In Memory and Honor of Wild Buffalo Advocateshttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/in-memory-and-honor-of-wild-buffalo-advocates

04 September 2016 Diné Bikeyah Grace Jeffers in honor of Ellen LaNicca Jentry Lee in honor of Jason Hull Rebecca Vitale Mandich in honor of Native Americans Lyndly Martin in memory of David R Turnbough Yolanda Ochoa in memory of Lilly Ochoa Julie Parker in memory of All...

Threats to Buffalo, and Now Elk, Increase in Yellowstone Country https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/threats-to-buffalo-and-now-elk-increase-in-yellowstone-country

11 August 2016 They didn't recommend more buffalo on a larger landscape. They didn't suggest that ranchers learn to co-exist with the native wildlife who were here thousands of years before them. What the IBMP agencies did recommend is opening Yellowstone’s Stephens...

With Migration Underway, Wild Bison Need Our Helphttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/with-migration-underway-wild-bison-need-our-help

29 December 2016 humans. Along both boundaries, hunters, who have only to call a state-run “buffalo hunt hot line” to find out if the native bovines have left Yellowstone’s boundary, await their easy prey. Unless the buffalo make the hard choice not to migrate and...

National Mammal in Peril! Yellowstone Begins Capturing Wild Buffalo for Slaughter! https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/national-mammal-in-peril-yellowstone-begins-capturing-wild-buffalo-for-slaughter

09 January 2017 in full swing. Wild buffalo are being hunted along Yellowstone’s border by hunters who hold Montana tags, and by four Native tribes — the Confederated Salish & Kootenai, Nez Perce, Shoshone Bannock, and the Umatilla Confederacy — who hunt buffalo under...

Opportunity to Speak Up for Wild Buffalo! Public Meetings Set for New Gallatin National Forest Planhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/opportunity-to-speak-up-for-wild-buffalo-public-meetings-set-for-new-gallatin-national-forest-plan

26 January 2017 capture hundreds of buffalo that were shipped to slaughter. It’s time for decision makers to serve the needs of this iconic native species that has naturally returned to land that is their birthright. Please get involved in the forest plan revision....

Our National Mammal Under Fire: Act Now!https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/our-national-mammal-under-fire-act-now

26 January 2017 migratory buffalo. Unfortunately, they don’t see that their “hunts" are a direct service to Montana's intolerance for these native bovines whose only “crime” is that they eat grass. Make no mistake: BFC stands in strong solidarity with treaty rights and...

Bison Advocates Rally For Week Of Action Beginning February 14https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/bison-advocates-rally-for-week-of-action-beginning-february-14

13 February 2017 in West Yellowstone. Friday, February 17: Special event in Helena, Montana We will have the honor of being joined by Native speakers and legislators. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Meet on the steps of the capitol. Saturday - Sunday, February 18-19: Rallies in...

As Buffalo Slaughter Continues, Opposition and Solidarity Growhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/as-buffalo-slaughter-continues-opposition-and-solidarity-grows

23 February 2017 intention behind these killings: to cater to the whims of Montana livestock interests who don’t want to share the land with native wild buffalo. Amidst the outrage of Yellowstone and Montana's sheer wanton destruction of our national mammal — the last...

Yellowstone & Montana Can Stop the Slaughter Todayhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/yellowstone-montana-can-stop-the-slaughter-today

09 March 2017 minority. Nearly 75% of Montanans have repeatedly expressed that they want wild, migratory buffalo to be restored in their native Montana. Wild bison are not overpopulated. In fact, they are ecologically extinct throughout their native range. The...

Opportunity to Speak Up for Wild Buffalo! Public Meetings Set for New Gallatin National Forest Plan https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/opportunity-to-speak-up-for-wild-buffalo-public-meetings-set-for-new-gallatin-national-forest-plan-updated

24 August 2017 capture hundreds of buffalo that were shipped to slaughter. It’s time for decision makers to serve the needs of this iconic native species that has naturally returned to land that is their birthright. Please get involved in the forest plan revision....

Standing in Solidarity with Indigenous Allies: BFC Supports Name-Change Declarationhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/standing-in-solidarity-with-indigenous-allies-bfc-supports-name-change-declaration

21 September 2017 names of a war criminal who massacred defenseless women and children, and a white supremacist who advocated the genocide of Native people, have in the world’s first national park, which – oh, by the way – was inter-tribal Indian land for over 10,000...

Rebecca Smithhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/rebecca-smith

13 December 2015 actively litigates environmental and civil rights cases that have a real, practical effect on the world. Her cases protect native forests, grizzly bears, bison, elk, and native trout species, as well as the First Amendment rights of those working in the...

Update from the Field: Yellowstone’s Buffalo Trap is Open for Slaughterhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/update-from-the-field-yellowstone-s-buffalo-trap-is-open-for-slaughter

22 February 2018 BFC photo by Stephany Seay. In a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon, Yellowstone did not fail to point out that Native American tribes would be shipping the buffalo to slaughter. Aiming to shift the blame away from themselves, while it is true...

Update from the Field January 31, 2019https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/update-from-the-field-january-31-2019

31 January 2019 been “corridors, not quarantine,” allowing for the migratory species to walk the earth and restore themselves on their native lands on their own terms. Only the human is in the way of this happening; human behavior can change to allow this natural...

Update from the Field: Hunting and Potential Capture Begins in Gardiner Basinhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/update-from-the-field-hunting-and-potential-capture-begins-in-gardiner-basin

26 February 2020 Plan, who continue to try and divide us as they attempt to prevent these sacred beings from restoring themselves on their native habitat. Beattie Gulch. A hunting landscape that is a recipe for disaster. The buffalo population must be allowed to...

America Must Come to Grips with its Wrongshttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/america-must-come-to-grips-with-its-wrongs

09 July 2020 was formed on the backs of slaves we took as our property from Africa. The welcoming to the new continent came from the Native American tribes. They taught us how to survive in the new world, what to eat and all the other knowledge needed to keep us...

On the Buffalo Trail - November 2020https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/on-the-buffalo-trail-from-the-desk-of-the-executive-director-november-2020

19 November 2020 Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign. The month of November began with my participation in the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) Native Service’s Virtual Teen Summit. This virtual summit hosted over 900 teens from across the country. The theme Be There was...

On the Buffalo Trail: From the Desk of BFC's Executive Director, May 2021https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/on-the-buffalo-trail-from-the-desk-of-bfc-s-executive-director-may-2021

11 May 2021 will continue to educate our members and the public on the atrocities of Yellowstone bison mismanagement. Recently, eight Native American Montana legislators sent a letter to the Biden Administration seeking leadership for bison restoration on federal...

Buffalo Field Campaign Hosts House of the Moonhttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/press-release-buffalo-field-campaign-hosts-house-of-the-moon

08 June 2022 is to end the ongoing atrocities and injustices around Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). While Native Americans only comprise 2% of the U.S. population, the murder rate is ten times higher than the national average for women...

Yellowstone Bison Need A Safe Wildlife Crossinghttps://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/yellowstone-bison-need-a-safe-wildlife-crossing

09 November 2022 (oxymoron alert) plan for bison, we can still celebrate the re-establishment of the 15,000+ year-old relationship between native tribes and wild Buffalo - after 150 years of forced separation - even if only in the form of tribal hunts in...