Press Releases-
2012/2013

8/21/05- Biosecurity Regs, Funding Hamper Vaccine Research
by Nadia White, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

8/19/05- Scientists: Brucellosis Effort Needs Funding
by Jeffrey Jacquet, Jackson Hole Tribune

8/02/05- Governor in town to talk bison, bathrooms, By David Warner, West Yellowstone News

7/08/05- Montana Revives Plan for Bison Hunting Season
by Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

5/18/05- Reps. Maurice Hinchey and Charles Bass Call for End to Yellowstone Buffalo Slaughter; House Bill Receives Broad Bipartisan Support U.S. News Wire

5/15/05- Thinking big about bison, By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

5/14/05- Our prayers should be with Buffalo Field Campaign
Letter to the Editor, Billings Gazette

5/12/05- Wyoming Outdoors: Buffalo should be treated like other wildlife, Bob Krumm, Wyoming Outdoors, Billings Gazette

5/10/05- Brucellosis in Madison elk causing concern
By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

5/07/05- Fear, loathing over buffalo treatment, By John Potter, Billings Gazette Guest Opinion

5/06/05- BFC counters DOL's claim regarding incident
Letter to the Editor, by Justine Sanchez, West Yellowstone News

5/06/05- Six bison killed by semi-truck in late night collision, By Marlo Pronovost, West Yellowstone News

5/06/05- Bison harassed by day, dodge semis at night, Letter to the Editor, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

5/05/05- Brucellosis vaccine workshop scheduled, By The Associated Press, Casper Star Tribune

5/05/05- Bison good, journalist bad, Letter to the Editor, Missoula Independent

5/05/05- Bison group cries foul over missing records, AP, Jackson Hole Star Tribune

5/03/05- Bison highway death toll hits at least 13, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

5/02/05- Polskie Radio, Audio Story "Face the Bison", mp3 6:56

4/28/05- Audio Interview with Mike Mease on San Francisco Indy Media (mp3- 15.2MB, 16:44)

4/22/05- Feds could alter brucellosis policy, By Brodie Farquhar, Jackson Hole Star Tribune

4/14/05- DOL captures 51 bison
By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

4/10/05- All in the name of buffalo, By Nick Gevock, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Special Feature on the Buffalo Field Campaign

4/08/05- Alleged paint ball assault under investigation
By Marlo Pronovost, West Yellowstone News

4/07/05- Speak for the wild bison with your dollar
Letter to the Editor, Missoulian

4/07/05- Montana chases bison back into Yellowstone, by Angus Thuermer, Jackson Hole Zone

4/07/05- Bison pushed back into Yellowstone, By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette

3/31/05- Three yearling bison sent to quarantine, By Karin Ronnow, Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer

3/30/05- Livestock Agents Slaughter America's Last Wild Buffalo
By Stephany Seay, Environmental News Service

3/30/05- First bison sent to quarantine facility near Gardiner, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

3/25/05- 3 Yellowstone bison sent to slaughter, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

3/25/05- State sends three bison to slaughter, By Karin Ronnow, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

3/20/05- Reborn buffalo nickel not universally lauded, Symbolic meaning may vary with the beholder's ethnicity or environmental views., By Douglas Brown, The Denver Post

3/17/05- Second bison capture facility planned, By Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer

3/15/05- Commission adopts disease plan, By Jeff Gearino, Casper Star-Tribune

3/15/05- Test-and-slaughter plan gets nod
By Jeff Gearino, Casper Star-Tribune

3/14/05- Schweitzer reaching out to 'the first Montanans', By Sarah R. Craig, Associated Press Writer, Havre Daily News

3/14/05- State plan works to slow CWD, By Jennifer McKee, Missoulian

3/14/05- Shays sponsors bill to protect Rockies
By Neil Vigdor, Greenwhich Time, CT

3/13/05- On the job (Undulant fever), By Nadia White, Casper Star-Tribune

3/13/05- Down, but not out (Undulant fever), By Nadia White, Casper Star-Tribune

3/13/05- CUT undergoes change of perception, By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

3/12/05- Yellowstone Bison Hunt, CNN.COM Transcript, For international news segment

3/11/05- Official: Reduce the rancor, By Whitney Royster, Casper Star-Tribune

3/11/05- Bison, Letter to the Editor, Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Idaho

