As the snow melts and the rivers swell, the rebirth of the earth brings the green grass up on the land. 

Mother Buffalo bursting with the next generation dance as life has turned easy again.  The hunters are all but gone, the trap is shut and 900 Buffalo will never roam again.  Many of the Buffalo carried the next generation, the ones no one counts.

Spring brings joy and hope that calm has arrived for our friends, the last wild bison.  After watching all that has happened this past winter - capture for slaughter and removal by Yellowstone National Park - we here at BFC are now active in a positive way, helping the herds through their last threat; the Buffalo migration across Hwy 191.  

This is the time when BFC can do something practical and productive to help save the Buffalo.  With our signs and our shepherding of bison off the highways at night, we feel a renewed sense of purpose.

After witnessing and documenting all the sad days the Buffalo have endured, we can finally help them.  This feeling of helping and saving Buffalo is our source of strength for the year…connecting with them and showing them people do love and honor their presence.

Maybe if we treated each other this way, we could change this world for the better and for all!

Mike Mease
BFC Campaign Coordinator

Where Buffalo Cross

by BFC Intern Stephanie Doshier

As the sun begins to break winter’s grip, the Buffalo return.

I’ve spent the last two weeks tracking their migration out of Yellowstone National Park, watching them follow ancient paths toward their birthing grounds on Horse Butte—an area just west of the park that bursts to life with the first warm days of spring.

At Buffalo Field Campaign, our roles include tracking herd movements, documenting species as they return, and putting up bright orange signs that warn drivers, “Buffalo on Road,” to prevent collisions as herds cross the highways. We monitor their numbers daily, witnessing them defend their right to their traditional range.

These wild bison, the last continuously genetic lineage of the species in the U.S., are navigating not just snowmelt and thawing rivers but a gauntlet of fences, roads, and political obstacles.

With federal environmental protections at risk and the government of Montana pushing to cut herd numbers in half, the responsibility for change now rests with those who have the courage to stand up to institutions that refuse to sustainably modify power structures that manage Buffalo.

Journalism has long been a catalyst for change and Buffalo Field Campaign carries that spirit forward by using independent, on-the-ground documentation to expose the threats facing wild bison. Armed with cameras and notebooks, we record every hazing, capture, and death. These field reports and footage cut through official narratives to deliver unfiltered truth to the public. This kind of journalism is essential. It informs the public, holds power accountable, and amplifies voices often ignored by mainstream media. These reports are tools for justice and proof that voices raised together at the right time can change the course to a better future for the last wild Buffalo.

The work is sometimes heartbreaking, but it matters. Out in the field, we’re not just observing a moment in time—we’re part of the force driving it forward.

With the Buffalo,

Stephanie Doshier, Internship Contributor
Wild Bison 2024-25 Field Season Internship

We are the guardians of hope for the Buffalo.

At the Buffalo Field Campaign, we aim to create permanent protections for Buffalo and the ecosystem that they depend on. Our coalition of Native and non-Native conservationists and peacekeepers are dedicated to protecting Buffalo in their natural habitat.

You can protect the Buffalo, too.

With the birth of Wakan Gli, Comes Holy, the white Buffalo calf born to the Greater Yellowstone herd June 4, 2024, BFC made a commitment to renew our efforts and our mission:

To stop the harassment and slaughter of Yellowstone’s wild Buffalo herds; protect the natural habitat of wild, free-roaming Buffalo and other native wildlife; and work with all people—especially Indigenous Nations—to honor and protect the sacredness of the wild Buffalo.