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Please change: As of April, 2018 the Reserve area consisted of 399,000 acres in northeastern Montana...

To read as: As of March 2019, the Reserve area consisted of 405,169 acres in northeastern Montana...

Using as a reference: https://www.americanprairie.org/building-the-reserve

Under the section "Priorities" please change: "to create and manage a prairie-based wildlife reserve that, when combined with public lands already devoted to wildlife, will protect a unique natural habitat, provide lasting economic benefits, and improve public access to and enjoyment of the prairie landscape"

To read as: "Our mission is to create the largest nature reserve in the continental United States, a refuge for people and wildlife preserved forever as part of America’s heritage"

Using as a reference: https://www.americanprairie.org/mission-and-values

Under the section "Conservation, science and reserve management" please add: American Prairie Reserve is also partnering with Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in conducting land management and biodiversity research on the Reserve, studying a variety of wildlife species and their impact on the prairie ecosystem, including prairie dogs, black footed ferrets and bison.

Using as reference: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/smithsonian-conservation-biology-institute-and-american-prairie-reserve-collaborate-restore

Under the section "Land Acquisition" please change: Once a piece of land is fully owned by the American Prairie Reserve, a conservation easement is placed on the property.

To read: American Prairie Reserve places conservation easements on some of their deeded land, in collaboration with Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Montana Land Reliance.

Using as reference: https://www.americanprairie.org/building-the-reserve-faqs

Under the section "Collaborations", please change: In 2012, National Geographic named Sean Gerrity, APR's President, a National Geographic Fellow.

To read as: In 2012, National Geographic named Sean Gerrity, APR's Founder, a National Geographic Fellow.

Then please include: National Geographic’s Last Wild Places partners with conservation leaders such as American Prairie Reserve and others to collaborate on landscape-scale conservation.

Using as reference: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/last-wild-places/

In the section on "Wildlife", please change: As of 2012, there were over 200 bison on over 300,000 private acres adjacent to the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.

To read as: As of winter 2019, there were over 800 bison on about 44,000 private acres adjacent to the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.

Using as reference: https://www.americanprairie.org/project/bison-restoration

Please add a section titled: The Ken Burns American Heritage Prize. Please add below: Presented by American Prairie Reserve and named in honor of America’s revered documentary filmmaker, the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize recognizes visionary artists, authors, educators, filmmakers, historians, and scientists whose body of work has advanced the collective understanding of the indomitable American spirit. The recipient of the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize is selected annually by the Prize’s National Jury, which is comprised of distinguished leaders who represent communities across the country and share a common appreciation of America’s heritage. Past prize recipients include David McCullough and Maya Lin. N. Scott Momaday is the recipient for 2019.

Using as reference: https://www.americanprairie.org/news-blog/introducing-ken-burns-american-heritage-prize http://www.kenburnsprize.com/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-mccullough-awarded-ken-burns-american-heritage-prize-300452314.html https://www.americanprairie.org/news-blog/maya-lin-awarded-2018-ken-burns-american-heritage-prize https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ken-burns-american-heritage-prize-to-be-awarded-to-dr-n-scott-momaday-300774293.html

Please add a section: Public Access and Educational Outreach. American Prairie Reserve allows public access, visitation, and recreation on its land, including hiking, camping, canoeing, biking, and hunting. In addition, APR partners with various educational programs in bringing school kids to the Reserve, including organizations such as Sponsors for Educational Opportunity scholars (SEO), Montana Outdoor Science School, Montana Wilderness School, and Flathead Audubon Society.

Using as reference: https://www.americanprairie.org/educational-visits https://www.americanprairie.org/impact/education

I am an employee of APR and am striving to follow the guidelines of WP:COI to avoid all conflicts of interest.

Ellie.908 (talk) 20:15, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Reply 29-JAN-2019

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Reply 6-MAR-2019

Many of these requested changes are either not notable or not germane to the article:

Naming Mr. Gerrity as a National Geographic fellow (especially seeing as how APR and Nat Geo are in business together)
The request for a current bison census
The Ken Burns Heritage Prize
The other portions of the request require references from outside of the organization.

I have made a cleanup of the article, removing much which was unreferenced and/or promotional in tone. The controversy section has been subsumed into the section on land usage, per WP:CSECTION. Also, because the article relies too much on references from itself, the Primary sources maintenance template was appended. Regards, Spintendo 00:47, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Reply 19-APR-2019

Thank you for your help in cleaning up the article, and I will work to provide secondary sources. Ellie.908 (talk) 17:44, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Nature reserve in Montana, not the organization of the same name

I have edited this article to make it clear that it is about the nature reserve site and not about the organization of the same name. Of course the organization will be mentioned but it should always be clear that the American Prairie Reserve refers to the nature reserve unless the content is specifically about an action or quality of the organization. On the same day this article was created, an article was started about the organization, American Prairie Foundation, but I am not sure it is titled correctly. Fettlemap (talk) 19:11, 23 April 2020 (UTC)