American Prairie loses grazing rights

[WRO]

Spending inordinate amounts of time carrying a shotgun and following a pointing dog in that country over the last 15 years is where my perspective comes from. Being friendly and talking to folks, eating and staying in the surrounding communities, hunting public land and block management.
The only people that like the APR are tourists. The locals overwhelmingly don't like their new neighbors.
Do you have any actual experience in those communities? What percentage of their neighbors would you say are "open"?
It appears that the APR was not following federal rules as to grazing on our public lands which is why they lost those rights.
They are looking for a new community liaison to work with the local ranchers if you are interested.

They were fine with the blm until the new governor of MT threw a fit along with the ranching lobby and got the rules changed.

Locally when the state got a new park on the John day river at cottonwood the locals all hated that too.

Anything new and different is typically looked down upon in small town rural America, just an observation I’ve made over the years.

 

[MTtrout]

@Gila I’m not an expert on conservation easements but I’m not aware of any that are written in a way that the owner can’t allow public access even if they would like to. Not sure if that’s what you were suggesting or not.

Limited access is better than none in some cases. Not many people are buying multiple million dollar ranches and turning right around to put their property in block management in any state.

I’m not here to argue whether if the APR is legit or not as I don’t not know. It appears they are working hard to restore MT prairies and I appreciate that. I believe your original reason for this thread was about the BLM revoking their allotments for grazing bison. My opinion is different than yours.

 

[MTBackroads]

They were fine with the blm until the new governor of MT threw a fit along with the ranching lobby and got the rules changed.

Locally when the state got a new park on the John day river at cottonwood the locals all hated that too.

Anything new and different is typically looked down upon in small town rural America, just an observation I’ve made over the years.

The BLM grazing rules were not changed, the special exemptions given by the previous administration’s DOI were found to be unlawful.
Now the APR must follow the same rules as everyone else, as they should.

 

[WRO]

The BLM grazing rules were not changed, the special exemptions given by the previous administration’s DOI were found to be unlawful.
Now the APR must follow the same rules as everyone else, as they should.

Not true..

American Prairie Challenges BLM’s Proposed Revocation of Bison Grazing Permits

The administration’s proposal sets a dangerous precedent on public land management, reversing longstanding practice

earthjustice.org

Governor Gianforte Praises BLM Decision to Cancel American Prairie Reserve Bison Permits

HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today praised the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed decision to cancel grazing permits authorizing bison grazing previously issued to the American Prairie Reserve (APR).

news.mt.gov

Bison are actually classified as livestock when privately owned in the eyes of the government. In Oregon where there’s escaped feral bison on public, you can only legally kill them on private, same with muflon.

 

[Jpsmith1]

To APR allowing hunting access

I did some looking on their website and looked at the actual rules.

You can complain about crowding on the land or you can complain about limited access.

You cannot complain about both and remain internally consistent.

I don't see a huge issue with how they are managing hunting access.

Admittedly, I didn't do a deep dive into the lands being allowed, the available habitat and acreage.