The state of Montana and the National Park Service say they will collect information for a possible new plan to manage bison herds at Yellowstone National Park.
On Tuesday, March 4, a spiritual leader of the Blackfeet tribe was stopped by security at the Montana Capitol while attempting to bring a bison heart into Montana governor Steve Bullock's office.
Are the bison on Montana's Fort Peck Reservation wildlife or livestock? That's the question Montana District Judge John C. McKeon is being asked to decide in a court motion issued by a collection of pro-ranching groups.
The Montana Supreme Court decided today, June 19, that Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks did not break the law when it transferred bison from Yellowstone to the Fort Belknap Reservation.
A mature bull bison that roamed from a buffer area outside Yellowstone National Park north of Gardiner in southwestern Montana has been shot and killed by state officials.
A group of Yellowstone Bison, on media mogul Ted Turner's Montana ranch, are now the subject of a legal fight between environmental groups seeking the reintroduction of wild bison and Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.