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PHOTOS: A trip through the Bison Range

by CASEY KREIDER, Daily Inter Lake
| June 2, 2024 12:00 AM

Scenes from a trip around the Bison Range on the Flathead Reservation on Sunday, May 19.


    An antelope stands in a meadow at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A car winds its way up Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A cinnamon phase black bear sow and her two tiny cubs traverse a hillside after twice crossing over Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A western meadowlark sings at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A mountain bluebird at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    An adolescent black bear explores a hillside, turning over rocks to look for food at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A bison grazes along Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A western meadowlark sings at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A brewer's blackbird pauses on a post at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A bison grazes along Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A lazuli bunting male sings at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    An antelope lays in a meadow at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A western meadowlark in the tall grass at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A western meadowlark in the tall grass at the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    The Flathead River winds through the Flathead Reservation west of the Bison Range on Sunday, May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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