The American Prairie Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in the U.S. state of Montana. The foundation's objective is to build one of the largest[6] wildlife reserves in the continental United States through a combination of new land acquisition and public land integration into the project, called the American Prairie.[7] To accomplish this, the foundation estimates that it must acquire 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) privately, which would then link together over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km2) of existing public property. The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge is one of the project's anchor properties.
The American Prairie Foundation (doing business as American Prairie) seeks to create a landscape reminiscent of that seen by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.[8] The American Prairie Foundation developed a 7-point scale to evaluate land based on ten ecological conditions including plant diversity, grazing, fire, hydrology and predators to measure the impact of reserve management activities.[9]
Approximately ten percent of the funding comes from private foundations supporting land conservation and the remaining ninety percent comes from individuals living in 46 states and eight countries. Approximately 20% of its donors reside in the state of Montana.[10] As of December 2013, they had raised $67.3 million in cash and pledges since 2002.[11]
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american, prairie, foundation, nonprofit, organization, located, state, montana, foundation, objective, build, largest, wildlife, reserves, continental, united, states, through, combination, land, acquisition, public, land, integration, into, project, called, . The American Prairie Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in the U S state of Montana The foundation s objective is to build one of the largest 6 wildlife reserves in the continental United States through a combination of new land acquisition and public land integration into the project called the American Prairie 7 To accomplish this the foundation estimates that it must acquire 500 000 acres 2 000 km2 privately which would then link together over 3 000 000 acres 12 000 km2 of existing public property The Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge is one of the project s anchor properties American Prairie FoundationPredecessorThe Prairie FoundationFormationJune 2001 22 years ago 2001 06 FounderSean Gerrity 1 2 3 4 5 TypeNonprofitTax ID no 81 0541893PurposeCreate and manage large nature reserveHeadquarters2048 Analysis Drive Suite BLocationBozeman Montana 59718 United StatesRegion servedNortheastern MontanaFieldsConservation research and tourismChief Executive OfficerAlison FoxWebsitewww wbr americanprairie wbr orgRemarksDoing business as American PrairieThe American Prairie Foundation doing business as American Prairie seeks to create a landscape reminiscent of that seen by the Lewis and Clark Expedition 8 The American Prairie Foundation developed a 7 point scale to evaluate land based on ten ecological conditions including plant diversity grazing fire hydrology and predators to measure the impact of reserve management activities 9 Approximately ten percent of the funding comes from private foundations supporting land conservation and the remaining ninety percent comes from individuals living in 46 states and eight countries Approximately 20 of its donors reside in the state of Montana 10 As of December 2013 they had raised 67 3 million in cash and pledges since 2002 11 See also editAlgonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative Buffalo Commons Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation InitiativeReferences edit Sean Gerrity Making a Home on the Range for Bison and Other Wildlife National Geographic 26 June 2014 Archived from the original on December 5 2021 Retrieved 24 October 2022 Rosner Hillary 2 August 2012 I want to restart the golden age of conservation ex Valley entrepreneur the Guardian Yale Environment 360 Retrieved 24 October 2022 Big Money Is Building A New Kind Of National Park In The Great Plains NPR Retrieved 24 October 2022 New plan for the Great Plains Bring back the Pleistocene Christian Science Monitor 18 August 2005 Retrieved 24 October 2022 Garrett Davis Josh 2 August 2004 The Greening of the Plains High Country News Retrieved 24 October 2022 Hegyi Nate November 11 2019 The Next Yellowstone How Big Money Is Building A New Kind Of National Park Colorado Public Radio Retrieved 24 October 2022 Lutey Tom 2009 12 20 Ranchers wary of group s effort to create wildlife reserve bigger than Yellowstone Billings Gazette Retrieved 2013 05 05 Expanding the Reserve Americanprairie org 2013 Retrieved 2013 10 15 American Prairie Reserve 2013 Fall Gathering American Prairie Reserve p5 2013 FAQs Americanprairie org 2013 Retrieved 2013 10 15 Financials Americanprairie org 2016 Retrieved 2018 04 11 External links editAmerican Prairie Foundation Official Site nbsp This article about an organization in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Montana related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Prairie Foundation amp oldid 1186293507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
