buffalo

Jason Belcourt writes, "Buffalo restoration is not a threat to Montana. It is a gift. It is a chance to repair the land and honor the first peoples of this place. Montana can choose partnership. Or it can choose conflict."

Today, very few bison remain. In a way, you could blame the fur traders who decimated the populations of mink, beaver and otter, causing a shift to buffalo pelts to make stylish clothing for the eastern population.

Reps. Tyson Running Wolf and Tom France write, "We can cling to outdated policies that ignore history, science, and treaty obligations—or we can honor tribal leadership, uphold the law, and restore a species that once defined this land."

Steve Kelly writes, "The long-term preservation of this unique wild genome is important to buffalo, to indigenous peoples and to the world."

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."