NAMES IN THE NEWS : Brokaw Buys Montana Retreat
NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw said he has bought an interest in a 4,000-acre ranch as a mountain retreat.
Brokaw said he had been looking for Montana property since 1981, when he came to the state to film an NBC special and became enchanted.
“I think the world of Montana and I’ve always wanted to be a part of it,” he said. He now is honorary chairman of Friends of Montana, a program of the Nature Conservancy.
“Of course, one of the reasons I bought it was to be able to get away from the frantic life I lead and to have some privacy,” Brokaw told the Billings Gazette in an interview published today.
“I don’t want to get involved in a lot of controversy there, but I do want to support some of the things I think are important,” he said. “One of those is certainly protecting the wide open areas that make Montana so attractive.”
Brokaw’s ranch is near the north flank of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area in an area known for its spectacular peaks and blue-ribbon trout streams. Actress-model Brooke Shields, actor Michael Keaton and novelist Tom McGuane are other local landowners.
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