Latest purchase bumps American Prairie to half million acres [Video]

As it works to create one of the largest nature reserves in the United States, American Prairie has reached a new milestone with its latest land acquisition in north-central Montana.

The nonprofit now has more than a half-million acres of private and public land leases it manages after buying 51,731 acres in Phillips County, the second-largest purchase in American Prairie’s 23-year history, the group announced in a press release.

The property contains a critical corridor for wildlife migration, according to Alison Fox, CEO of American Prairie, including water frontage on the Missouri River, as well significant portions of Siparyann, Duval and Antelope creeks, and the southern half of the Bull Creek watershed.

The land also includes ponds and reservoirs, and a high percentage of …