{"id":15140501,"date":"2026-06-04T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/bison-restoration-efforts-and-grazing-rights-hinge-on-one-question-are-bison-wildlife\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:11:20","slug":"bison-restoration-efforts-and-grazing-rights-hinge-on-one-question-are-bison-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/bison-restoration-efforts-and-grazing-rights-hinge-on-one-question-are-bison-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Bison restoration efforts and grazing rights hinge on one question: Are bison wildlife?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bison are political animals. A federal decision to revoke grazing leases for bison on public lands on the rolling plains of eastern Montana is the latest manifestation of long-standing contention. The largest land animal in North America, bison are considered a &#8220;keystone&#8221; species, meaning they have high ecological and cultural importance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-bison-efforts-grazing-rights-hinge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Science \u2013 Space \u2013 phys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bison are political animals. A federal decision to revoke grazing leases for bison on public lands on the rolling plains of eastern Montana is the latest manifestation of long-standing contention. 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