American Prairie: Facts on the Ground

American Prairie: Facts on the ground

In September, our governor and members of the federal delegation sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opposing the American Prairie (AP) grazing their “non-production” bison on BLM land in North Central Montana, claiming AP will…

Bureau of Land Management says bison are not livestock, obstructing plans for a huge private prairie reserve

An ambitious and privately funded project to create a 5,000-square-mile prairie reserve where buffalo may roam and antelope play in eastern Montana is being stymied by an obtuse new ruling by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The goal of the American Prairie nonprofit is to re-create a prairie ecosystem one-and-a-half times the size of Yellowstone National Park that can eventually support a free-ranging herd of 5,000 bison. Such a reserve wou…

Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie bison leases

Grazing permits granted to the conservation nonprofit as part of its prairie-rewilding initiative have been subject to years of criticism by cattle ranchers and Montana politicians.

BLM Revokes American Prairie Bison Leases - Northern Plains Independent

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking seven grazing permits in Phillips County that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison. The decision comes after a three-and-a-half-year battle between the Montana livestock industry, backed by Gov. Greg Gianforte and the Montana Department of Justice, and American Prairie, a conservation nonprofit