And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <http://www.billingsgazette.com/regionframe.htm> LEGAL LIABILITY FEARS State agency holds off on bison pen By JOE KOLMAN Gazette Bozeman Bureau WEST YELLOWSTONE - Citing legal liability fears stemming from a probable confrontation with protesters, the state Department of Livestock has yet to build a bison corral at Horse Butte that was approved a month ago. State Veterinarian Dr. Arnold Gertonson said Thursday that the agency is asking the Forest Service, which manages the land where the bison pen would be built, to rewrite the permit so that the state could not be held liable. Members of the group formerly known as Buffalo Nations have been blocking the Forest Service road leading to the proposed site of the bison pen for more than a month. They have erected five wooden tripods standing 30 feet high. Two of the tripods include platforms where members of the group chain themselves to the structure to make buffalo removal as difficult as possible. Members of the group, now calling themselves the Buffalo Field Campaign to reflect the "front line" nature of the protest, claimed victory this week for putting a crimp in state plans to build the bison pen. ------end of excerpt----