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...
my personal choice notto hunt buffalo is a decision I wouldn’t ask any indigenous person to do. The lives of buffalo and Native Americans are intertwined, and have been since time immemorial. While I have refrained from taking the life of a buffalo, I...
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 beallowed to...
a buffalo for the selfie station. Panelists discuss how to protect wild buffalo. Left to right: Dr. Doreen Martinez, PhD, Native American Studies,CSU; Jonathan Proctor, Director, Defenders of Wildlife; Mike Mease, BFC co-founder; James Holt, BFC...
congressional “power of the purse” that could re-direct taxpayer money to truly benefit America's last wild bison in its native habitat. BFC supports fiscal and operationaltransparency as regards public funds used to destroy this living national...
Thursday, October 3, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Corvallis, OR Oregon State University Native American Longhouse Eena 311 SW 26th St Corvallis, OR 97331 Map Contact: Casandra 541-207-6394 Learn how to save and protect Yellowstone’s wild buffalo! Join Buffalo Field...
case, your reasoning, rationale, and evidence in written form. Here are tips for developing comments to strengthen Alternative D for American bison in the Custer Gallatin forest plan revision. 1. Lead with your strength. Your strength may be your...
during this special fundraiser in honor of BFC co-founder Rosalie Little Thunder. Funds raised will be used to support Native outreach efforts, other Native-focused programs, as well as the 2nd Annual Rosalie Little Thunder Memorial walk, which you can...
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...
Thursday, September 20, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Corvallis, OR Oregon State University Native American Longhouse Eena 311 SW 26th St Corvallis, OR 97331 Map Contact: Casandra 541-207-6394 Thursday, September 20, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Corvallis, OR Oregon State...
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...
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...
Instead of Girl Scouts, my father enrolled my older sister and I in “Indian Princesses.” Here I had my first taste of some Native American traditions such as crafting, fire making, and living close to the earth (aka camping). During high school and...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Special event in Helena, Montana Friday, February 17 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. Special event in Helena, Montana Friday, February 17 We will have...
migratory buffalo. Unfortunately, they don’t see that their “hunts" are a direct service toMontana'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...
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...
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...
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...
policy for wild bison is blamed on the fear that bison may transmit brucellosis, a European livestock disease given to native wildlife by livestock. There has never been a documented case of a wild bison transmitting brucellosis to cattle. Further,...
policy for wild bison is blamed on the fear that bison may transmit brucellosis, a European livestock disease given to native wildlife by livestock. There has never been a documented case of wild bison transmitting brucellosis to livestock. Further,...
group Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC). "Wild bison must be provided habitat within Montana's borders, must be respected as a native wildlife species, and must be managed by the state's wildlife agency before a hunt can be considered legitimate." On...
wild, genetically pure, unfenced bison left in the country. They are the only bison to have continuously occupied their native range and they are the last bison to follow their natural instinct to migrate. Like other wild ungulates, the region's harsh...
wild, genetically pure, unfenced bison left in the country. They are the only bison to have continuously occupied their native range and they are the last bison to follow their natural instinct to migrate. Like other wild ungulates, bison move to lower...
wild, genetically pure, unfenced bison left in the country. They are the only bison to have continuously occupied their native range and they are the last bison to follow their natural instinct to migrate. Like other wild ungulates, bison move to lower...
trap. A female bison also died in the facility on Thursday. US Homeland Security agents have been escorting the country's native wild bison to slaughter facilities in Montana and Idaho, some as far away as 500 miles. "We have entered the bloodiest...
wild, genetically pure, unfenced bison left in the country. They are the only bison to have continuously occupied their native range and they are the last bison to follow their natural instinct to migrate. Like other wild ungulates, the region's harsh...
wild, genetically pure, unfenced bison left in the country. They are the only bison to have continuously occupied their native range and they are the last bison to follow their natural instinct to migrate. Like other wild ungulates, the region's harsh...
