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| Weekly
Update from the Field September 10, 2009 |
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* It's Time! Wood Cut Week, Sept. 14-20
* BonTaj Roulet Rocks!
* Last Words
* Kill Tally
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* Update from the Field
Buffalo cow wallowing. BFC file photo.
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a larger image.
The photo of this buffalo mama enjoying her wallowing
time shares a little bit of the vision of how it can be;
buffalo simply being buffalo, living their lives without
threat of man-made borders, government policy or cattle
politics. Buffalo living without the menace of barbed
wire fences or threat of boundary hunters; buffalo living
outside the dangers of hazing, capture, quarantine or
slaughter. Free to raise their young in the buffalo way,
returning to their natal grounds to bring forth the next
generation. Free to face the natural challenges of weather
and predator and time, moving with their families as the
cycles of the seasons instruct them to do, not at the
behest of management plans or economic interests. This
buffalo gives us a tiny glimpse of a buffalo's moment
of uninterrupted bliss.
Right now, the buffalo inhabiting Yellowstone are enjoying
such times, but summer wanes and the long, cold season
will soon approach. And as they have done for millennia,
buffalo will follow their ancient migratory instincts
and leave the snowy high-country for lower elevation habitat.
But, instead of finding the life-sustaining grasses they
need to survive the hardships of winter, they will cross
the imaginary line out of Yellowstone and enter the man-made
conflict zone awaiting them in Montana. First, they will
have to dodge the bullets of "hunters" along
Yellowstone's north and west boundary, those who survive
will then have to dodge government agents. If the government
and cattle industry have their way, hazing efforts could
be much more aggressive this year.
With
your help, BFC will be ready to stand in defense of
the buffalo, document all actions made against them, and
help tell the world their story in our collective effort
to bring about positive change.
Thank you for being with us for the buffalo!
~ Buffalo Field Campaign
P.S. If you live on the West Coast we will soon announce
the dates and locations of BFC's upcoming 2009
West Coast Road Show and we hope to see
you at one of the venues!
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* It's Time! Wood Cut Week, Sept. 14-20
Beginning this Saturday, join Buffalo Field Campaign in
beautiful West Yellowstone the week of September 14-20,
and help gather, stack and cut the wood that will keep
volunteers warm and alive this coming field season. Room
and board will be provided.
Please contact Mike at mease@wildrockies.org
or 406-646-0070 if you are interested.
Please let your friends know - the more the merrier! Chain
saws are welcome!
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* BonTaj Roulet Rocks!
A special thank you and shout out to BonTaj Roulet
and our wonderful friends at The Guacamole Fund
who generously provided Buffalo Field Campaign access
to this awesome tour in Salt Lake City UT and Boise ID.
It was a wonderful show with Bonnie Raitt
and her band hooking up with Taj Mahal
and the phantom blues band to sing them blues all night
long. The tour winds up September 25 so check
their web site to see if BonTaj Roulet is coming to
your town.
A whole lot of buffalove for Bonnie, Taj, the BonTaj Collective
Action Fund, and to all of our furry friends at The Guacamole
Fund who work tirelessly to help grassroots groups like
Buffalo Field Campaign with benefit concerts, fundraising
ticket sales, and who make those special connections to
help America's last wild buffalo. Thank You!!
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* Last Words
"Ancient prairie king,
Your strong bison spirit roams.
How long to be free?"
~ Haiku written and submitted by BFC supporter Lisa M.
Banik. Thank you Lisa!
Do you have submissions for Last Words?
Send them to bfc-media@wildrockies.org.
Thank you all for the poems, songs and stories you have
been sending; you'll see them here!
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* Kill Tally
AMERICAN BISON ELIMINATED from the
last wild population in the U.S.
2008-2009 Total: 22
2008-2009 Slaughter: 3
2008-2009 Hunt: 1
2008-2009 Quarantine: 0
2008-2009 Shot by Agents: 2
2008-2009 Highway Mortality: 16
2007-2008 Total: 1,631
Total Since 2000: 3,702*
*includes lethal government action, quarantine, hunts,
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Media & Outreach
Buffalo Field Campaign
P.O. Box 957
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
406-646-0070
bfc-media@wildrockies.org
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org
BFC is the only group working in the field every day
in defense of the last wild buffalo population in the
U.S.
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