Safari Camp
Lodging options are soon to improve, however, once the Prairie Reserve puts the finishing touches on a so-called safari camp consisting of eight yurts -- the Western name for the circular dwellings known in their native Mongolia as gers -- with heating and air conditioning, running water and sweeping prairie views.
While the view from the yurts still looks remote and windswept, Christensen and his colleagues and benefactors at the American Prairie Reserve envision a time when the scenery will be dotted with leaping antelope, thundering plains bison, chirping prairie dogs and the endangered black-footed ferrets whose favorite meal consists of prairie dog.
What’s not included in that distant view are the sheep herds, grazing cattle and the long line of ranchers who tamed the land in the first place.
“This is gonna be nice,” Christensen says, as an electrician strings wire through one of the yurts.