Letter Mar 13, 2015

Reaction to Bison Management Plan Guiding Principles

Letter on Bison Management (204 KB)

The Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) was finalized in 2000, and, today, fourteen years later, we have new science, new regulations, many management lessons, and some fundamental on-the-ground changes that make the original IBMP outdated. A new conservation plan needs to be put in place to guide bison conservation, education, and management into the next decade.

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