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Earthjustice is using the power of the law to restore and recover wildlife — including bison.

Opinion from D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

Harmful practice of winter feeding leads to overcrowding and diseases

Each winter, the federal government feeds approximately 8,000 elk and 900 bison, or buffalo, on the 24,700-acre Jackson Hole National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. This winter feeding program began in 1910 after growing human development in the Jackson Hole region intruded on winter ranges for native wildlife, and has continued ever since. Now, however, it has…