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News Articles
Rare Moments of Buffalove Keep Us Strong
~by Mike Mease, BFC Winter Ops, Gardiner, MT Big Bull in Gardiner, 2025 Monday night patrol was a hard one. When I finally got to go home (aka Gardiner base camp) at 7:45pm, 10 Buffalo were in Beattie Gulch, the hunt zone. Another 70 Buffalo were around the trap. Tossing and turning all night from my worst fears about those Buffalo, I awoke with them still present when my alarm sounded at 6am.…
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Advocate for Change or Stay the Same?
~by Mike Mease, BFC Winter Ops, Gardiner, MT At this moment over 530 of our last wild Buffalo have been captured and at least 250 have been shipped to slaughter. Thirteen Buffalo have been harvested in Beattie Gulch by tribal members. These first two hunts have been the talk of the media, activists, and locals. Watching Buffalo get shot is never a good thing to witness. I have seen some of the…
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Over 400 Wild Buffalo Have Been Captured In Less Than a Week
The mountains rained Buffalo today all over this land to the home they can not roam!~Mike Mease, In the Field with the Buffalo, March 2025 In less than a week, over 440 wild Buffalo have been captured and will be wild no more… The National Park Service has baited and captured Buffalo for three decades and years like this one every Buffalo that has migrated are captured and lost from the wild.…
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Tough Times for the Buffalo - A Week in Review
Last week in the field was a tough one for the Buffalo and our hearts here at Camp. And, as I write, between 200-210 of our last wild Buffalo were captured by Yellowstone National Park this week and are currently being confined in the state and federal governments' trap in Gardiner, MT. Read our Press Release: Yellowstone Traps Wild Buffalo Again! This after 6 bison were killed by hunters, a…
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Treaty Hunters and the Buffalo Hunt
by Jacob Faye, BFC Volunteer Coordinator This week in the field we sadly had 4 Buffalo shot and killed. As much as we try to be there for the Buffalo, we cannot prevent the inevitable. I had the opportunity to meet and get to know the hunters who harvested these Buffalo. Buffalo through the spotting scope on patrol With several volunteers, I was on my way back from a ski several miles into…
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Volunteers Patrol While Management Plan Fails
BFC Volunteers continue to be eyes and ears for the Buffalo as the management plan continues to fail our Last Wild Bison BFC Co-founder & Campaign Coordinator, Mike Mease, shares the hard truth from the field...with the Buffalo Once again we witness the effect of the outdated and unjust Interagency Bison Management Plan. As the Plan enters its 30th year, the time is now to look to Tribal…
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2026 Calendar Submissions Wanted! Send Us Your Art & Photos!
It's that time again! BFC is gearing up for our 2026 Wild Bison of Yellowstone Country Calendar, and we want your beautiful wild buffalo images!
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BFC Welcomes Patagonia Dillon's Activism Team Lead to Camp and Field Patrol!
This week at basecamp, we welcomed Patagonia Dillon’s Activism Team Lead Brendan Clark, and his wife, Sandra, for a few days.
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A Message from a BFC Intern
The interns I have lived with for the past two weeks have all dedicated their winter break to the Buffalo and to Buffalo Field Campaign.
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Camp Update and Annual Harvest Feast
This week at camp we held our 28th annual Harvest Feast. The Harvest Feast serves as a time to give thanks for another, and acts as an occasion for us to appreciate the contribution that each and every member of our community puts forth.
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