By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes
FamilyTravel.com
Explore some new country destinations during your next vacation. Here are five places to consider.
American Prairie, Montana
Using an innovative model, American Prairie, a Montana-based nonprofit, is in the midst of stitching together a 3-million-acre nature and wildlife reserve on the great plains of Montana.
Once completed, the reserve will provide a continuous land area, collaboratively managed for wildlife and recreation. It will be the largest of its kind in the lower 48 states. Herds of elk, deer, pronghorn and bison once roamed these grasslands in great numbers. American Prairie’s goal is to create and protect a functioning ecosystem within this iconic landscape. Unlike developed national parks, the privately created American Prairie offers a sense of uninterrupted nature….
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