Montana prairie reserve tops 300,000 acres

By Matthew Brown

Published July 31, 2014 8:12pm ET

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Montana prairie reserve tops 300,000 acres — BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A privately funded conservation reserve taking shape on north-central Montana’s open prairie now spans more than 300,000 acres — or almost 470 square miles — with the addition of a large parcel south of Malta that was disclosed Thursday. American Prairie Reserve manager James Barnett said the group recently bought a […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A privately funded conservation reserve taking shape on north-central Montana’s open prairie now spans more than 300,000 acres — or almost 470 square miles — with the addition of a large parcel south of Malta that was disclosed Thursday.

American Prairie Reserve manager James Barnett said the group recently bought a 22,000-acre ranch in Phillips County that will be known as Sun Prairie North.

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