Stephany Seay of the wild bison advocacy group Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC). "Destroying nearly 800 of the country's last native wild buffalo to appease one small cattle ranch should be a punishable crime." Some of the bison captured by the Park Service...
bison herd, America's only continuously wild herd, now numbers fewer than 4,000 animals. Wild bison are a migratory species native to North America andonce spanned the continent, numbering an estimated 30 to 50 million. Some of the bison captured by the...
policy to "protect and maintain a wild, free roaming population of Yellowstone bison," the grim reality is that no other native wildlife is subjected to official eradication efforts on the scale that is occurring within Yellowstone. While most of the...
bison herd, America's only continuously wild herd, now numbers fewer than 3,500. Wild bison are a migratory species native to North America and once spanned the continent, numbering an estimated 30 to 50 million. Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group...
under their care." The Yellowstone bison herd is America's only continuously wild herd. Wild bison are a migratory species native to North America and once spanned the continent, numbering an estimated 30 to 50 million. Buffalo Field Campaign is the...
that once thundered across the Great Plains. Mike Mease of the Buffalo Field Campaign said, "The buffalo are sacred to Native American tribes, they are an integral part of ournative grasslands ecosystem and a celebrated icon of the American West, yet...
of transmitting brucellosis, are being slaughtered to appease Montana cattlemen who are unwilling to share the range with native wildlife." According to a press release issued by the park, the current slaughter is designed to keep buffalo "away from...
received more than 13 million tax dollars in 1998 for land and conservation easements intended to provide winter range for native buffalo. Yellowstone is the only place in America continuously occupied by native buffalo. The park provided sanctuary to...
Service who was present during the haze confirmed the incident. "Once again, the people entrusted with protecting our native wildlife have proven themselves incapable of fulfilling their duties while in the service of livestock interests," noted Ted...
frustration toward GovernorSchweitzer and FWP, and demand year-round habitat for wild bison in Montana." Wild bison are native to Montana yet ecologically extinct everywhere outside of Yellowstone National Park. Montana provides no year-round habitat...
neighborhood. They received a response from the DOL that essentially said their concerns would be ignored. Wild bison are native to Montana yet ecologically extinct everywhere outside of Yellowstone National Park. Montana provides no year-round habitat...
than 5,000 Yellowstone bison. Buffalo Field Campaign also testified that $13,000,000 in Congressional funding to protect native wildlife habitat in Yellowstone has failed to benefit wild bison. In 1999, Congress funded the $13,000,000 acquisition of the...
contrary to a November 2006 agreement signed by all Interagency BisonManagement Plan officials, which is supposed to allow native wild bison access to public lands though May 15. This is the third time in three weeks that the IBMP agencies have ignored...
contrary to a November 2006 agreement signed by all Interagency Bison Management Plan officials, which is supposed to allow native wild bison access to public lands though May 15. This is the third time in three weeks that the IBMP agencies have ignored...
that they are not the source of infection and likely that cattle are responsible for the transmission. Wild bison are native to Montana yet ecologically extinct everywhere outside ofYellowstone National Park. Bison management currently falls under...
buffalo continue to follow their instincts, migrating into Montana where they find suitable habitat. American buffalo are native to all of Montana yet remain ecologically extinct. "Wild buffalo are not 'park' animals and they continue to demonstrate...
Plan and maintains that wild bison should be allowed to naturally and fully recover themselves throughout their historic native range,especially on public lands. More than 1,300 wild American bison have been eliminated from the remaining wild population...
Gallatin National Forest in Montana. Yellowstone is home to America's only wild bison who have continuously occupied their native habitat. This winter, Yellowstone National Park and the State of Montana have engaged in an unprecedented slaughter or...
Plan and maintains that wild bison should be allowed to naturally and fully recover themselves throughout their historic native range, especially on public lands. Bison are a migratory species native to vast expanses of North America and are...
recognizing wild bison as a valued wildlife species in Montana, and to provide year-round habitat for this prehistoric native species. Advocates will also ask their state legislators to support the Montana Wild Buffalo Recovery & Conservation Act of...
to exhaustion. Pregnant bison, fleeing the agents, sometimes miscarry. Hazing operations disrupt the all of the area's native wildlife. At least two grizzly bears have been caught up in the agency's recent hazing operations. Wolves, moose, elk, Sand...
