The Goal: An American Serengeti with 10,000 Buffalo in Montana – The American Prairie Reserve

On fields where cattle graze and wheat grows, a group of conservationists and millionaire donors are stitching together their dreams of an American Serengeti. Acre by acre, they are trying to build a new kind of national park, buying up old ranches to create a grassland reserve where 10,000 bison roam and fences are few.

"It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said George E. Matelich, the chairman of the conservation group, American Prairie Reserve, and a managing director of a New York private equity firm. "It’s a project for America."

By JACK HEALY

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/us/vision-of-prairie-paradise-troubles-some-montana-ranchers.html?_r=0

More about the Reserve (Please support its efforts) http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?showall=1&catlabel=Making+the+Most+of+the+American+Prairie&cat_id=48

American Prairie Reserve http://www.americanprairie.org