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Yellowstone to hold web meetings on winter plan

June 20, 2011

YNP webinars For those of you who did not have a chance to attend the meetings on winter use in Yellowstone Park, YNP is offering two electronic  versions over the web, A short question and answer along with oral comments will be accepted. Time, June 21 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm MDT             June 22, 5:00 pm [...]

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Yellowstone Winter Use Plan meeting tonite

June 8, 2011

Yellowstone Winter use Plan The Yellowstone Park Winter Use Plan is under review again. This issue continues to keep coming back as the greater Yellowstone Coalition wants all snowmobiles gone. There is an important meeting in Bozeman at the Holiday Inn, Thursday night from 6:30 to 9:30. We need to be at this meeting. CBU [...]

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Unmanaged roaming bison threaten public safety and private landowner rights

April 26, 2011

Park County officials want roaming bison reined in Park County commissioners and livestock industry representatives are seeking to block a new agreement that allows bison from Yellowstone National Park to roam freely in a southern Montana valley for the first time in decades. The agreement lets the burly animals linger during their winter migration inside [...]

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Bison damage private property

April 22, 2011

Wandering bison causing trouble in Gardiner Joe Sperano Sr. doesn’t blame the bison for the torn-down fencing or the irrigation pipes that have been bent in the past few weeks. “I’m not an anti-wildlife guy,” he said while standing in his driveway Wednesday. “I live in the wrong place for that.” What angers Sperano is that [...]

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Feds looking at expanding bison habitat outside Yellowstone

March 10, 2011

Montana, feds negotiating areas for buffalo to roam Montana and federal officials are negotiating a proposal to open a large area north of Yellowstone National Park to roaming bison during winter — a move that could sharply reduce pressure to slaughter the disease-bearing animals when they leave the park. Officials from several agencies told The [...]

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Bison allowed out of the park

January 6, 2011

Bison being corralled, tested; to be released outside Yellowstone’s north entrance CBU opinion; After CBU members attended meetings on the Inter agency Bison Management Plan, Their many concerns brought out about this phase 2 of the IBMP. Just a few are the containment of the 25 bison in the grazing allotment. The agency’s are taking a wait and [...]

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The taking off more Multiple Use land being sought by Park officials

December 26, 2010

Ex-park leaders urge Waterton-Glacier protections CBU opinion; This is just another series of proposed closures of public lands to multiple use. The for mentioned areas are already protected under the rules of the NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act) and already meet or exceed conditions that are important to maintaining our natural resources for our future generations, while [...]

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Interesting news from Canada

October 4, 2010

UN report buoys hopes to make Flathead a national park A United Nations report lauding the natural virtues of the Flathead River Valley has given environmentalists and wilderness advocates a big boost in their quest to have the scenic, southeast corner of B.C. set aside as a national park. Although the valley is adjacent to [...]

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Bison advocates push for new management plan

September 21, 2010

Bison advocates want new review of management plan CBU opinion: CBU members have been involved in this issue for many years. Free roaming Bison in the state of Montana means, uncontrolled Bison breaking through fences onto private ranch lands, threatening the lively hoods of ranchers in the state through the threat of transmission of brucellosis to cattle. Stage 1 and 2 of [...]

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Yellowstone National Park Winter Draft Alternatives

July 23, 2010

 Yellowstone Releases Draft Winter Use Alternatives  Work is progressing on a new winter use plan for Yellowstone National Park. > > Comments received during public scoping in January, February and March have > been reviewed and considered. They were used to help create a draft range > of alternatives, which are being released today. > [...]

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