By Michael Dot Scott
KPEL-FM 96.5
If you've ever driven across Louisiana's endless pine forests, farmland, marshes, and bayous, you've probably wondered one thing...who actually owns all of this land?
Louisiana covers roughly 33 million acres, and while roughly 4.6 million people call the Pelican State home, a relatively small group of families, organizations, and government entities control an enormous portion of that land. Some of the names are exactly who you'd expect, while others may leave you doing a double take.