国家地理:牧野分歧(9)

APR has also built new campgrounds and a hut system on its properties, donated beef and bison meat to local Native American communities and food banks, sponsored rodeo athletes, donated buffalo-hunting opportunities for local fund-raisers, and organized a "Living With Wildlife" conference (sponsored by the National Geographic Society) for ranching neighbors concerned about the arrival of more predators on the prairies. The group also has purchased a long-empty department store in nearby Lewistown as a new home for a planned National Discovery Center. There are, indeed, people in the town who welcome APR’s economic impact and support the reserve.

美国草原保护区还在他们的土地上搭建了新的营地和棚屋群，向当地美国土著居民社区和食品银行捐赠了牛肉和野牛肉，赞助了竞技运动员，也给当地筹款人士捐赠了猎捕水牛的机会，还给那些担心会有更多捕食者到来的牧场主组织了与野生物共存会议（由国家地理协会赞助）。他们还买下了刘易斯敦附近一个长期空置的百货商店，作为将来国家发现中心的新地址。镇上的确有人对美国草原保护区带来的经济影响表示欢迎及支持。

"We need to have a voice for the salamander, the plover, the buffalo," says Lewistown City Commissioner Clint Loomis, an artist and retired teacher.

刘易斯敦市的专员克林特·卢米斯说：“我们应该为蝾螈、千鸟和水牛发声。”他同时还是一名艺术家和一名退休教师。