3/09/05- Blue Planet: The flight of the monarch, By Dan Whipple, UPI

3/04/05- Lousy enough job without feds, Letter to the Editor, Casper Star-Tribune

2/25/05- Interagency Bison Management Plan is out of control, Letter to the Editor, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

2/24/05- Rehberg sees brucellosis as wildlife crisis, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

2/24/05- 'Clean' without feedgrounds By Brodie Farquhar, Casper Star-Tribune correspondent, Jim Laybourn, Casper Star-Tribune correspondent

2/22/05- Wild horses, By Chris Heyde, National Horse Protection Coalition, Montana Standard Butte

2/22/05- BUFFWatch - Montana Bison Bills Update By Darrell Geist

2/22/05- Lawmakers kill bison bill, By SCOTT McMILLION, Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer

2/22/05- Whose governor?, Letter to the Editor, Helena Independent Record

2/21/05- Ted Turner's advice: Eat more bison, CNN founder selling Montana bison meat in 31-restaurant chain, By Rachel Brand of The Scripps Howard News Service, Montana Standard Butte

2/20/05- The Wolf Effect, By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Writer

2/18/05- Bill divides state bison obligations, By Bob Anez, Associated Press Writer, Helena Independent Record

2/17/05- Norton says change will take time, By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer

2/16/05- Norton a believer after snowmobiling, By Becky Bohrer , The Associated Press , Salt Lake Tribune

2/12/05- American Indian Movement Statement to be read by the Buffalo Field Campaign before the Montana Legislator

2/11/05- Commissioner complains bison hunt meeting was illegal, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

2/11/05- Elk and bison wariness of predators seen as check on plant damage, By Michael Milstein, Newhouse News Service, Seattle Times

2/11/05- Wyoming's bison hunt goes on with little notice
By Mark Henckel, Billings Gazette

2/10/05- Bill would protect identities of ranchers with diseased cattle
By Robert W. Black, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

2/08/05- Bison Range Employees Given Removal Notices
Action Against Refuge Workers While Congressional Review Pending,
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Environmental Media Service

2/08/05- Two new bison bills introduced in Legislature, By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

2/07/05- Montana tribes in line for bison permits, By Ron Selden, Indian Country Today

2/06/05- Schweitzer right about elk feeding grounds Letter to the Editor, Billings Gazette

2/05/05- State plans to vaccinate bison, By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

2/05/05- Yellowstone, Serengeti parks share similarities
By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette

2/05/05- Oh, give me a home where the buffalo chromosomes roam
If new blood makes a play, isolated herd to survive on range
By Betsy Blaney, Associated Press, Rocky Mountain News.com

2/01/05- Use bison for wolf control, Letter to the Editor, Casper Star Tribune

2/01/05- Bill sets aside tags for tribes if bison hunt resumes
By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

2/01/05- Stampeding politics, Montana governor's bold bison plan angers hunters and rights' groups alike, By Rebecca Huntington, Los Angeles Times

1/31/05- Wyoming doesn't warm to elk plan, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

1/31/05- Once almost extinct, bison roam freely on the range, Published in the Asbury Park Press, SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE

1/28/05- Only answer is killing?, Letter to the Editor, Montana Standard, Butte

1/28/05- Let American Indians hunt park buffalo, Letter to the Editor
Billings Gazette

1/28/05- Schweitzer's bison plan would set off a dark chain reaction
Letter to the Editor, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

1/27/05- Buffalo or bison? There is a difference, By The TIMES-STANDARD, Eureka, CA

1/27/05- Montana outdoors: Wyoming quietly offers well-run bison hunt, Mark Henckel, Billings Gazette

1/26/05- Schweitzer gets bison advice, By Jennifer McKee, Billings Gazette

1/26/05- Indians can manage just fine, thank you, Letter to the Editor
Missoulian

1/25/05- Montana Public Radio KUFM Missoula (mp3- 1:55)
BFC meets with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

1/25/05- Bison activists want disease targeted, not animals, By Bob Anez, AP, Billings Gazette

1/25/05- Schweitzer's bison plan is ambitious ... too ambitious, OUR OPINION, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

1/24/05- State to test brucellosis-infected elk on feeding grounds
AP, Casper Star Tribune

1/24/05- One FWP commissioner was right on bison hunt, Letter to the Editor, Billings Gazette

1/23/05- Letters to the Editor, Helena Independent Record

1/22/05- Letters to the Editor, Billings Gazette

1/20/05- Wildlife officials to test quarantine of bison, By Mike Stark,
Billings Gazette

