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The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sep 13, 1920
Today – Wool From Bisons.
The wool of the American bison surviving in the national parks is no longer to go to waste. It will be clipped, the bisons permitting and made into clothing for the park rangers. In national parks, laws protect bisons, deer and other animals from their enemies, the wolves, and men. There would be no lack of wool, no lack of meat if the government all over the country would protect sheep from their enemies, the dogs. In one state sheep farming is given up almost entirely in order that foolish individuals may have the pleasure of owning 400,000 dogs, useless, except to flatter their masters by pretending to think them superior.
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MONTANA
THE WEST
WFSB-TV in Anchorage did not explain how the hefty moose gained entry to the hospital, but it showed a video of it strolling through the waiting room. The animal snacked on some of the room’s potted plants — “Oh, he’s hungry,” an employee guessed — then turned around and moseyed out the open front door.
In Montana, a similar story involved a bison named “Tonto the Buffalo,” which escaped from a backyard pen in the Bitterroot Valley. Walking at a “leisurely pace,” reports KPAX-TV, Tonto visited backyards until his owner appeared, whereupon the bison “followed his owner back home.”
- YELLOWSTONE LIVE: In the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, for the first time, live, we will be fitting cameras to America’s heaviest land mammal. “Bison Cam” will offer a unique perspective on the life of this awesome, iconic animal. We’ll also employ a unique, “Burrow Cam” to bring live footage of prairie dogs in their underground homes. Elsewhere in this magnificent wilderness, the latest state-of-the-art technology will reveal lives of Yellowstone’s wildlife in intimate detail. We’ll be following beavers inside their lodges, bald eagles and their young on in their nest, and many other animals as they emerge from their brutal winter.
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TEXAS
History carved into Palo Duro Canyon area
Edmond Sun
The other big attraction in the area is in Canyon, Texas, west of the park but an ... The oldest, largest historic museum in Texas, this museum is an area ... of these orphans, the Goodnights helped save the plains bison from extinction. |
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The case for cows is not just a bunch of bull
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
I got to wondering how much manure a buffalo produced every day. Being a parasitologist, I have always considered myself somewhat of an expert on manure. I'm not as good as lawyers, of course, but better than most physicians. So it was surprising how difficult it was to find information on buffalo manure on the internet. However, there is comparable information for cows and other grazing animals of various kinds.
A mature Holstein is about the same size as an American bison, or buffalo, and ... Adult male buffaloes weigh up to 2,000 pounds and females run about ... is a professor emeritus of biological sciences at Colorado Mesa University. |
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OKLAHOMA
Where buffalo are home
NewsOK.com
Bison stand in secured pens a few hundred feet from the front office at Rockwell RV Park in Oklahoma City. Owner David Miller finished runner-up in a ... |
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NORTH DAKOTA
Buffalo Land
Jamestown Post Journal
Tour companies are signing up participants for wildlife safaris, and there's already wolf-watching trips and self-guided bison tours in North Dakota. |
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WASHINGTON
Bison case ends in mistrial
Port Townsend Leader
The bison case will be retried if the parties cannot reach a resolution short of trial, ... The bison have been under the care of Center Valley Animal Rescue, ... Black Beauty Ranch, a 1,400-acre animal sanctuary in Murchison, Texas. |
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NEBRASKA
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Canada
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Ireland
Baby bison Fota
Echo Live
A baby European bison has been warmly welcomed at Fota Wildlife Park, as part of its ongoing efforts to help regrow the species population. |
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Europe
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Tribal
#ThisWeekInWYHistory: Two Nations, One Reservation
County 17
The Shoshone were the first tribe in the Great Basin region to obtain the horse. They ventured northward and, after conflict with other tribes inhabiting the ... Sixty million bison were indiscriminately slaughtered in an effort to deprive ... |
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Legislation
Bill taps into the Wild and Domestic side of bison.
The Montana House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that clarifies the definition of “wild bison” and "wild buffalo." Officials said the bill closes loopholes and makes sure those who have domestic bison are paying the per capita fee on an animal in which there is growing popularity and consumption.
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DVM & Business
Bison managers, I need your help for only 10 minutes
Are you a bison producer or manager?
