Buffalo Field Campaign and Horse Butte landowners seek increased tolerance for bison in cattle-free zone outside western boundary of Yellowstone National Park

Bison safety on prime spring calving grounds at stake

Cattle conflict non-existent

Bison safety on prime spring calving grounds at stake

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

Winter foraging north of Yellowstone Park at issue

Judge rules cattle grazing on public land that prompted buffalo slaughter should be halted

Bison transfer to Fort Belknap tribes to proceed

Letter from Earthjustice attorney Timothy Preso requesting state and federal agencies to cease all bison hazing, harassment and slaughter on the Horse Butte Peninsula in Montana.

Rejects unreasonable demand to return to widespread buffalo slaughter

The Montana Stockgrowers Association and two other plaintiffs filed a state court lawsuit seeking to order the capture, hazing, or slaughter of bison (also known as buffalo) by a Montana state agency in the Horse Butte area just outside the west boundary of Yellowstone National Park. In response to recent land management changes that have…

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Montana judge rejects effort to classify wild bison as“livestock”

A group of 27 bison occupying privately owned grazing lands outside of Yellowstone National Park’s western border were detained by authorities on May 24. The group of animals included 12 newborn calves, 12 mothers, and three juveniles. The Montana Department of Livestock led the raid with support from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and…

This short video shows one of the migratory paths that Yellowstone bison take out of the park’s western boundaries into the Gallatin National Forest. They end their journey at lower elevation at the Horse Butte peninsula. It is here the first grasses of spring grow and the bison have their calves. The green and yellow…

As wild bison return to the plains, ranchers target them as livestock

Sharks are crucial for a healthy ocean, but overfishing is killing them. This bill takes a step in the right direction.

This new approach will help the agency protect marine biodiversity.