Utah’s wide-open country, like much of the plains and the West, was bison range for millennia. It sustained not only these ...

Bison thriving in what could best be described as borderline unsurvivable weather conditions. There aren't any warming ...

Across Montana’s eastern plains, few sights register as strongly as a bison herd navigating open grassland. Although the grizzly bear is the official state animal, the plains bison has come to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Montana’s official state animal remains the grizzly bear, selected by schoolchildren in the early 1980s. Grizzlies represent ...

Through the years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hasn’t been known for a willingness to stand up to political pressure. So I was surprised in mid-December when the agency took back control of the ...

MOIESE — The annual roundup at the National Bison Range has been postponed due to tinder dry conditions and weeks of smoke that have pushed back maintenance necessary for the event to be safe. The ...

Such legislation, which would require the approval of Congress, would place the refuge’s 18,766 acres in trust for the tribes, and leave it to them to manage and operate. The Fish and Wildlife Service ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Starting today at the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Bison Range crews will be performing road construction from the Y intersection to the Visitor Center. This construction ...

If all you want from a visit is to see bison, you won’t have to drive 19 miles to do it. On a pre-opening-day tour with Bison Range volunteer Dave Fitzpatrick earlier this week, we barely had our ...

The move, FWS officials said, brings the Bison Range in line with the fiscal realities that other refuges have been dealing with since flat-line budgets from Congress and the Bush administration began ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Bison Range in Moiese reports at least 40 new calves have been spotted this spring. Last weekend was the first weekend of 2024 under summer hours. Visitors ...

Patience and timing pays off when hoping to catch a glimpse of bison calves born this spring at Minneopa State Park. Carol Bator of Austin proved it so. Bator arrived late Friday evening, prior to the ...