Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie bison leases
In this April 25, 2012, file photo, a herd of bison moves through land controlled by the American Prairie Reserve south of Malta, Mont. (Matthew Brown/Associated Press)
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking seven grazing permits in Phillips County that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison.
The decision comes after a three-and-a-half-year battle between the Montana livestock industry, backed by Gov. Greg Gianforte and the Montana Department of Justice, and American Prairie, a conservation nonprofit working to restore the prairie ecosystem of north-central Montana.
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