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Bison in the Fort Peck cultural herd graze on a foggy winter morning in February 2024. More than 800 animals spread across 33,000 acres make up the reservation’s current herd. Credit: Isabel Hicks If ...

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Taking a page from studies in Yellowstone National Park and the Blackfeet Reservation, Fort Peck is joining Montana groups and seeking to quantify value of bison grazing through biodiversity credit ...

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