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Montana Judge Blocks Policy Limiting Bison Grazing Permits
A Helena judge issued a preliminary injunction allowing new bison grazing permit applications to proceed. This decision comes amid a legal challenge over the State Land Board’s policy change and highlights ongoing disputes in land management.
The Trump Administration Orders Removal of Over 900 Bison from Federal Lands in Montana
The Trump administration’s directive to remove bison marks a major shift in managing herds migrating between Yellowstone and federal lands. Conservation groups and tribal nations are legally challenging the decision, raising questions about wildlife management and environmental protections.
Calling All Nonprofit Organizations: Take Action: Submit comments opposing huge changes to OMB guidelines
If implemented, these changes would create significant financial risk and instability for grantees, making it far more difficult to deliver vital services to communities
Conservationists Go To Bat For Bison, Montana’s American Prairie And The Law
What’s happening now in the heart of the wide-open West in Montana is something of national importance. Its outcome has huge implications for hundreds of millions of acres from the Pacific to the Mississippi
American Prairie sues Montana DNRC for Six-Year Delay of bison grazing permits
American Prairie has sued Montana’s DNRC for refusing to complete an environmental review or renew a lease that expired in 2019. The dispute reveals tensions between state regulatory timelines and political opposition to bison grazing on state trust lands.
American Prairie founder optimistic amid BLM dispute ‘We’ll have justice’
“I can’t make you feel better about what’s going on with the BLM or Karen Budd-Falen or all the players that are doing what they’re doing,” Gerrity said. “But if you stick around, you’ll leave feeling much better, and better about American Prairie’s prospects through this whole process.”
Introducing Montana Nonprofit Association’s new Fundraising Cohort
Targeted support and customized learning to help you grow your fundraising capacity.
How Interior helped pushed bison off Montana’s federal lands
In an uncommon move, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum intervened in a case that involved the former legal clients of Karen Budd-Falen, one of his top deputies.
What Does The Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT) Think About the BLM Decision Against The American Prairie Reserve?
“While we are heartened by BLM’s protective language on tribal interests, COLT remains concerned about the potential negative precedential consequences of BLM’s final decision, which we believe is simply wrong on the law.”
American Prairie Condemns BLM Decision Revoking Bison Grazing Permits
“This decision abandons decades of consistent federal policy and extends far beyond American Prairie,” said Alison Fox, CEO of American Prairie. “By reversing decades of precedent, BLM is creating uncertainty for tribal buffalo restoration, conservation partnerships, and public lands grazing management nationwide. The agency’s action is arbitrary, shortsighted, and contrary to its own longstanding interpretation of federal grazing law.”