The Buffalo WarThe State of Montana is killing the last free ranging and genetically pure wild Buffalo (bison) when they stray from Yellowstone National Park. Find out why and what you can do to stop it.Debunking Brucellosis Myths- June 28, 2008 Montana just lost its brucellosis-free status, just as Idaho and Wyoming have in recent years, and stockgrowers and politicians blame the bison and elk herds living in Yellowstone National Park. But who's really at faulthttp://www.newwest.net/topic/article/debunking_brucellosis_myths/C37/L37/ 2,400 Yellowstone bison dead- June 28, 2008 Yellowstone officials say more than half of the Park's 4,700 bison have died this winter. The new estimate comes after recent aerial surveys that wildlife managers used to revise estimates of winter-killed bison from roughly 400 animals to roughly 700 animals. The winter-kill estimate is in addition to roughly 1,700 animals killed by humans this winter, most of which wildlife managers captured and sent to slaughter for attempting to leave the Park near the North and West entrances.http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=2971 BFC's Mease Promoting "canned" Buffalo Hunt- June 28, 2008 "What we need is habitat, we need permanent year round habitat in the state of Montana then we can have a hunt, then we can start to look at these different management options, but right now we're doing everything for the cow and not the buffalo," said Buffalo Field Campaign's Mike Mease. One thing the two sides do agree on, this is not the final solution to the land battle between bison and livestock owners.http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/17880429.html National Park Service Funds Bison Agreement- June 28, 2008 The National Park Service has agreed to provide federal funds in support of a grazing rights and bison access agreement which will allow the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) to move forward. The deal was announced in Bozeman this afternoon by Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Suzanne Lewis, Church Universal and Triumphant, Inc., President Kate Gordon, and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer.http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/08024.htm Video of the Releasing of the Spirits Ceremony- June 28, 2008 On April 15, Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota Nation held a Releasing of the Spirits Ceremony for the thousands of wild buffalo killed in recent years in and around Yellowstone National Park. The prayer was held north of Gardiner, near the site of the Park's Stephen's Creek bison trap. http:buffalofieldcampaign.orgmediavideobisonvideos0708ArvolLookingHorse.rm http:buffalofieldcampaign.orgmediavideobisonvideos0708ArvolLookingHorse.wmvhttp://buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/video/bisonvideos0708/ArvolLookingHorse.mov Food Banks buy Buffalo meat at 55 cents per pound- June 28, 2008 The slaughter this winter of almost one-third of Yellowstone National Park's wild bison has benefited tribes and food banks across Montana and other states, which have received an estimated 600,000 pounds of meat. (There are no numbers available detailing charitable donations from the Stock Growers Association in Montana. Why do you think that is)http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/04/25/news/local/18-bisonbank.txt Wild bison herds can withstand losses, park says- June 28, 2008 With the remaining bison population at 2,300, state and federal agencies involved in the Interagency Bison Management Plan have stopped sending bison to slaughter. "Our job is to maintain a wild bison population, and we won't take any action that endangers the population as a whole," said Al Nash, park spokesman.http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/04/26/news/state/21-bisonherds.txt FWP considers YNP bison grazing agreement- June 28, 2008 The commission will also be asked to endorse a grazing rights agreement on the Royal Teton Ranch to allow for bison north of Yellowstone National Park and west of the Yellowstone River. Commission spokeswoman Diane Tipton says the pane's endorsement of the federal-state agreement is a formality. The state commission will meet Thursday, May 15 at 8:30 a.m. in the Ullman Center at Dawson Community College in Glendive.http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/05/07/news/wyoming/25-bison.txt Hazing of bison to begin in West Yellowstone- June 28, 2008 Several hundred bison will be hazed back into Yellowstone National Park beginning Wednesday and lasting for several weeks, under a program to prevent the spread of a livestock disease.http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/08030.htm Buffalo Allies of Bozeman Is Founded- June 28, 2008 New group takes a grass roots approach toward advocacy of buffalo in the Yellowstone area. "We believed we needed to build a community of action so that the slaughter we have seen this year, where over 1,600 animals have been killed, never happens again," said Mel Schroeder, one of the members of Buffalo Allies of Bozeman. Contact: Chris Klatt 406-599-3629 lodgepoleriseup.nethttp://www.buffaloallies.org/ |