Get to know me

Triple R Bar S was founded in 2017 by Matt Ricketts with the goal to provide landowners with the best resource for all their land management needs and goals.

A graduate of the University of Montana School of Forestry in range and forest management, with minors in wildlife and watershed management, and soils. Work experience spans over 40 years working as a land management and ranching consultant, Montana state forester (USDA-NRCS), ranch planner/forester and range management specialist (USDA-NRCS).

Experience includes completion of hundreds of resource inventories and management plans on over several million acres of forest and rangeland throughout Montana and the western U.S. Assisting both individuals and groups to reach their land management and business goals, the planning has resulted in healthy and productive forests, ranges, pastures, hayland, and wildlife. He has assisted landowners in the application of these plans resulting in profitable and sustainable ranching operations. He has authored a number of professional and published technical papers/studies in forestry, grazing and weed management, livestock/range nutrition, wildlife and wild horse management, and riparian restoration. He has made hundreds of presentations across Montana and the country, along with conducting numerous forestry and range/ranch management seminars.

Matt's family spans 5 generations of ranching since the 1860's.