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Panel at Missoula Art Museum spotlights bison restoration, acres and tribal partnerships
Summary
Panelists at the Missoula Art Museum discussed ecological and cultural restoration of prairies and bison, the American Prairie Reserve partnerships with tribes, herd lineage and land metrics including acres and herd size.
Panelists at an event in the Missoula Art Museum's Linda M. Frost Gallery discussed efforts to restore bison and prairie ecosystems and described how those efforts intersect with tribal partnerships and land management.
The panel, convened around Jason Clarks exhibition, moved quickly from art and history into practical questions about restoration, forage accounting and the cultural role of bison. Scott Heidelbrink, director of landscape stewardship at American Prairie, said, "Right now, so we have hooves on the ground on about 45,000 acres. We've been approved, by the BLM and state to graze another roughly about 40,000, that do not advise on them yet. And so that's in future plans." He also told the audience American Prairie currently manages about "850 bison in 2 herds."
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