Yellowstone Bison Endangered Species Status Review is Open for Public Comment

Yellowstone bison need Endangered Species Act protection due to destruction of habitat and migration corridors, government slaughter and intolerance, domestication and livestock management, and rapid climate change.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced the scientific review on June 5, 2022, after years of advocacy and two court decisions compelling the agency to recognize evidence in our Endangered Species Act petition that the migratory bison herds in Yellowstone may be at risk of extinction.

The endangered species status review is a rule making process – open to public comment – to determine if our petitioned action is not warranted, warranted but precluded, or warranted.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision for Yellowstone bison must be based “solely upon the best scientific and commercial data available.”

Your comments in support for protecting and recovering Yellowstone bison in the wild are vitally important. The window of opportunity for sending comments is open through June 4, 2023.

To comment, go to: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FWS-R6-ES-2022-0028-0001

Learn more here: https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/endangered-bison-endangered-migration