American Prairie - 88,000 acres of access

[Big Fin]

I’m all about increased access, whether it’s public or private lands. In this case, it’s an podcast with American Prairie and their enrollment of 88,000 acres in Montana’s Block Management Program, along with allowing access across their deeded lands to any otherwise inaccessible lands.

Add to that, their approach to private land conservation, and I’m interested in what they are doing when the trends for hunters and wildlife are going the opposite direction.

In this episode I share a mic with two of their employees who are avid hunters, Mike and Paul. They explain AP’s approach to access and conservation. Enjoy.

Link here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hunt-talk-radio/id1012713381?i=1000671364392

Or download it wherever you get your podcasts.

 

[Cornbread]

Can you tell me who the main donator(s)/ founder(s) is? Who are the board members? Why did they take the page down showing the board members?

 

[Gerald Martin]

A quick Google search turned up this

Leadership

americanprairie.org

 

[Big Fin]

Can you tell me who the main donator(s)/ founder(s) is? Who are the board members? Why did they take the page down showing the board members?

Form 990 will list that.

 

[Cornbread]

Form 990?

 

[cgasner1]

Form 990 will list that.

I keep meaning to to a dive into who they are and what the actual deal is with them. It seems like everything else and has enough politics involved you have ti do some work to have a actual opinion

 

[Southern Elk]

Form 990?

https://americanprairie.org//wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2020-12-31-Form-990-Public-Copy.pdf

 

[BuzzH]

Can you tell me who the main donator(s)/ founder(s) is? Who are the board members? Why did they take the page down showing the board members?

I'm not a main donor, but I am an annual one.

Every single time they acquire another ranch I'm happy about it.

 

[cgasner1]

I'm not a main donor, but I am an annual one.

Every single time they acquire another ranch I'm happy about it.

That speaks volumes to me I really should read up more on it

 

[Rie Bread]

Wow this makes me love what they are doing even more! I thought even before what the AP was doing was neat but now it’s clear.

I like to envision the end of barb wire fence and return of Americas native cattle.

 

[mtmiller]

A quick Google search turned up this

Leadership

americanprairie.org

Come on Gerald, it wasn't really a question.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Come on Gerald, it wasn't really a question.

I turned over a lot of obscure stones to find that hidden information in the time it took to type “American Prairie” into the search bar and navigate to the “About Us” page.

 

[mtmiller]

I turned over a lot of obscure stones to find that hidden information in the time it took to type “American Prairie” into the search bar and navigate to the “About Us” page.

I just enjoyed the banner pic from your link. There used be a decent buck that spent his last hours in that frame.

And an old school cap to boot. haha

 

[westbranch]

Can you tell me who the main donator(s)/ founder(s) is? Who are the board members? Why did they take the page down showing the board members?

 

[westbranch]

I'm not a main donor, but I am an annual one.

Every single time they acquire another ranch I'm happy about it.

Yep, I finally drove through part of AP in 2023 and have been donating $100 a year. I should bump it up this year.

 

[Schaaf]

A quick Google search turned up this

Leadership

americanprairie.org

Advisory Board has some cool cats listed

 

[Southern Elk]

Advisory Board has some cool cats listed

I had to scroll through, but I see what you did there.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Advisory Board has some unsavory characters listed

FIFY

 

[Straight Arrow]

FIFY Advisory Board has some unsavory characters listed

And you can neither confirm nor deny the savoriness of Schaff-man.

 

[Raisin Bran]

Not a good organization in my opinion. Simply a Black Rock land grab organization with nefarious long term intentions under the guise of open land and access for now.

Long term holding of that much land (goal is 3+ million acres) by a select few?? Horrible!