US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
3 years, 7 months ago

US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge

Associated Press  

— U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre federal wildlife refuge in central Montana, a move that would be at odds with Republicans in the state who want to limit where bison can roam. Fish and Wildlife Service plans beginning in July “to engage Tribes and stakeholders on the topics of bison and bighorn sheep reintroductions” on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, a remote landscape of badlands and prairie bisected by the Missouri River, according to an Interior Department statement. A group of Native American state lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Biden administration to craft a plan to reintroduce bison to the refuge and on public lands adjacent to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, including Glacier National Park and the Rocky Mountain Front. Interior Department officials provided no specifics on their plans beyond a statement saying the wildlife service was in the final planning stages before launching a “multiple year” process to consider bison and bighorn sheep reintroductions.

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Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Associated Press  

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock, marking an early stumble in the voter-driven initiative. Colorado’s attempt to instead capture problem wolves comes after an agency spokesperson told The Associated Press last week that officials wanted to avoid killing them …

Bison attacks: How to avoid a dangerous encounter
54 years, 11 months ago

Bison attacks: How to avoid a dangerous encounter

CNN  

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Warning as birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills ancient prophecy
6 months, 1 week ago

Warning as birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills ancient prophecy

The Independent  

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Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy
6 months, 1 week ago

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy

Associated Press  

— The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, according to members of the American Indian tribe who cautioned that it’s also a signal that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals. For the Lakota, the birth of a white buffalo calf with a …

How Yellowstone’s Bison Kill Got Blamed On Tribal Hunters
1 year, 7 months ago

How Yellowstone’s Bison Kill Got Blamed On Tribal Hunters

Huff Post  

Every winter for the last decade, Andrew Wildbill has driven 12 hours from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to lead a bison hunting party on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. “I get it that people don’t like how many bison have been taken out of the population in a single year,” Sholly said. “If you want …

US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds
1 year, 9 months ago

US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds

Associated Press  

DENVER — U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West. The money, from last year’s climate bill, will build …

Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship
2 years, 1 month ago

Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship

Associated Press  

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ANOTHER person is gored by a bison in Yellowstone: 71-year-old is third to be charged this month
2 years, 5 months ago

ANOTHER person is gored by a bison in Yellowstone: 71-year-old is third to be charged this month

Daily Mail  

Another person was gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday, bringing the count to three people in four weeks to have been injured by the park's wild buffalo in the past month. The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the National Park Service, and was transported to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming. Another person was gored …

Yellowstone Tourist Sneaks Up On Bison. Bison Does What A Bison Does.
2 years, 7 months ago

Yellowstone Tourist Sneaks Up On Bison. Bison Does What A Bison Does.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A clueless tourist got away with his hide but not his dignity when he snuck up on a bison at Yellowstone National Park. Footage of the encounter was posted Friday to the “Welcome To YNP: Invasion of the Idiots!” Facebook page and shows the man creeping up to the massive animal from behind. “It is illegal, as …

Cattle ranchers don’t want Montana wolves moved to Colorado
2 years, 9 months ago

Cattle ranchers don’t want Montana wolves moved to Colorado

Associated Press  

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state wildlife agency to reject any requests to capture wolves in Montana to be transplanted in Colorado, after voters there narrowly passed a wolf reintroduction plan. The Montana cattle ranchers say Colorado ranchers don’t have management tools in place to protect their property from wolves, the Fort Collins Coloradoan …

Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
2 years, 10 months ago

Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed

Associated Press  

— Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday moved to shut down gray wolf hunting in a portion of the state around Yellowstone National Park, amid mounting criticism over a record number of the animals shot or trapped after roaming across the park boundary this winter. Greg Gianforte told Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly in a recent letter that once a wolf exits …

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
2 years, 11 months ago

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park

Associated Press  

— Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials. But with months to go in Montana’s hunting season —- and wolf …

US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves
3 years, 3 months ago

US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves, saying states have become too aggressive in hunting the animal. But Izzy Baird, a spokeswoman for Relist Wolves Coalition, which has been working with tribal nations on the issue, noted in an email that Wisconsin hunters went over their …

Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison
3 years, 7 months ago

Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison

Associated Press  

— Native American lawmakers in Montana on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to help craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to the landscape in and around Glacier National Park and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. State Rep. Tyson Running Wolf said the American Indian Caucus members decided the administration of President Joe Biden would be more …

Governor drops bison plan, says he’s protecting ranchers
3 years, 8 months ago

Governor drops bison plan, says he’s protecting ranchers

Associated Press  

Greg Gianforte said Tuesday he is ending a bison management plan that would have allowed the wide-ranging animals to be restored in more areas of the state. Gianforte said the state’s wildlife agency “didn’t do right by farmers, ranchers and private property owners.” “In its effort to spread bison across parts of Montana, didn’t do enough to account for the …

Colorado agency says it’s planning on wolf reintroduction
4 years, 1 month ago

Colorado agency says it’s planning on wolf reintroduction

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado’s wildlife agency said Thursday it considers a ballot initiative to reintroduce the gray wolf into the state to have passed after a group that opposes the initiative conceded the race and the agency consulted with the office of Gov. Two opposition groups, Coloradans Protecting Wildlife and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, issued statements Thursday saying it appeared that …

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