The lawsuit was filed on St. Patrick’s Day after the board, at its Feb. 17 meeting, voted unanimously to issue a moratorium on new bison grazing leases.

As First Nations across the Prairies see bison in their communities for the first time in decades, a new memorandum of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American Prairie's bison have been grazing on public lands in Montana since 2005. The U.S. Department of the Interior has said it ...

As the Bureau of Land Management’s 45-day final decision deadline approaches, supporters and opponents of a January 16 decision to revoke American Prairie’s bison grazing leases are weighing its poten ...

Wallows create seasonal pools that trap rainwater, support amphibians and insects, and reshape prairie biodiversity. Despite common usage, the official label buffalo (Bison bison) clashes with biology ...

Buffalo, in football and life, just can’t catch a break. Last fall, I drew attention to the heated debate over American bison (Bison bison) grazing on federal (public) and private lands in Montana ...

Preventing total extinction necessitated a successful recovery from a remnant population of only 1,000 bison. The Homestead Act of 1862 turned 160-acre parcels into logistical obstacles for natural ...

When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America’s largest land mammal. But what I didn’t expect was for a ...

Oklahoma did not choose the American buffalo as its state mammal simply because it looked good on souvenirs and roadside signs. In 1972, state lawmakers chose the bison for this role because it tied ...