(Helena, Mont.)—United Property Owners of Montana issues the following statement by spokesperson Chuck Denowh in response to the APR's decision to revise their Livestock Change In Use application to the BLM. APR has changed the application from eighteen BLM allotments to one, reducing the scope of the change from 290,000 acres to 12,000.

"For over a decade, APR has been advancing a plan to establish a free-roaming bison herd and eliminate the existing ranching communities that occupy the area they want under their control. None of that has changed. APR remains the same threat to neighboring la...