An American Prairie Preserve!

"It is often said that the NPS is America's best idea, well now it's pretty clear that the American Prairie Foundation has come up with an idea that rivals it  in the American Prarie Reserrve" biologist E.O Wilson.

A vast preserve of praire ecosystem was first envisioned by artist George Caitlin (1796-1872). Caitlin first traveled among the plains Indians with General William Clark in 1830 when he accompanied a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory. Caitlin's paintings characterize the Native Americans. He advocated that the Great Plains be set aside as a "nation's park," a great expanse of prairie where buffalo, pronghorn and Native Americans could live, roam and preserve their lifestyle and culture. http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/catlinclassroom/cl.html

Now the American Prarie Foundation is advocating the creation of a 3.5 million acre preserve of prairie in Montana. See what Dr. E.O. Wilson, author of "Biophilia," "The Diversity of Life" and many other books, has to say about the preserve. http://www.americanprairie.org/

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