American Prairie Reserve

The mission of American Prairie Foundation is to create and manage a prairie-based wildlife reserve that, when combined with public lands already devoted to wildlife, will protect a unique natural habitat Click on the About APF for links to a better understanding of American Prairie Foundation.

Bureau of Land Management employees in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota care for 8.3 million acres of public land in the three states as well as a 47-million acre mineral estate. These public lands contain energy and mineral production, vast expanses of open space, breathtaking scenery, recreation opportunities, national monuments, grazing livestock, historic and prehistoric sites, wildlife, wild horses, watersheds, timbered mountains, and rolling prairies and soon a heard of native Bison.