Park and the Montana Department of Livestock - spend millions of federal dollars to enforce Montana's intolerance for native bison. Government agents have killed more than 3,600 wild bison since 2000. "We are very excited for the opportunity to bring...
advocates. "Removing the barbed-wire fencing on Duck Creek will help migrating buffalo and other wildlife access their native habitat," said Buffalo Field Campaign Habitat Coordinator Darrell Geist. "Highway 287/191 is a major thoroughfare that bisects...
in 1997 to stop the slaughter of Yellowstone's wild bison, protect the natural habitat of wild free-roaming bison and other native wildlife, and to work with people of all Nations to honor the sacredness of the wild bison. BFC has its headquarters in...
in 1997 to stop the slaughter of Yellowstone's wild bison, protect the natural habitat of wild free-roaming bison and other native wildlife, and to work with people of all Nations to honor the sacredness of wild bison. Buffalo Field Campaign has its...
of livestock interests who tried to force the court to adopt their extreme position and prevent bison from occupying their native habitat in Montana," says Summer Nelson, Montana Director for Western Watersheds Project and one of the attorneys...
“The wild bison living in and around Yellowstone National Park are the only bison in America to continuously occupy their native habitat since the days when tens of millions migrated freely across the continent,” said BFC Executive Director Dan Brister....
profoundly tragic event," said Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign spokeswoman. "These buffalo are a national treasure, a native keystone species beloved the world over, and arethe most important bison population in the world. Yellowstone should be...
bison population that exists. They are the last to identify as a wildlife species and ecologically extinct throughout their native range. They've been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List for being "threatened with near...
bison population that exists. They are the last to identify asa wildlife species and ecologically extinct throughout their native range. They've been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List for being "threatened with near...
and their habitat. Some of the primary effects from livestock include: direct damage to vegetation structure; alteration of native plant communities; changes to soil characteristics; significant threat of disease transmission from livestock to...
adding to our comprehensive collection of scientific data, video footage, and personal experiences with buffalo in their native habitat. Our patrols document every action against the buffalo, and support a wide range of other activities designed to...
Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) has protected and defended wild Buffalo since 1997. As part of our ongoing advocacy for alternative, holistic management plans, we hold this Summit in response to Haaland’s call for tribal co-management. At this historic...
to see much more wildlife including coyotes, eagles, pronghorn and bighorn sheep. I had the chance to learn aboutNative cultures and American culture. I am also learning to deal with winter conditions that for me, having never seen snow before, is quite...
people together to help protect the buffalo. With the help of BFC’s supporters and the campaign’s strong connection to Native Tribes, you have all helped provide year-round habitat for buffalo on places like Horse Butte, and will figure out ways to do...
protect and sustain these pathways for not only bison, but for all the moose, grizzly bears, elk, wolves, and so many other native species that use these same routes. The best path forward is the implementation of wildlife crossing structures along...
The Board of Directors of Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) is composed of experienced grassroots activists, Native Americans, filmmakers, photographers, and representatives from the scientific, conservation, and business communities. BFC’s Board Members...
share. We have fought for many issues and created positive change for many of them. From reducing and removing toxins, to Native rights and forest defense all around the world, and other activities such as ecosystem protection, mine disruption, various...
through industry practices and the buffalo management plan will only help CWD spread. It is time we prioritize helping ournative wildlife and people over an invasive livestock species we call the cow. It is time we rested the management of our last wild...
America. Also recognizing the sacred relationships going back for thousands of years with the Original Peoples (we call Native Americans) and the Buffalo. A relationship so sacred many tribes refer to the Buffalo as their relatives. Mary and I talked...
Patrols in Montana and Yellowstone National Park during the Field Season work tirelessly to safeguard buffalo in their native habitat and document threats to our National Mammal. We proudly acknowledge our Indigenous foundation and leadership, actively...
government alone, has good science and fair practices on their side. This when the National Park Service’s best alternative offers only 3500-7000 Wild Buffalo, all contained inside Yellowstone National Park! The colonial wheel continues to spin....
Get an insider’s look at the importance of wild migratory buffalo and the work of BFC to restore wild bison to their native habitat across the nation! Podcast Alerts: First “Listens” to our BFC podcasts with reminder emails on when to tune in Two fun...
works so diligently to protect Yellowstone National Park’s Wild Buffalo herds and the natural habitat that supports the native wildlife of the park. FLOAT - For the Love of All Things – twice a year, FLOAT creates merchandise (tshirts, hoodies, and...
reintroduction on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, which would provide myriad benefits for the lands, other native wildlife and people. Which if you think about it, is kind of a positive development. Montana has effectively told the U.S....
