FILE - In this April 25, 2012, file photo, a herd of bison move through land controlled by the American Prairie Reserve south of Malta, Mont. U.S. officials on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, announced ...

In every ecosystem around the world there are potentially hundreds of living species that can be affected by a change in that ecosystem, whether it’s natural or manmade. What can be good for the ...

On Dec. 9, 2025, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum formally assumed jurisdiction of an appeal of a 2022 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to allow bison to graze on several federal ...

The Gianforte administration has appealed the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to grant a 10-year grazing permit to American Prairie, the Bozeman-based organization dedicated to preserving prairie ...

About 15 years ago, Flint Hills rancher Bill Sproul was given an oak sapling, sprouted from an acorn dropped beneath the tree ...

MALTA, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management has approved a request from the American Prairie Reserve to change a grazing permit on the 13,000-acre Flat Creek allotment in northeastern Montana to ...

In a decision opponents are plotting to reverse, the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday issued its final decision approving American Prairie’s request to graze domesticated bison on 63,500 acres of ...

Rancher John Lueken (left) and The Nature Conservancy’s Kent Wamsley (right) work together to graze cattle on Dunn Ranch Prairie, helping both the prairie and Lueken’s pasture. Dunn Ranch Prairie has ...

The Colvin family has raised cattle on land just outside Tenino for generations, but recently the cattle have not been confined to the family’s ranch on Old Highway 99. Visitors to the area may see ...

HELENA – House members approved a resolution Friday asking the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to deny a bison grazing proposal from the American Prairie Reserve, saying such action would protect ...

U.S. officials on Wednesday announced approval of a conservation group's proposal to expand bison grazing on prairies in north-central Montana as part of a vast nature reserve over objections from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials on ...