On March 19, 2012, about 60 genetically pure bison were relocated from a quarantine facility outside Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in eastern Montana. The long-awaited move marks the historic homecoming of wild bison to an important part of their historic range on the Great Plains.
In December of 2016, Steve Bullock gave bison the green light to roam more freely outside of the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park—home to America’s largest, continuously wild bison population. NRDC has long worked with our partners in the region to protect the Yellowstone bison and get them managed more like other wildlife. In this video, we hear from Montana homeowner Karrie Taggart about what it’s like to successfully share the landscape with this iconic animal.
