Yellowstone News and Information

  Yellowstone National Park plan sets the stage for bison expansion in Montana

  NEWS RELEASE National Park Service announces decision on future management of bison at Yellowstone National Park Bison grazing in Round Prairie near Pebble Creek Campground NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  July 24, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  Today, July 24, the National Park Service (NPS) announced a decision about the  future management of bison  at Yellowstone National Park. The  Record of Decision , a culmination of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and National Environmental Policy Act process that began in 2022, will allow the NPS to manage bison based on new scientific information and circumstances that have changed since the previous EIS, completed in 2000. The NPS is implementing this decision because of new scientific information about bison and brucellosis transmission and changed circumstances that include fewer cattle near the park, brucellosis regulations, and Tribal hunting. ...

  NEWS RELEASE National Park Service releases a Final Environmental Impact Statement for bison management at Yellowstone National Park Bison along Rose Creek in Lamar Valley NPS/ Neal Herbert Subscribe    |  What is RSS News Release Date:  June 6, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  Today, June 6, the National Park Service (NPS) released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for a Bison Management Plan at Yellowstone National Park. The FEIS presents a broad range of actions for  managing bison  inside the park. This plan allows the NPS to manage bison based on new scientific information and changed circumstances, explore ways to increase the transfer of bison to American Indian Tribes, and continue working closely with Tribal Nations and agency partners in management. The purpose of the EIS is to preserve an ecologically sustainable population of wild and migratory bison while continuing to wor...

How A Dream To Bring Back Wild Buffalo Is Slowly Decolonizing Tribal Land

  Yellowstone captures 29 bison as first groups migrate outside park

  NEWS RELEASE 116 Yellowstone bison transferred to Fort Peck Tribes Bison leaving Stephens Creek, headed to Fort Peck as part of the Bison Conservation Transfer Program NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  February 14, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – During the week of Feb. 5, the National Park Service (NPS) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) moved 116 Yellowstone National Park bison to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Montana. The  Bison Conservation Transfer Program  continues to make history, having relocated the largest number of live Yellowstone bison to American Indian Tribes in the world. The bison transferred to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation included 108 males, four females and four calves.   Since 2019, a total of 414 Yellowstone bison have been transferred to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes at Fort Peck. Nearly all of those bison and their offspring have then bee...

  Yellowstone, Montana Officials Disagree on Bison Management

  National Park Service releases a draft Environmental Impact Statement for Bison Management at Yellowstone National Park        Bison along Rose Creek in Lamar Valley         NPS / Neal Herbert MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  The National Park Service (NPS) released today a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Bison Management Plan at Yellowstone National Park. The Draft EIS introduces a broad range of actions for managing bison inside the park. This plan allows the NPS to evaluate bison management based on new scientific information and changed circumstances, explore ways to reduce bison being sent to slaughter, and to continue working closely with Tribal Nations and agency partners in management. The Draft EIS will also consider the bison management actions likely to occur on lands outside the park in Montana, while acknowledging the NPS does not have jurisdiction or control over actions such as hunting or tolerance for bi...

Group proposes tribal confab in Fort Hall to discuss co-management of Yellowstone bison

Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1150 Bison

112 Yellowstone bison transferred to Fort Peck Tribes      Group of bison standing in the dark with light behind them. Yellowstone bison cows wait to be reunited with their calves at the Fort Peck Reservation.           Greater Yellowstone Coalition/Emmy Reed                                                                                                                         MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – During the week of January 10, the National Park Service (NPS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) completed the transfer of 112 Yellowstone bison to the Fort Peck Indian ...

  Interagency Bison Management Plan bison operations begin in Yellowstone National Park MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Bison operations began at the Stephens Creek administrative area in Yellowstone National Park late last week (week of Feb. 13). Bison capture and shipping operations begin when bison migrate from the interior of the park into the Gardiner (Montana) Basin and may continue through late March. Bison operations at Stephens Creek happen as part of the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP), whose partners include federal, state and Tribal groups. The 2022 winter operations plan recommends removing 600 to 900 animals from Yellowstone’s population of more than 5,000 bison. The population will be reduced using three methods: 1) public and Tribal hunting outside the park; 2) capturing bison near the park boundary and then transferring them to Native American Tribes for processing and distribution of meat and hides to their members; and 3) the Bison Conservation Transfer Progra...

Yellowstone National Park holds meetings on bison plan update

  NEWS RELEASE National Park Service begins Environmental Impact Statement for bison management at Yellowstone National Park and 30-day public comment period       Bison and Electric Peak sunrise       NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  January 31, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , 307-344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Bison Management Plan at Yellowstone National Park Friday, Jan. 28. With this announcement, the NPS introduces a broad range of actions for managing bison inside the park. This plan allows the NPS to evaluate bison management based on new scientific information and changed circumstances, explore ways to reduce bison being sent to slaughter, and to continue working closely with Tribal Nations and agency partners in management. The EIS will also consider the bison management actions likely to occur on lands ...

  Putting Bison Genetics Under The Microscope At Yellowstone

NEWS RELEASE 28 bison transferred from Yellowstone to Fort Peck Tribes; Partners celebrate another positive step for bison conservation Bison leaving Stephens Creek, headed to Fort Peck as part of the Bison Conservation Transfer Program NPS / Jacob W. Frank MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Wednesday, January 12, the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck Indian Reservation completed the transfer of 28 Yellowstone bison to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Montana, under the Bison Conservation Transfer Program. All the bison completed Phases I & II of the brucellosis quarantine protocol at Yellowstone National Park and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) facilities and will finish assurance testing (Phase III) at Fort Peck (see information below for details about the protocol). The National Park Service (NPS), APHIS, State of Montana, and Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes started the Bison Conservation Transfer Program to identify brucellosis-free bison...

  Bison from Yellowstone National Park coming to tribal lands in Oklahoma, Washington

  56 Bison transferred from Fort Peck to tribal lands

  Up to 900 Bison to Be Removed From Yellowstone This Winter also Questions & Answers about Bison Management - NPS