American Prairie Reserve
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The American Prairie Reserve is a private project undertaken by the American Prairie Foundation
to create a wildlife conservation area of 3500000 acres (14,164 km²) in northeast Montana
through a combination of private and public lands. National Geographic has compared the project to the creation of an American
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American Prairie Foundation
The American Prairie Foundation is a public charity located in the U.S. state of Montana. The foundation's objective is to build one of the largest wildlife reserves in the continental United States through a combination of new land acquisition and public land integration into the project, to be...
to create a wildlife conservation area of 3500000 acres (14,164 km²) in northeast Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
through a combination of private and public lands. National Geographic has compared the project to the creation of an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Serengeti
The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa. It is located in north Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya between latitudes 1 and 3 S and longitudes 34 and 36 E. It spans some ....
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