After receiving a lot of push back from locals and even the Montana Legislature, the American Prairie Reserve has reduced its proposed expansion of bison grazing on BLM lands in the northeastern corner of the state. The APR has proposed to knit together federal lands in the region, including the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, by buying adjoining private lands to preserve the prairie ecosystem and the wildlife it holds.
To read more about the issue, check out my story in this week’s Billings Gazette at: https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/american-prairie-reserve-modifies-bison-grazing-proposal/article_0bf5eba9-b8b3-5e74-adcf-793d7da5a480.html.
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