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The documents publication triggers a 30-day wait period, at the end of which the agencys regional director will sign a Record of Decision selecting the option to be implemented.

Sen. Mike Langs Senate Joint Resolution 14 opposes bison reintroduction at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.

A Montana legislative committee considered a bill on Tuesday that would set aside a portion of state hunting licenses for some landowners to kill bison as they leave Yellowstone.

This week a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reevaluate a petition from two advocacy groups, the Buffalo Field Campaign and the Western Watersheds Project. They have been petitioning the federal government since 2014 to recognize the subpopulation of Yellowstone buffalo under the Endangered Species Act.

A federal judge has ordered the federal government to take another look at whether Yellowstone-area bison require Endangered Species Act protections.