Tag Archives: Stephens Creek

Journalist, Wild Bison Advocate Sue Yellowstone National Park and NPS

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A journalist and a wild bison advocate have sued the National Park Service over access to Yellowstone’s Stephens Creek Bison Capture Facility.

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Montana Bison Hunting Season Starts Sunday, November 15

Parts of southwestern Montana will open to bison hunting Sunday, November 15.

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Bison Capture Operations Begin For 2015

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Bison capture operations have begun in Yellowstone National Park.

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Release of Penned Yellowstone Bison Begins

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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.

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Captured Yellowstone Bison to be Released Into Park

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Yellowstone Bison

There will be no more slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison this spring, as National Park Service (NPS) officials say the 770-plus bison penned at the Stephens Creek and Corwin Springs facilities will be released back into the Park.

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IBMP Expands Yellowstone Bison Holdings; No Slaughters

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As Yellowstone National Park bison continue to wander outside the Park boundaries in search of food, the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) partners are now holding hazed bison in the USDA's Brogan Bison Facility while a new management strategy is being discussed.

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Citizens Input Sought on Yellowstone Bison Management

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With some clear disagreements emerging over the management of Yellowstone National Park bison during winter months when they head out of the Park, citizen input is being sought on the issue. The first meeting of Yellowstone Bison “Citizens Working Group” is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7:15 p.m. in the large community room at the Bozeman Public Library. The meeting will be facilitated by Virginia Tribe, and it is open to all interested citizens.

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Schweitzer Halts Yellowstone Bison Slaughter, Citing Brucellosis Concerns

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Yellowstone Bison

Oh, irony of ironies: Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has effectively stopped the slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison penned at the Stephens Creek facility over concerns that the bison may transmit brucellosis to cattle on their way to slaughter. Really.

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Yellowstone Bison Slaughter Debated in Court

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A coalition of environmental groups has filed suit in U.S. District Court, asking that a planned slaughter of brucellosis-infected Yellowstone National Park bison be stopped, with the Interior Department arguing that the management proceed.

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300 Bison Hazed Back into Yellowstone — But Their Fate is Uncertain

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Yellowstone Bison

A heavy snowpack is causing Yellowstone National Park bison to move outside the northern boundary of the Park: today around 300 were hazed back to the Park's Stephens Creek facility, where those testing positive for brucellosis are expected to be slaughtered.

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