1/20/05- Schweitzer's bison plan filled with uncertainties By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette

1/20/05- New FWP commissioners hit ground running, By Thomas Mendyke, Helena Independent Record

1/20/05- Bison quarantine project nears, By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette

1/20/05- Schweitzer knows what hunting means to this state
Letter to the Editor, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

1/19/05- Bison plan draws mixed reviews, By Whitney Royster, Casper Star-Tribune

1/18/05- Schweitzer plans to end brucellosis in park herd, By Jennifer McKee, Billings Gazette

1/17/05- Bison hunt, Idaho State Journal, Letter to the Editor

1/16/05- Schweitzer pounced on bison issue, By Bob Anez - AP Political Writer, Helena Independent Record

1/16/05- Canceling bison hunt put an end to father-son plans
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Letter to the Editor

1/16/05- Letter's to the Editor (3), Billings Gazette

1/14/05- Brucellosis panel finishes work, By Brodie Farquhar, Casper Star-Tribune

1/11/05- FWP goes ahead with bison hunt drawing
By Mark Henckel, Billings Gazette

1/10/05- Montana agency cancels planned bison hunt near Yellowstone , Bob Anez, Associated Press

1/10/05- Montana Public Radio KUFM Missoula (mp3- 3:44)
FWP Cancels Bison Hunt

1/06/05- Commission agrees to consider canceling hunt, drawing postponed, By Bob Anez, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

01/06/05- Governor would end bison hunt, Associated Press,
Billings Gazette

01/06/05- Bison hunt concerns gov., By Bob Anez, Associated Press Writer, Helena Independent Record

01/06/05- Montana Public Radio KUFM Missoula (mp3- 2:58)
Schweitzer appoints three new members to Montana Fish Wildlife Commission who favor post poning bison hunt, revote on Monday 1/10/05

01/06/05- Montana Public Radio KUFM Missoula New Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer has reservations about Bison Hunt (mp3-1:08)

01/06/05- Bison hunt opponents seek license, By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette Staff

01/03/05- Bringing home the buffalo, By Jeff Gibson for the Montana Standard

12/27/04- Majority against bison hunt By The Helena Indepent Record

12/26/04- Plenty of applicants for bison hunting licenses
By Mark Henckel, Billings Gazette

12/21/04- Bison to be vaccinated, LA Times

12/04- Radio Commercial by BFC for Satellite Radio, mp3 audio clip

12/19/04- Bison hunt approaches near Gardiner
By Scott McMillion, Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer

12/19/04- Montana commission approves bison hunting
Casper Star Tribune (WY)

12/19/04- Kind of strange perspective but...
Helena Independent Record, Letter to the Editor

12/17/04- Montana Public Radio KUFM Missoula
Buffalo Hunt Hearing Helena, MT (mp3 -4:32)

12/15/04- Fish and Wildlife to recommend limited bison permits
By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

12/13/04- Why Vaccinating Wild Buffalo is Wrong
By Dan Brister, Helena Independent Record, Op Ed

12/10/04- Comments slightly favor bison hunt, By Paula Clawson, Livingston Enterprise

12/09/04- Why not vaccinate bison? By The Helena Independent Record

12/08/04- Buffalo Field Campaign Interview on
World Talk Radio- American Indian Movement Today- Listen Here!

12/06/04- Bison numbers in Yellowstone at historic high, By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette

12/06/04- Test confirm northeast elk brucellosis-free, By Dustin Bleizeffer, Casper Star-Tribune

12/05/04- Livestock department proposes vaccinating bison that leave Yellowstone, Associated Press, Billings Gazette

12/01/04- Montana's bison story is unfair & unbalanced, Elizabeth Laden's Mountain Views, Island Park News

November/December 2004- Concerned about both its livestock industry and national image, Montana struggles to manage bison spilling from Yellowstone National Park, by Tom Dickson, Montana Outdoors

11/30/04- Wandering park bison caught, will be killed
Gazette Staff, Billings Gazette

11/30/04- Bison to be killed after straying from Yellowstone
Casper Star Tribune

11/23/04- Bison slaughter in Yellowstone should anger all of us
Kathleen Stachowski, South Bend Tribune

10/21/04- Schweitzer touts hunting plan
By WALT WILLIAMS, Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer