bison

A 47-year-old woman from Phoenix was gored by a bison as she was near the Lake Lodge Cabins on the north shore of Lake Yellowstone on Monday morning.

Jaedin Medicine Elk writes, "The laws made by men can be unmade by men and now is the time to “un-make” the “management plan” that is decimating wild Buffalo Nation and allow them to once again roam free."

The group was initially told that 1,186 bison were killed in tribal and state hunts, and 1,223 bison total were lost due to hunting or other reasons, which drew some gasps from members of the public in attendance.

The tale of the American buffalo is first tragic and then slightly hopeful. So documentarian Ken Burns decided to film those two eras as parts of a three-act story, leaving the last act for future generations to tell.

Jaedin Medicine Elk and Stephany Seay write, "The Montana Stockgrowers Association called buffalo advocates “selfish.” How absurd is that when it’s the livestock industry that wages the largest war against wildlife and wildlands?"

J. Gudgell writes, "As the global scientific community and the Biden administration now recognize, it’s up to the Tribes to determine how wild bison should be managed, working cooperatively with federal wildlife biologists and ecologists."

The Red Sleep drive at the National Bison Range will be open this Friday, and the Balsam Root is in full bloom, ready to greet visitors.

Mike Garrity writes, "Not only would protecting bison under the Endangered Species Act end the slaughter, it would also help recover grizzly bears and wolves since both feed on winter-killed bison within Yellowstone National Park."

Tom Woodbury writes, "The era of favoring livestock interests to the exclusion of a viable population of wild buffalo on public lands has passed."

Stephany Seay writes, "Since the Interagency Bison Management Plan’s last report two weeks ago, close to 75 additional buffalo have been killed by ‘hunters’, while Yellowstone has captured nearly 430 others."