Serengeti of Montana? Ambitious American Prairie Reserve takes shape south of Malta. “Believe it or not, there is such a place left.”

A sweeping plan to protect the last vestiges of unbroken mixed-grass prairie is taking shape acre-by-acre in northeastern Montana.

The American Prairie Reserve http://www.americanprairie.org/ is being assembled from ranch land, but genetically pure buffalo are grazing the landscape rather than cattle.

By KARL PUCKETT
Tribune Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070701/NEWS01/70701001

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Why the Buffalo Still Roam – The American Prairie Foundation http://matr.net/article-23788.html

American Prairie Foundation Video with Tom Brokaw http://matr.net/article-22338.html

Grasslands on a Grand Scale in Montana – APF and WWF http://matr.net/article-20462.html

Prarie Dreaming – A bold initiative is underway to buy a huge swath of Montana…and turn it over to Mother Nature. The American Prarie Foundation http://matr.net/article-20373.html

Way up in Montana, witness a magnificent wild place coming back to life. The American Prarie Foundation http://matr.net/article-19174.html

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