Montana Senators Daines and Tester have submitted a bill, S3019, intended primarily to settle complex water-rights issues with the Kootenai/Salish tribes on the Flathead Reservation. However, the bill includes transferring the National Bison Range and its historic bison into control by the Tribes.
Being formally limited by its two stated goals, the Montana Wild Bison Restoration Coalition will not comment on transfer of the Bison Range to the Tribes. However, preservation of the bison is related to our goal of restoring bison on and near the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.
We have submitted a letter to the senators noting the unique genetic values of Bison Range bison and the need to replicate that genome, for security, in a second herd. Moreover, the CMR Refuge is the best place for replicating the Bison Range herd. Please see our letter and register your support for saving the Bison Range herd with Senators Daines and Tester by logging on to their websites and using the “contact us” button.
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