'Save the Cowboy, Stop the APR!'

Editor’s note: This is the second part of an editorial discussing American Prairie Reserve’s stated goal of assembling private land in the Northern Great Plains north of the

C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge that can be managed with public land to provide wildlife conservation, including re-introduction of bison, and public access.

The second action that makes American Prairie Reserve not popular among local communities is their current land acquisition and their future plans to amass 3.5 million acres in order to create the largest park in the Northern Great Plains. This is 26.6 percent o...