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Yellowstone officials have backed down from their expected quota for bison management this year—scrapping the proposed number entirely in fact.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released a statement regarding this year’s proposal to cull 1,000 bison through hunting and trapping.

Bison capture operations have begun in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park has released its bison population estimates for 2014.

It was quite the eventful end to this year’s Yellowstone bison slaughter, with 600 bison — more than anticipated — removed from the herds and a protester arrested and released after blocking the entrance to the Stephens Creek bison trap for two hours.

Another traffic woe in Yellowstone National Park, this time out of West Yellowstone: attempts to haze bison back into the Park could affect traffic between the West Entrance and Madison Junction, so exercise caution.

A Park County judge has issued a temporary restraining order against two Montana state agencies, preventing them from allowing Yellowstone National Park bison from grazing in the Gardiner Basin, pending a full hearing.

The arrival of spring is good news for Yellowstone National Park bison penned at the Stephens Creek Bison Capture Facility, as a phased release back into the Park has begun after officials determine there's enough forage to support feeding.

Seventeen members of Congress released a letter today calling for National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis to review and redraft the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) that oversees Yellowstone National Park bison -- even though the IBMP has mostly halted the slaughter of wandering bison.

Four Yellowstone National Park bison were shot and two were killed by someone seeking to haze roaming bison from Gardiner, the day after Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) officials met with locals to discuss a plan to allow bison grazing in the Gardiner Basin.