of the Burt's Bees brand, she's credited with creating the recipe for its famous lip balm in 1991), Quimby set about buying up huge tracts of timberland around Maine's Mount Katahdin with an eye to a legacy of conservation. Moursund Family 115,000 acres What do Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and South Dakota have in common? The Mour- sunds have working ranchland in each. Will Stribling Moursund and Mary Moursund Reagor oversee operations jointly, continuing a tradition that's generations old — on both sides of the family. Frank VanderSloot 113,500 acres up 3,000 acres VanderSloot is the founder of the interna- tional wellness company Melaleuca, which sells environmentally friendly nutritional supplements among other products. He also founded Riverbend Ranch in Idaho. The ranch has built a solid reputation for its purebred Black Angus, with a highly ranked seedstock operation. VanderSloot's Fort Ranch in Utah has become known for its outstanding Quarter Horses. 91 | 92 | 93 | The L and Report 100 87 | 86 | 88 | 88 | There's no denying that the Reeses love to be on their land. No. 86