Bison—also known as buffalo—once ambled across North American prairies in enormous herds, with their full population reaching the tens of millions. Indigenous peoples across the continent relied on ...

The prairie grasslands of central Montana have been the focal point of wild bison restoration attempts for many years. So far, past bison rewilding efforts have met with little success in our ...

The programmatic environmental impact statement does not indicate where in Montana bison restoration will happen, but instead gives guidelines for project proposals that aim to expand bison ...

Bison are an important keystone species, meaning they shape the ecosystem around them, and are imperative for restoring grasslands. Without the continued progress of bison reintroduction to Tribal and ...

There has recently been a lot of press about bison being designated a free roaming animal in Montana. As a retired cattle rancher, I would like to raise a few thoughts that have not been brought ...

Bison were critical ecosystem influences on grasslands of North America, particularly in the Great Plains “bison belt.” They provided prey or carrion for ...

Haaland also announced $25 million in federal spending for bison conservation. The money, from last year’s climate bill, will build new herds, transfer more bison from federal to tribal lands ...

Bison have pretty much been “odd ungulate out” when it comes to restoration efforts. Deer and elk are found throughout the West, and bighorn sheep and mountain goats are relatively widespread ...

The Interior Department announced Friday, March 3, that it’s putting $25 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding toward bison restoration.

Bison once numbered in the tens of millions in the United States. Now, a nonprofit is working to restore the shortgrass prairie, where the American icons and their ecosystem can thrive again.

A Montana legislator attracted national attention recently by placing bison at the center of an elaborate conspiracy to “bring our populace into perfect dependence on big government” and drive the ...

U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous ...