APR Partners w/ Earthjustice, Ripped by Montana Wildlife Advocate

The APR has already been treated like public enemy number one by Montana's agriculture community, and now they're being ripped by a prominent advocate for the wildlife and sportsmen's community. This, after the American Prairie Reserve teamed up with the radical environmental group Earthjustice.

In case you missed it, Chuck Denowh had a great op-ed praising the Trump Bureau of Land Management for standing with Montana ranchers: BLM moves to save the cowboys by rejecting APR’s radical project

Denowh, who grew up on a ranch near Sidney and represents the United Property Owners of Montana wrote, in part:

In a decisive move that safeguards Montana ranching, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has revoked grazing permits allowing the American Prairie Reserve (APR) to run bison on approximately 63,000 acres of public lands in north-central Montana. Announced in January 2026, this reversal of a 2022 authorization marks a critical win for agriculture in Montana, countering the expansive ambitions of a well-funded nonprofit that threatens the very fabric of our rural communities.

Now, the far Left APR is publicly teaming up with the radical environmental group Earthjustice to file suit. Click here for the press release.

And that is what apparently set off Tom Opre, a filmmaker and wildlife and sportsmen's advocate based here in Montana. He produced a recent documentary called "The Real Yellowstone" where he interviewed all sides of the APR debate.

"Earthjustice is not a conservation organization, Opre writes. "It is a well-known anti-use, anti-hunting, preservationist litigation group whose entire model is built on suing to restrict grazing, end hunting, block predator management, and undermine science-based wildlife authority." Opre added that "when you partner with an organization that openly rejects sustainable use, rejects the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, and routinely works against hunters, ranchers, and tribal wildlife use" people are right to ask more questions.

His full post can be viewed below.

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