My name is Jeff Martin and I am a graduate student working with Dr. Perry Barboza at Texas A&M University. We are conducting a research study about bison manager decisions and practices as they relate to warming summers on both working and conservation grasslands & rangelands. I am emailing to ask if you to take about 10 minutes to complete a survey for the research project. Participation is voluntary, and your answers will be anonymous. The survey will close on March 13, 2019.
If you are interested, please click on the link for the survey: https://tamuag.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5atmPdFiINfiHsh (privacy statement: this is an anonymous link and anonymous survey, we will not track your IP address).
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at jeff.m.martin@tamu.edu or Dr. Perry Barboza at psbarboza@tamu.edu.
Thank you for taking the time to give us your thoughts.
Best,
Jeff Martin
PhD Candidate
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department, Texas A&M University
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Misc
Barnyard Basics: Cattalo or beefalo: Bison crossbreeding
Post Register
Barnyard Basics: Cattalo or beefalo: Bison crossbreeding ... of “bison preserves” like the National Bison Range in western Montana (created in 1908 on the Flathead Indian Reservation at Moiese, near Missoula).
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Yellowstone
A tense bison encounter in Yellowstone
Travel Weekly (blog)
When I first arrived in Montana for one of Tauck's special Ken Burns' ... have an exciting -- though scary and somewhat troubling -- bison encounter.
Mont. Judge Tosses NEPA Suit Over Yellowstone Bison
Bozeman Daily
February 21, 2019, A Montana federal judge on Wednesday tossed a suit by a conservation group claiming the federal and ..A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice said the agency “is pleased with the court’s decision.”John Meyer, attorney for Cottonwood, said he plans to appeal the case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.Yellowstone’s bison migrate out of the park each winter in search of food. A multi-agency management plan calls for reducing the population. The population was estimated at about 4,500 last fall, and managers agreed to try to cull between 600 and 900.Hunting and a capture-for-slaughter program are the main ways managers try to control population numbers. Several Native American tribes have asserted treaty rights to hunt in the area. The state of Montana also offers a limited number of bison tags.Cottonwood filed this lawsuit in 2018. The complaint pointed to an increase in the number of tribes asserting hunting rights based on treaties signed with the federal government. At least six tribes hunt bison each winter, and much of the activity takes place in a small area on the west side of the Yellowstone River known as Beattie Gulch. Nearby residents have complained for years about safety because of the number of hunters flocking there, and the lawsuit argued an increase in the number of hunters would make it worse. It argued the bison management plan needed to be supplemented to reflect the increase in the number of hunters. The suit also argued that the plan should be updated to include new information about brucellosis and a change in what the park considers to be the population objective. |
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 National Bison Association
Canadian. SD Entries Popular with GTSS Judges, Buyers
Wolverine Bison Co. from Saskatchewan, CA garnered the Gold Trophy prizes for two-year-old and yearling bulls at the annual gold Trophy Sale in Denver last week, while Trails’ End Bison in South Dakota grabbed two Gold Trophies in the female categories.
Roughly 100 head of live bison consigned at the Gold Trophy Show sold for a combined total of $423,000 during Saturday’s auction at the National Western Stock Show.
See the full results at https://bisoncentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2019-Sales-Results-Web.pdf.
New Online North American Bison Registry Launched
Introducing the newly developed NABR web page and software function for the NBA membership. Whether you are registering animals for the first time, registering animals on-going, or just looking around for possible breeding stock candidates, the web page provides you a look that has never been offered.
More and more people want knowledge about lineage and historic connections that their bison, or the bison they are considering, have. The NABR web page provides pedigree information and phenotype records (pictures) that result in your ability to make knowledgeable decisions about your part in the 'Great American Bison Story'.
Learn more at https://bisoncentral.com/bison-registry/
Workshop Set for Farmers’ Marketers in Harrisburg, PA
Bison Association Seeks to Strengthen Producers’ Direct Marketing Skills
Increasing profitability of farmers’ market booths, on-farm stores and agritourism enterprises will be the focus of a special training workshop for bison producers and other growers at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8th at the Harrisburg East Red Lion Hotel, Harrisburg, PA. READ MORE
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