The Grassroots Grow for the Buffalo
* Update from the Field
* TAKE ACTION! Raise Your Voice for the Buffalo
* BFC Wish List: Reliable Vehicles
* By the Numbers
* Last Words ~An American Scene, Certainly
* Update from the Field
BFC's field patrols have been seeing many hunters in the Yellowstone boundary area but no buffalo are currently out of the park. With snow falling every day and accumulating in the high country, it is probably a matter of days before the winter migration begins. We are grateful for this time of peace and have been taking advantage of the relative calm in the field to comment on several proposed government actions (add your voice below) and continue to build a strong grassroots movement to protect the buffalo and their access to habitat.
In late January a crew from Buffalo Field Campaign traveled to Salt Lake City to attend the Outdoor Retailer's trade show. Guests of Klean Kanteen, we were following up on the successful summer show where we worked with Klean Kanteen, Patagonia, and Osprey to introduce plastic-free happy hours. Each company sold a special edition "protect habitat for all species" Klean Steel Pint at their nightly events, with proceeds benefiting Buffalo Field Campaign. These happy hours were a huge success, raising much-needed funds for BFC and preventing the wasteful use of thousands of throw-away plastic cups.
At the January show we staffed an information table in the Klean Kanteen booth, handed out hundreds of newsletters, recruited field volunteers, and met with dozens of companies to gain support for our bison protection efforts. Many companies donated products to equip our field patrols. We even ran into Michael Franti, the creative force behind the band Spearhead, who was gracious and passionate enough to record the following interview and share his thoughts on the buffalo. Thank you Michael Franti!
Buffalo Field Campaign Video 2012
Michael Franti talks about the importance of protecting the buffalo.
We would like to send a huge thanks to Klean Kanteen for inviting us to the show, continuing to donate proceeds from pint cup sales, and for being such a crucial part of the buffalo family. Thanks also to all of the amazing outdoor companies who keep finding creative ways to support our work.
For the Buffalo,
Dan Brister
Executive Director
Buffalo Field Campaign
------------------------------ * TAKE ACTION! Raise your Voice for the Buffalo.
Visit the take action links below and please spread the word among your networks of friends. Thank You!
5. Volunteer with BFC! Field volunteers are needed now through May. BFC provides room, board, gear and training, the buffalo and their landscape provide the inspiration! Please join us on the front lines in defense of America's last wild buffalo! Learn more and apply here and then email our volunteer coordinators.
6. Help keep BFC strong and effective in the field and at every level of the policy arena. Donations are tax-deductible and go directly to BFC's critical program work.
Thank you so much for taking these important actions! Please spread the word by passing these alerts on through all your networks of friends and colleagues!
Two of our patrol cars have broken down in the past week, requiring costly repairs. Both have more than 200,000 miles on them. Our Suburban, which was donated more than a decade ago by singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, has been an incredible workhorse for the Campaign, but we fear its days are numbered. If you have a spare vehicle in the driveway or you would like to donate toward the purchase of a new vehicle, please reply to this email. We are in special need of 4-wheel drive or all-wheel drive vehicles. Because BFC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, donations are tax-deductible.
AMERICAN BUFFALO ELIMINATED from the last wild population in the U.S. The last wild population is currently estimated at fewer than 3,700 individual buffalo. Wild bison are currently ecologically extinct throughout their native range in North America.
2011-2012 Total Buffalo Killed: 16
2011-2012 Government Capture:
2011-2012 Government Slaughter:
2011-2012 Held for Government Experiment:
2011-2012 Died In Government Trap:
2011-2012 Miscarriage in Government Trap:
2011-2012 State & Treaty Hunts: 16
2011-2012 Quarantine:
2011-2012 Shot by Agents:
2011-2012 Killed by Angry Residents:
2011-2012 Highway Mortality:
*includes lethal government action, trap-related fatalities, quarantine/experiments, hunts, highway mortality
----------------------------- * Last Words
It would seem to be hardly possible to imagine a more novel sight than a small band of buffalo loping along within a few hundred feet of a railroad train in rapid motion, while the passengers are engaged in shooting, from every available window, with rifles, carbines, and revolvers. An American scene, certainly.
~Theodore Davis, writing for Harpers, January 1869
Do you have submissions for Last Words? Send them to bfc-media"at"wildrockies.org. Thank you for all the poems, songs, quotes and stories you have been sending! Keep them coming!
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BFC is the only group working in the field every day
in defense of the last wild buffalo population in the
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