Montana Gov. Gov. Greg Gianforte wants to throw out Yellowstone National Park’s new bison management plan and reduce the ...

I didn’t expect to spend New Year’s Eve reading a 51-page lawsuit the state of Montana filed against Yellowstone National Park over its recently adopted bison management plan.

Montana officials filed a lawsuit on Dec. 31 in U.S. District court alleging that the DOI and NPS have failed to keep bison ...

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte and two agencies have raised a lawsuit to challenge the Yellowstone National Park's way of managing its bison herd, arguing that it violates federal laws.

The bison plan was finalized in 2024 amid protests from the Gianforte administration, first outlined in a 17-page letter in ...

"There's a big effort to get buffalo out of Yellowstone to tribes. A lot of tribes are interested in those Yellowstone ...

In Montana, bison have been a political pariah since the disease brucellosis was detected in Yellowstone National Park bison in 1910. The bacteria can cause pregnant animals to abort, may cause ...

argues that park officials have intentionally cut Montana out of management plans or ignored the park’s own science in an effort to boost Yellowstone National Park bison numbers and skirt ...

The National Park Service’s plan to increase bison herd sizes has drawn criticism from state officials concerned about disease transmission. Montana’s governor and state agencies filed a ...

Montana is suing Yellowstone National Park over a plan to increase the number of bison in and around the park and establish greater tolerance for their presence outside its boundaries. In a press ...