目前,美国草原保护区协会每年投入大约600万美元,主要用于购买土地。到今年秋天,该组织将通过购买或者租赁的方式获得270,000英亩土地。拿到地以后,首先要做的工作其中之一就是去掉围栏。一个农场一般都会有超过800里长的栅栏。该协会最终将把私有土地和公共的土地连成一片,建立起自己的保护区。但是即便土地很便宜,按照大约1亩450美元来计算,美国草原保护区协会要建立起保护区仍将需要330万美元;此外,为了维持草原和支付放牧费,该协会还需要另外筹集120万元的资金才行。
Buying land in eastern Montana is not difficult. Thanks to its lack of water, ranching in thearea is hard work, often marginal and increasingly unpopular with the children of ranchers.Those ranches that are still in business are in effect subsidised by the government, whichcharges grazing fees of just $1.35 a month for each cow on federal land.
购买土地在蒙大拿州东部并不难。由于缺乏雨水,经营牧场是一件很辛苦的事,越来越多的牧场主后代对此并不感兴趣,牧场经营业务正逐渐被边缘化。那些还在维持经营的牧场是因为有了政府的补贴才得以继续,当地政府对于本州土地上的每只牛,按照每月仅仅1.35美元来征收放牧费。
In only 14 years from now, thanks largely to the buffalos natural fecundity, APR will haveover 5,000 buffalo, the largest conservation herd on the planet. Significantly, this herdwill be entirely free of cattle genesunlike most existing buffalo herds in America, whichhave interbred with domestic cattle. Officially, the American buffalo is now a type oflivestock. But one day, if Mr Gerrity gets his way, his buffalo will be declared wild animalsagain.
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