Montana sues Yellowstone National Park over bison management plan
FILE - A mother bison leads her calf through deep snow toward a road in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Feb. 20, 2021. A bison has gored a 25-year-old woman in Yellowstone. The bison was walking near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, just north of Old Faithful, when the woman approached it on Monday, May 30, 2022, according to a park statement. She got within 10 feet (3 meters) before the animal gored her and tossed her 10 feet into the air. The woman from Grove City, Ohio, sustained a puncture wound and other injuries. (Ryan Dorgan/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)
Montana is suing Yellowstone National Park over a plan to increase the number of bison in and around the park and establish greater tolerance for their presence outside its boundaries.
In a press release announcing the lawsuit, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte criticized the National Park Service for how it developed the plan, describing the effort as an example of “federal overreach” and saying it was created without proper state consultation.
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