My family went to the American Prairie Reserve (APR), for their annual open house over Memorial Day weekend. APR is located in northeast Montana, between Lewistown and Malta. I participated in activities including stargazing, plant collecting, and a swift fox presentation. My favorite activities were removing fence and visiting the Buffalo Jump.
The volunteer activity for the weekend was to remove fence from APR's Dry Fork Unit. We took out the fence to allow bison to get through. The fence was a 4-strand barbed wire with mix of metal and wooden posts. The jobs were clipping wire clips, pulling posts, transporting materials, and rolling wire. I mostly transported materials. The most exciting part was building a bridge across the creek.
On Saturday we took a driving tour to White Rock, looking for baby bison. Our vehicle got stuck in a mud hole, and a truck pulled us out. We decided to turn around and go to Buffalo Jump instead of White Rock. Before they had horses, Native Americans would direct bison off the cliff. Hundreds of bison could be harvested at a time this way.
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