Many of these ranches are no longer family owned. They've been bought out by big money, people like Bill Gates and the Koch brothers, 2 of the biggest landowners in the US. Their decisions are made from an office in a big city high rise, not by the guy in the cowboy hat out feeding cattle. They aren't the people who you want making the decisions affecting your outdoor recreation.
The Koch Brothers allow access on most of their nearly 300,000 acre Montana ranch.
