The American Prairie Foundation is a

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located in the U.S. state of

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

. The foundation's objective is to build one of the largest 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. To accomplish this, the foundation estimates that it must acquire privately, which would then link together over of existing public property. The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge is one of the project's anchor properties. The American Prairie Foundation (

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American Prairie) seeks to create a landscape reminiscent of that seen by the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gro ...

. 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." American Prairie Reserve: 2013 Fall Gathering", American Prairie Reserve, p5, 2013 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. As of December 2013, they had raised $67.3 million in cash and pledges since 2002.

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American Prairie Foundation Official Site
Charities based in Montana Nature conservation organizations based in the United States Organizations established in 2001 {{Montana-stub

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