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American Prairie Foundation November Newsletter

We are also pleased to announce three new additions to APF’s National Council: author David Quammen, Dallas Center for Performing Arts President Bill Lively and DreamWorks Chairman Roger Enrico.

Happy Thanksgiving from American Prairie Foundation! (Great Video)

While there are many accomplishments to celebrate at the Reserve, we are most grateful for the people who help make this endeavor possible.

Montana Hopes to Lure Tourists with Bison. The American Prairie Foundation

The American Prairie Foundation is working to reintroduce thousands of bison and other native species to parts of Montana, with the hopes of luring eco-tourists.

A sagebrush state shows its spirit – Idaho renews it’s valuable resources after devastating fires.

In response to the devastation, Otter this month has drummed up support for a statewide, citizen-led volunteer effort to rehabilitate all that torched land by replanting it with millions of sagebrush seeds. The greenish shrub is native to rangeland in Great Basin states such as Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Nevada, where it’s the official state flower.

Montana 3rd in prairie loss

"It makes no sense – and the report agrees – for taxpayers to fund growing crops on these lands," said Scott Stevens, Ducks Unlimited conservation director.

American Prairie Foundation September Newsletter

Thus far in 2007 we have had more than 200 children visit the American Prairie Reserve from surrounding towns and around the country. Our hope is to steadily increase the numbers of youth visiting the Reserve annually and to become a meaningful force to help kids reconnect with nature.

The American Prairie Foundation Newsletter August 2007

We hope you enjoy this August newsletter and hope you will come experience some prairie adventure for yourself very soon.

Budding prairie reserve offers hope for the future of Montana. The American Prairie Foundation

New approaches such as APF’s — approaches that break out of the traditional land-management paradigms and leave the land open to public access — offer great hope for the region’s future.

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

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.

Farmers sowing seed money

The grass seed is in high demand because of the trend to restore damaged land – gas-well pads, burned forests, highway strips and overgrazed property.