Interior Moves to Evict Hundreds of Bison From Montana Prairie
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management revoked the American Prairie Foundation’s grazing license in Phillips County, Montana, paving the way to remove about 900 bison so federal lands can be used for cattle; the move—rooted in the Taylor Grazing Act—has drawn praise from ranchers and Republicans but opposition from environmentalists and Native tribes, with relocation costs running into hundreds of thousands of dollars and the land-division plan still unclear.