Title:
Fort Peck Tragedy: Wildfire Claims 10 Bison
Author:
Jack McNeel
Date Published:
9/25/2012
Description:
Having fought for years to get bison restored to their lands, American Indians on the Fort Peck Reservation are now mourning the loss of 10 of the animals in a wildfire. Wildfires ripped through pastureland at Fort Peck in mid-September, with winds of 40 to 50 miles an hour whipping the flames across the grasslands. By the time the fire was subdued, about 15,000 acres had burned, including the pasture containing the 82 bison—61 adults transported to the reservation last March, plus 21 calves born since then. ©2012 Indian Country Today Media Network, LLC, 9/25/12.
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