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Stephany Seay writes, "It is time for a cease-fire in the so-called buffalo hunts that take place on the western and northern edges of Yellowstone National Park."

The Gianforte administration sharply criticized the options presented and said it might reconsider the tolerance zones it previously agreed to that allow bison to roam in small areas outside the park.

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.

Those involved say this is a once-in-a-generation investment and their goal is to stop mining and protect the ecosystem.

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 Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is a place where artists, storytellers and scholars from the 27 Native American tribes that are associated with the park connect with Yellowstone 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."

On Tuesday, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation.

George Wuerthner writes, "What is amazing to contemplate is how the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the last functioning temperate zone landscapes where natural processes still dominate a portion of the landscape."