Tribal Herd Bison Recovery
(photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Kaibab National Forest)
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, under secretarial order, will commence a project to help reestablish the population of bison in tribal herds. Haaland plans to spend $25 million in federal funds to focus on recovering the bison population in tribal herds. Half of the $25 million will go to the National Park Service while the other half will be split among the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Haaland and the Interior Department currently oversees 11,000 bison herds in public in 12 states.
The cause of the endangerment of bison herds was the result of excessive hunting in the late 1800s. Contrasted to local Indian tribes, the incoming civilizations that hunted bison mostly did it for the purpose of commercial value, which resulted in the hunting of bison only for specific parts being taken. By 1889, only a few hundred bison remained in America. Today, about 30,000 wild bison roam in herds as a result of endangerment prevention methods.
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