Missoulian to focus on Phillips County and APR

Missoulian Natural Resources Reporter Rob Chaney met with a small group of people at the Great Northern Hotel's Lodge Room last Wednesday morning as that newspaper is starting a series of stories focusing on Eastern Montana and the American Prairie Reserve (APR).

The meeting was put together by University of Montana Geography professor Rick Graetz and was the launching point for Chaney's reporting in the area.

"I've mostly had my focus of this part of the world through a rifle scope," Chaney said of his time spent in Phillips County on hunting trips. "I do know the APR has land and is doing th...