This is an outgrowth of a controversial movement that started in the early 90s called the “Buffalo Commons” that was raising money to buy up land across the high plains with the ability to outbid any local with near endless outside funds. As a “non-profit” organization wealthy billionaires can contribute as a d
Tax deduction.
Their goal is to remove any human presence, restoring rangeland from what had been farmland, removing irrigation works (wells, dams, canal) removed g roads and burying up small towns to raze. Their goal is to create a contiguous landmass with no fences for Buffalo and the pre-frontier ecosystem to be restored. In the Sandhills of north central Nebraska Ted Turner has been buying up 10s of thousands of acres on a regular basis with the goal of adding his land to this movement.
They are destroying an already struggling society and economy. Ranchers that want/need to expand can’t afford to out bid these non-profits with deep donation pockets. This leaves them vulnerable and all the more likely one forced out of business in a generation… guess who will buy their land? As these groups buy land (and de-develop it) it causes the local tax base to lower so less money to maintain roads, infrastructure, services and schools. This forces them to raise taxes on everyone else to keep up which only exacerbates the problems and accelerates the rate of the expansion of this movement.
https://gprc.org/research/buffalo-commons/https://www.tedturner.com/turner-ranches/
