The document s publication triggers a 30-day wait period, at the end of which the agency s regional director will sign a Record of Decision selecting the option to be implemented.
A Montana legislative committee considered a bill on Tuesday that would set aside a portion of state hunting licenses for some landowners to kill bison as they leave Yellowstone.
This week a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reevaluate a petition from two advocacy groups, the Buffalo Field Campaign and the Western Watersheds Project. They have been petitioning the federal government since 2014 to recognize the subpopulation of Yellowstone buffalo under the Endangered Species Act.