The hundreds of bison on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation probably won’t notice much difference, but the shift brings new emphasis to efforts at restoring a species central to Blackfeet culture.
It also closes a circuitous chapter in the preservation of American bison, which were nearly driven to extinction a century ago.
“We’ve been working with the Wildlife Conservation Society for going on 10 years to return the buffalo as a free-roaming animal along the mountainfront,” said Ervin Carlson, wh...