And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From the Billings Gazette:<http://www.billingsgazette.com>
Agency hazes bison back into park
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) - For the first time this winter, National
Park Service rangers on Friday hazed bison from near the north entrance at
Gardiner to five miles inside the park.
The Park Service said horsemen moved the 13 bison.
There hasn't been much bison movement along the park's northern boundary
this winter. However, near the west entrance at West Yellowstone, bison
have been active and protesters have been trying to block efforts to haze,
trap or shoot the animals.
Thirteen bison have been shipped to slaughter from there.
The Park Service said it would continue to cooperate with the state of
Montana and operate under the existing bison management plan, which calls
for the agency to haze bison as a preferred alternative.
There is a large bison trap at Stephens Creek, just inside the park border.
The interim plan calls for the Park Service to use that trap to capture
bison heading for private land to the north.
In the winter of 1996-97, hundreds of bison were trapped there, and most
were sent to slaughter.
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