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  • Agreement reached to let Yellowstone Park bison to roam outside Park at Gardiner

    Ralph Maughan

    Some good news at a time of general craziness- A “Bison conservation area” will be established in the Gardiner Basin, and for the first time it looks like migrating bison that cross the Yellowstone Park boundary on the north end will be allowed to roam rather than be shot or trucked off to slaughter. Although…

  • Buffalo Field Campaign: On-the-ground activism

    Ken Cole

    Here are a couple of articles about the Buffalo Field Campaign and how they, and other groups are funded.  Contrary to popular belief BFC’s top paid people don’t make much money (trust me, I know this because I am on their Board of Directors).  BFC is also very efficient with its money and has very…

  • Poll Finds Strong Public Support for Bison Restoration in Montana

    Ken Cole

    In February the National Wildlife Federation conducted a poll of 400 Montana voters and found that they are strongly in support of bison recovery in Montana.  Particularly, 70% say they support recovery in areas such as the Spotted Dog WMA near Deer Lodge and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge which covers 1.1 million acres in central…

  • Herd of wild bison living in Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness

    Ralph Maughan

    Their origin is not known- The Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains is large and rugged. It’s in extreme NE Oregon near Washington and Idaho. This herd of 25 bison is of unknown origin. What a happy discovery! The Eagle Cap Wilderness,  the nearby Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness and areas in Oregon’s Blue Mountains are also…

  • Penned Yellowstone National Park bison eat a lot of hay

    Ralph Maughan

    The 600 temporarily captured bison eat about 6 tons of hay a day- For whatever the real reason Montana’s Governor Schweitzer spared the bison captured at the northern boundary of Yellowstone Park, most folks on this forum were pleased. The bison do eat a lot of hay and, of course, the feeding increases the chance…

  • When Elk Fly

    Ken Cole

  • Montana, feds negotiating areas for buffalo to roam

    Ken Cole

    If these negotiations are successful and result in the goals outlined then this would be a significant milestone in the buffalo wars that have raged since the mid 1990’s. The arbitrary nature of the hazing and slaughter that has taken place over the years has taken a large toll on bison and cost millions of…

  • Yellowstone National Park Finally Has a New Superintendent. Tell him to STOP Slaughtering Yellowstone’s Buffalo! Now!

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from Paul Richard’s blog at Alternet. Other articles by Richards can be found at http://blogs.alternet.org/paulrichards/. Richards is a journalist with more than 43 years’ experience in Western politics and resource issues. He has served as editor or co-editor of three newspapers, newsman and editor for The Associated Press, and elections manager for The…

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