Prairie Reserve Proposal Up For Comment
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30 X 30 Land Grab
The 30 x 30 program is a plan advanced by radical environmentalactivists to permanently protect 30% of America’s land and oceans by 2030. The program was adopted by the Biden Administration throughExecutive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home andAbroad” (86 Fed. Reg. 7,619), signed January 27, 2021. Proponents argue that climate impacts are…
How We Stop APR From Abusing Montana’s Tax Code
Dan Bartel talks about how APR is abusing Montana’s tax code. Read more here. Read full article
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Lane Nordlund Podcast and the Repurposing Report (April, 2020)
Listen to LaneCast Ag Podcast here. Lane Nordlund speaks with Ross Butcher about how the report by the Montana Natural Resource Coalition addresses a request by the American Prairie Reserve to convert BLM grazing leases from traditional livestock production to indigenous animal or bison uses. MTNRC President and Fergus County Commission Ross Butcher shares more…
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Critical Mass by Dave Skinner (Fall 2019)
The most ambitious and successful “rewilding” effort ever attempted faces stiffening opposition from Montana’s producer communities. Who will win? Well, it’s complicated… Read the Critical Mass Article Read the Critical Mass Article
Cowboys, the original Environmentalists by Glenn Brunkow (September, 2018)
Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. In this article, he explains how the American Prairie Reserve is just another environmental group that will end up mismanaging the land. Read the full story here. Cowboys, the original Environmentalists by Glenn Brunkow
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Northern Fergus County’s “Negative Easement Regarding Bison” (March 2017)
Northern Fergus County’s “Negative Easement Regarding Bison” The sale of the PN Ranch spurred on much discussion over the last year, and from that a group of ranchers and farmers in Northern Fergus County decided to be proactive and protect their property and the economic well-being of their communities from the threat of bison. We…
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Betrayed By Nature by Sierra Stoneberg Holt (Spring, 2017)
The Range Magazine published an article in 2017 about how wealthy contributors to the APR are actually encouraging destroying our ecosystem. Read the full article here. Read the Betrayed By Nature Article
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APR’s impacts on the people along the Missouri River Breaks
My name is Leah LaTray. I am from the Winifred community. Both sides of my family have been ranchers here in Montana since before Montana was a state. I’d like to share a few thoughts about the American Prairie Reserve’s impact on the local people along the Missouri River Breaks. This is a huge subject. …
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Save The Cowboy, STOP the APR! What Does This Mean? By Dana Darlington (March 2019)
Read the article by Dana Darlington, a 4th generation rancher from Big Sandy, MT. He explains this complicated answer. Read here!
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