American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana
Public lands and public access are now constantly under threat in the U.S., but there’s still good news to share. Ambitious conservation nonprofit American Prairie has secured its second-largest land purchase and leasing arrangement to date, buying up the 70,000-acre Anchor Ranch in Montana, which had been listed for sale for $35 million. The group bought the land from two billionaire Texas brothers who’d kept the public locked out of one of the only western access roads into adjacent public la