* Winter Campaign Winds down; Summer Campaign in Full Swing * New news!! * Thanks!/ Volunteer Note... * Vacations in Yellowstone ___________________________________ * Winter Campaign Winds down; Summer Campaign in Full Swing The winter season has wound down, the snow has melted, the balsam is flowering and the buffalo have returned to Yellowstone National Park. This summer we have so much to be thankful for. For the first winter in 16 years, the state of Montana didn't slaughter a single buffalo! Three years ago, when Montana's Department of Livestock (DOL) killed nearly 1100 buffalo, our group formed to bring public pressure against the state and end this senseless tragedy. This winter, three years of hard work have finally paid off. We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for all you have done on behalf of the Yellowstone herd, America's last wild and free-roaming buffalo. Together, during the winter of 1999-2000, we have stopped the slaughter. The Buffalo Field Campaign has shifted our focus to our summer tabling efforts inside the park. This is our chance to help Yellowstone's visitors become aware of the plight of the buffalo and our work to protect them. Many tourists travel to Yellowstone to see the buffalo, totally unaware of the treatment these animals receive during the winter months. We are there every day throughout the summer, answering questions, handing out newsletters, and keeping people up to date on matters affecting the buffalo. It takes long shifts in subzero temps as well as long days in the hot summer sun. It takes hours of sitting at a computer or on the phone, late nights worrying that the stress won't be too much for the buffalo babies and moms, prayers and petitions, arrests and actions - but together we have all pulled together to raise our voices for the buffalo! It is with respectful heartfelt thanks that we can know that all of our efforts, great and small, have helped to keep the buffalo safe this winter. ___________________________________ * New news!! We are currently printing our latest newsletter. This 8 page, info packed newsletter is a great way to help folks understand the issue (and has some great fun inside also!) If you would like to receive a copy and aren't already on our snail mailing list, send us your information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like a stack to distribute in your community or at a special event - please let us know and try and help generate postage. We really need funds to pay for the printing and mailing of the newsletter! If you can help out - It would be much appreciated and tax deductible. Please mail donations to: POB 957; West Yellowstone, Montana 59758. Thanks to Dan Brister, Tiff Brown, Wild Rockies Info Net and the Livingston Enterprise Press for their help! ___________________________________ * Thanks!/ Volunteer Note... Thanks to each and every one of you! Every time you inform an aquaintance of the atrocities being committed to wild buffalo when they cross the invisible Yellowstone boundary; every letter you write to an elected official advocating for the bison; every contribution of food, clothing, gear, money, or time to our front-lines efforts is a step toward lasting protection for the Yellowstone herd. THANK YOU! We couldn't have fed and kept our volunteers strong and healthy this winter without the great cooking and support from Seeds of Peace!!! For more info regarding this great group - write [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Volunteers who came to camp this winter-- If you would like to have your mail forwarded to you - please email us your snail mail address! [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Special Thanks to these Foundations and Individuals: Anderlik Compassion for Animals Fund Avacado Productions Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young N. and J. Couperus Guacamole Fund Direct Action Fund Foundation for Deep Ecology Fund for Wild Nature Honor the Earth Hooter Fund II of the OR. Community Foundation Lemmon Foundation Norcross Wildlife Foundation Nordik Wildlife Foundation Patagonia Environmental Programs Pegasus Foundation Seeds of Peace H. & D. Sender S. Bloom Bonnie Raitt Wiancko Family Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole ZZYZX Foundation Seventh Generation Fund and to everyone who cares for the buffalo! ___________________________________ * Vacations in Yellowstone If you find yourself in Yellowstone this summer, please look for our table in the park or visit our headquarters on Hebgen Lake, near the town of West Yellowstone. Please contact prior to your visit so that we can make arrangements to meet with you. If you would like to volunteer with our summer campaign - contact us for details [EMAIL PROTECTED] Attn: Val When you're in the area - Please support these local business and give a big huzzah for the national businesses also that help support the Buffalo Field Campaign! Big Sky, Montana The Board Room C & P Deli Bozeman, Montana Barrel Mountaineering The Great Harvest Gentle Strength Botanicals Greg Keeler Lewis and Clark Motel Joe Mann Montana Harvest On the Rise TreeCycle Recycled Products Butte, Montana Trapline Lodges Cooke City, Montana Bike Shack General Store Gardiner, Montana A Naturalist's World Two Bit Jackson, Wyoming Mark Ames Barlows Beads Unlimited Betty Rock Cafe The Body Sage Bruce Burkland Harvest Dr. Bruce M. Hayse Dodi Jordan Jordan Metalworks Mountain Camera Supply Mountunes Shades Cafe Skinny Skis Tobacco Row Dave Titcomb Trapper Inn Wilson Backcountry Sports Wyoming Wear Missoula, Montana Arbor Vitae Organics The Bike Doctor Black Dog Cafe Bernice's Bakery Butterfly Herbs Downtown Bakery Dinosaur Cafe Good Food Store Kent Brothers Missoula Valley Landscaping PictureTomorrow Rich Wachs Rockin Rudy's Solar Plexus Tom Webster Wild Rockies Infonet West Yellowstone, MT Bar "N" Ranch The Book Peddler Buffalo Exchange Buffalo Trading Post Econo Mart Erik Nelson's Wildlife Photography Hilgard Log Builders Indian Creek Grafix, Inc. Mika Products, Inc. New Poineer Out West Pathfinder Wild West Pizzeria Yellowstone Apothecary Across the Nation ASM, Inc. Arkahoma Outdoors Host Atlas Snowshoes Australian Health The Backpackers Shop Badgerworks of Whitefish Brian Flaig Cabelas Cascade Designs Circle Cg Farm Crazy Creek Deep Spirit Dr Bronners Dream Catcher Films, Inc. Kiss My Face Mountain Products, Inc. Nomadic Tipi Makers Patagonia Paul's Music Paradise Farm Organics Petzel Project Lighthawk Snohawk Design Tribal Wear Tubbs Snowshoes WCB Landscaping If your don't see your business name here and you would like to be listed in our next newsletter, please write to us. We apologize to anyone we may have forgotten. ________________________ "Spending so much time with them, we learn tremendous lessons from the buffalo. If you want a sense of community, sit and watch a herd for half a day. Last winter, an old bull, injured during a Montana Dept. of Livestock hazing operation, ducked off the trail and collapsed. Before the agents could get to him, six more bulls, burrowing their noses under his body, had lifted him to his feet and led him safely to some nearby willows where the DOL's snowmobiles couldn't penetrate." - Dan Brister ___________________________________________________________ Which T-shirt design do you like the best? - they look great, are organic,peroxide bleached cotton and make great gifts, too!! http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo/teez.html Current info on the plight of the last wild buffalo: http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo BFC is the only group working 365 days a year in Yellowstone with the buffalo. ___________________________________________________________ Schedule a showing of the Buffalo Compilation Video in your community. 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