American Prairie Foundation – May 2008 E-Newsletter

A Message From The President

Dear Friends of the American Prairie Reserve,

The Reserve is alive with activity as winter is rapidly giving way to spring on the prairie. Our partners at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are busy preparing for another season of habitat enhancement work on prairie streams, which this year includes a survey to determine types of fish and amphibians that inhabit these critical waterways.

APF Board and National Council members have been spending increasing amounts of time in and around the Reserve. Board member Clyde Aspevig and his wife Carol Guzman, both well-known artists, recently conducted a workshop and an advanced art class in the nearby town of Malta. National Council member Eric Schneider visited Hays-Lodge Pole High School to prepare teachers and students for participation in a fascinating new large-scale effort to gather comprehensive weather data across a big swath of the glaciated plains. A huge thank you to George Horse Capture Jr. for helping to make this dream a reality.

Bison calves join the legion of other new arrivals this month as babies seem to be everywhere. Pronghorn, elk, foxes, badgers, cougars, grassland birds and many other species are all engaged in the rites of spring, which are focused on introducing their new little ones to the big world of life on the prairie. We hope you can visit us soon while the activity is at its peak.

A huge thank you to National Council member George Horse Capture Jr. for helping to make this dream a reality.

Thank you from all of us for you continued support for this project.

Sincerely,

Sean Gerrity
APF President

Full Newsletter: http://www.americanprairie.org/eNewsletter/May2008.html