Thank the Montana Stockgrowers Association for this.
“That language is “code for anything but indigenously managed bison,” according to the Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT), which represents more than 50 tribes managing 25,000 bison on land that accounts for about 95 percent of Indian Country.
@insideclimatenews.orgThe expansion of Indigenous bison herds in the West is colliding with new rules from the Trump administration, which aim to keep bison off federal land unless they are raised to be sold and slaughtered.
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New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands - Inside Climate News
Tribes with bison herds are seeking negotiations with U.S. Department of Interior officials to ask for an exemption from new rules they have called “DEI for cattle.”