As a child he discovers in the wildlands of Nokobee a privately owned tract of longleaf pine savanna a refuge from his parents' troubled marriage.
Several large privately owned tracts are identified in Redding's plan of conservation and development.
Nobles owned tracts of land that were farmed by peasants, who were bound to their plots by inheritance.
For decades, environmentalists dreamed of acquiring and preserving for all time the vast, privately owned tracts of beguiling woodlands, rugged ridges, hiking trails and crystalline streams and lakes known as Sterling Forest, 40 miles northwest of New York City.
It is also the only one where large human populations reside, and where the land is divided almost evenly into protected wilderness and privately owned tracts, creating a delicate balance between development and preservation.
One of the largest privately owned tracts of land remaining in New Jersey, the property -- owned by the DeMarco family for more than 60 years -- includes all its cranberry bogs, 300 acres of dormant blueberry fields and a vast stretch of unspoiled land that spans Woodland, Tabernacle and Bass River townships.
Privately owned tracts are home to a hardy bunch of ranchers, retirees and a country inn where we planned to stay for a few days while exploring the wilderness area and its rich, diverse wildlife along one of the state's last pristine creeks.
Weyerhaeuser Co., based in Washington state, owns tracts of timber in Louisiana.
In the same way, our most popular protected natural corridors, such as the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway, are surrounded by patches of privately owned tracts.
Cut in the 1920s and named for early homesteaders, the fire road connects Mulholland Highway and Yerba Buena Road, crossing a number of privately owned tracts.
