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  • Fewer elk to be fed on National Elk Refuge

    Ralph Maughan

    In response to a past lawsuit, the National Elk Refuge at Jackson, Wyoming has announced it will feed fewer elk, probably, therefore, reducing the size of the Jackson Hole Elk Herd. The plan is to also reduce the Jackson Hole bison herd by half, a good idea because, unlike Yellowstone Park bison, the Jackson bison…

  • Gov. Schweitzer Hears From Montanans Opposed To Bison Policies

    Ralph Maughan

    Gov. Schweitzer Hears From Montanans Opposed To Bison Policies. Residents, Hunters, and Bison Advocates Communicate Distaste with Current Bison Management. Here is the latest news from the Buffalo Field Campaign. HELENA, MONTANA. Montana residents from Yellowstone’s gateway communities in Gardiner and West Yellowstone, along with hunters and members of Buffalo Field Campaign, will meet with…

  • Buffalo Field Campaign. News from the Field. Jan. 18.

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana is continuing with its phony bison hunt. That’s the hunting season for bison in a state that allows no bison. If some wander outside of Yellowstone Park, a hunter with a permit gets a chance. Otherwise, the state just collects money and provides no ground for the bison to live even though plenty of…

  • Greater Yellowstone Coalition says Let Jackson Hole bison spread out

    Ralph Maughan

    There are too many bison in Jackson Hole, and the rate of infection with brucellosis is far higher than the much persecuted (by Montana) bison of Yellowstone Park. The problem is the winter feeding of the bison at the National Elk Refuge. The presence of the bison only complicates the already grave problem of feeding…

  • More on the contamination of bison DNA with cattle genes

    Ralph Maughan

    This time the article is in the New York Times. Although it isn’t the only uncontaminated herd of bison, this is another reason with conserving the Yellowstone Park bison is so important, and I think a reason to let them set up and live adjacent to, but outside Yellowstone Park on public land, which is…

  • USFWS has a "genetics based" approach underway for national wildlife refuge bison to eliminate cattle genes

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the story. Unfortunately many bison on various national wildlife refuges are polluted with cattle genes. This program will help eliminate that.

  • Biologist: Bison hurt National Elk Refuge at Jackson, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    Doug Brimeyer, wildlife biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Jackson, said there are “way too many” bison, and hunters can’t help thin the herd significantly. This is from the Casper Star Tribune. Story by Whitney Royster. There is a bison hunt every year on the Bridger-Teton National Forest, adjacent to Grand Teton…

  • Buffalo Field Campaign, update from the field. Frigid Weather, Empty-handed Hunters

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest news release from the Buffalo Field Campaign. Once again, the West Yellowstone area has claimed the title of the coldest place in the lower 48 states. This morning’s frosty low temperature is 20 below zero. Monday’s low temperature reached way down to -32 F. Throughout the week, BFC volunteers have been…

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