Field Patrols to observe and protect Buffalo during their migration from Yellowstone National Park to lower elevations in native habitat in the surrounding area to sustainably graze during the winter months and calve in their traditional calving...
ecosystem,” Geist added. BFC’s mission is to 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. The 25-year...
Plans, advocacy of legislation, petition collection, and public comment periods Experience or Partnership Experience with Native American Tribes Volunteering for Campaign: If a bison protection related or BFC-initiated activity does not fall under the...
is to be commended for being more progressive in this regard than any previous administration. Biden appointed our first Native American Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo and a 35th generation New Mexican. Our National...
Interior initiative will help advance bison restoration efforts to grasslands, which can enhance soil development, restore native plants and wildlife, and promote carbon sequestration, providing benefits for agriculture, outdoor recreation, and Tribes....
your support in whatever way you can so that these bison and their future generations can once again roam free across their native landscape. Let the buffalo roam! From all of us here at BFC: THANK YOU, Mackenzie! Your presence with us and with the...
of their original population, to slaughterhouses is inhumane, and has the effect of re-traumatizing survivors of the Native American Holocaust who, as the perpetrators' descendants well-know, view buffalo as family, as relations, as sacred kin. It...
Alliance for Appropriate Representation in Durango, CO and the Fort Lewis Buffalo Council, as well as founding the ASU Native American Law Student Association Pro Bono Committee. These organizations promoted the diversity and well-being of college...
over 12,000 wild bison senselessly slaughtered.” BFC continued, “That renewed pogrom on bison, experienced as trauma by Native Americans, has never formally been sanctioned by the courts — including in the case from which it sprang, which was dismissed...
piles of pregnant cows are left to rot near the Old Yellowstone Rd, creating an unreasonable risk of vehicle collisions for native predators. These state-imposed conditions abuse the buffalo, our national mammal, just as they abuse the sacred hunting...
allow us to accomplish our 25-year mission, and begin to realize our shared vision: “a world in which buffalo and all other native wildlife are allowed to exist for their own sake, are given priority on public lands, and herds are allowed to maintain...
7.0 and9.0. According to the study’s conclusions, “Duck Creek is a bison migratory path as well as being habitat of other native species that are found in Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin National Forest.” Cumulatively, then, the study found...
ecosystems where humans have constrained large mammal assemblages in favor of livestock and monocultural croplands. Native grasslands represent the largest potential for achieving the kind of restoration needed to draw CO2 down from the atmosphere into...
We have a two-year window right now during which both the Department of Interior and the Park Service are headed up by Native Americans, and Yellowstone’s herds are a candidate species for listing as threatened or endangered because of threats from...
7.0 and 9.0. According to the study’s conclusions, “Duck Creek is a bison migratory path as well as being habitat of other native species that are found in YellowstoneNational Park and the Gallatin National Forest.” Cumulatively, the study found 68% if...
and Senate, and all statewide offices from the Attorney General, to the Governor, and Secretary of State, defenders of native wildlife and public trust lands will need to increase our vigilance and unite together as a force for good. Our message to...
Video Festival, and the International Wildlife Film Festival. He has worked as an undercover videographer for Greenpeace, Native Forest Network, and BearWatch. His footage has been broadcast on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, A&E, the Discovery Channel, as...
The Rev. Dr. Samuel Weddington (Sam) is a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church, USA. He is a native of southwest Virginia. He is married to his wife, Rev. Grace Kim, who is from South Korea and is also a Presbyterian minister. They...
state, hell, the whole country. Jeff is also a skateboarder and has helped the Stronghold Society construct skate parks in Native American communities to provide activities for youths. Jeff has been a supporter of Buffalo Field Campaign for many years....
will also be along to share some of his wildly popular bison videos and spin some colorful tales. We're delighted that Native flute musician extraordinaire Mignon Geli will grace our traveling roadshow with her presence once again this year, lifting our...
on BFC’s Board of Directors. I will continue to advocate for the return of wild buffalo roaming freely across their native habitat, and respect and honor of the importance of the buffalo’s rightful place in the American landscape. Read about another BFC...