Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Wild wolves? Wildlife. Wild elk? Wildlife. Wild grizzly bears? Wildlife. Wild bison? Livestock. What the . . . ? Yes, you read that correctly. Wild bison are considered livestock in the State of Montana, and thus the Montana Department...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I recently read American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of buffalo in North America. It's a fascinating read, one that will leave you...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yellowstone National Park estimates that approximately 3,300 bison currently roam its wild landscape. The Park's annual summer bison population estimate, which is based upon aerial surveys conducted over the summer, was released on Friday. Yellowstone's bison are the only...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Numerous notable news stories regarding wildlife in the West have surfaced in the past week regarding various critters that call the Rockies home. Here are a few of them: Requests for bison from Yellowstone National Park, which have been quarantined since...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday, oral arguments were presented before a Montana district court judge in the Montana Stockgrowers Association's lawsuit against the State of Montana over bison management on the Horse Butte peninsula in Montana. The Stockgrowers Association and two Montana cattle...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restored Montana's brucellosis-free status yesterday. That is good news for the State of Montana and its livestock producers. Brucellosis is a disease that causes pregnant animals to abort,...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A recent article in the United Kingdom's Daily Telegraph discusses a study published in the current issue of the journal Endangered Species Research, which found that of 24 large mammals that once migrated in the hundreds of thousands, six of...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In what has senselessly become an annual rite of spring in Montana, the state's Department of Livestock (DOL) killed four buffalo yesterday that were naturally roaming outside the western border of Yellowstone National Park. Their crime? Being wild, free-roaming...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
According to a recent Associated Press story, approximately 500 to 600 buffalo that naturally migrated out of Yellowstone National Park this year were hazed back into the park with helicopters, horses, and ATVs by the Montana Department of Livestock...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On Sunday, people gathered from far and wide to honor Yellowstone's buffalo on the Horse Butte peninsula in Montana on the west side of Yellowstone National Park. The traditional ceremony was led by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper...continued→
