Bison

The gardening season is about to begin. KUNC commentator Peter Moore hopes to ensure that his grows just fine, by adding a very Colorado ingredient to his garden beds.

The city used to auction off surplus animals to ranchers. But six years ago, it started donating them to tribes instead. More than 170 animals have been gifted so far.

CPW is looking at adding a special licenses that would grant on a case-by-case basis to deal with animals that cause issues.

A group of researchers at CSU are celebrating a decade of raising a herd of genetically pure bison. Those bison have been transferred over the years to tribes and wildlife organizations around the West.

A group of researchers at CSU are celebrating a decade of raising a herd of genetically pure bison. Those bison have been transferred over the years to tribes and wildlife organizations around the West. We hear from the researcher who’s been leading this project and raising the herd.

Earlier this year, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe reclassified bison from being livestock to wildlife. On Thursday, Colorado's governor signed the Protect Wild Bison bill, which creates a dual wildlife and livestock designation.

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The donation is part of a larger effort to return bison to Indigenous lands and stewardship.

A new bill in Colorado aims to prevent bison poaching after government-sponsored killing of bison nearly led to the animal’s extinction a century ago.