I can't begin to tell you how these men and women do what they do, but it's amazing that they haven't lost fingers and toes in the bitter Montana winter. Operating every year on a shoestring budget, ... text
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN
I can only imagine the hardships these good people endure each winter during the freezing weather to protect our last remaining herd of free roaming American Bison. The dedication to this great historically significant herd is amazing. I wish I could give more than I do and just hope others will learn about their personal sacrifices on all American's behalf and for the Buffalo of Yellowstone. Not enough good words in my vocabulary!
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I keep updated weekly by the staff and know through their communications the good AND the bad. Unfortunately they are facing a lot more "bad" this year.
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ADD MORE DONORS!!!!
I can't begin to tell you how these men and women do what they do, but it's amazing that they haven't lost fingers and toes in the bitter Montana winter. Operating every year on a shoestring budget, living in a cabin heated by a wood stove, putting themselves on the front to keep these last remaining free roaming American Bison from being exterminated. I feel every American should know that these great symbols of our country are slowly losing their battle to the Department of Livestock and the ranchers in Montana, who would like to see them exterminated. Please go to their website and make a donation to help keep these wonderful beasts from becoming extinct. What a shame it would be!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
By seeing the slaughter reduced each year directly from their concerted efforts to document the hazing and abuse in the deep snow and bitter cold of Yellowstone, to see the legal challenges they have fought and the petitions to the DOI and Washington that have resulted in progress.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would only find a way to get more volunteers and spread the word even further than it's been due to limited funds.
The Buffalo Field Campaign is the ONLY group out there in the field every day working to save what's left of the only original American bison herd left, the Yellowstone bison. Though a shoestring organization, they have been working for years against the cattle lobby and the other forces that seek to destroy these American icons. Hazing, capture, slaughter...this is what the bison face, this is what this organization fights against.
The folks at BFC deserve all of the support they can get!
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
their regular email updates and at Yellowstone as a visitor.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
give them more funding to increase their presence and their effectiveness.
There is currently a war on against the last free roaming herd of buffalo in our nation. Several thousand have been slaughtered since 2000. Buffalo Field campaign is the only non-profit that is on the ground trying to save these amazing animals and fighting to keep our government from slaughtering buffalo for the sake of CATTLE, that are not endangered and could go anywhere other than where the buffalo roam. BFC is a small non-profit w/o the worldwide awareness and support that other large non-profits get. Buffalo Field Campaign needs ALL the help it can get to help save the Yellowstone herd.
LET BUFFALO ROAM!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
BFC does huge outreach blasts when the federal and state governments around Yellowstone capture buffalo and threaten to slaughter them. These outreaches trigger thousands of phone calls to government and agency officials and have repeatedly worked to delay the slaughter of these helpless victimized animals.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Make it bigger!
Thank God there is this great group of people dedicated to saving our last native bison herd. Why is it such a fight to save this amazing part of American heritage. Why is it ok to slaughter to extinction, the animal on the nickel and the National Park Service logo?? For the sake of CATTLE, which should not be even be on the bison's native range, justifying their slaughter for a disease that has never been transferred from a bison to a cow! This is criminal behavior toward our native wildlife and needs to be stopped NOW before more beautiful buffalo are slaughtered for walking over an invisible line to try to live their lives as they have for eons.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Unfortunately I do not live in Montana so have been unable to volunteer with BFC.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
More funding and political clout. They need lawyers to take the USDA and cattle industry to court.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Their dedication to saving the bison in the face of a powerful cattle lobby.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Save our last native buffalo herd!
Ways to make it better...
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In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
The CATTLE industry, which needs to be eliminated from our public lands.
One thing I'd also say is that...
Cattle can graze and be raised anywhere. Why do they have to be on the buffalo's last native grazing grounds? BFC is an amazing group trying to save an amazing animal in the face of powerful opposition.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
BFC actually works with and for the last wild buffalo left in America. They keep an eye on various agencies to try and make sure that they follow the law; they work hard to change policies that aren't working as intended; they try to stop unlawful hazing and trapping. They are dedicated to keeping the public informed as to the truth of what actions are being done for and against the buffalo.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
knowing that I have tried to help in whatever ways I can.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
give THEM control over the fate of these majestic animals, rather than the other agencies who are allowed to.
The BFC is a great group who works very hard every day to help the buffalo. I wish I had found them sooner - I've loved buffalo for years but only found out about the BFC a couple of years ago. I've tried to help spread the word about them in whatever way I can.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
knowing that I'm doing my best (not as much as I'd like to be able to, though) to help the buffalo.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
The american bison in and around Yellowstone National Park represent the only remaining genetically pure herd of bison, also called buffalo, left on the planet. In spite of this, the Montana cattlemen are opposed to any protection and determined to exterminate any animals that leave the park to find forage in the winter. The Buffalo Field Campaign is the only organization dedicated to preserving this amazing American heritage animal. This legendary animal once roamed the west in the hundreds of thousands has been reduced to around 3000 animals.. The extremely dedicated individuals in the BFC are on the front lines working tirelessly to protect these remaining animals.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The BFC has documented the killing and abuse of Yellowstone's buffalo that occurs every year and exposed the misinformation and outright lies that the cattlemen are using to justify their outrageous behavior.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Provide increased funding to allow the BFC to increase the personnel responsible for monitoring and communicating the plight of the American bison so all Americans and the government agencies were aware of the threat and would take action to protect them..
Buffalo Field Campaign has been active for buffaloes for many years,
and I have consistently followed their progress in protecting them.
They are well aware of every issue that threatens the buffalo, and immediately notify their online volunteers that action needs to be taken. I have full confidence that they will continue to do all they can
to safeguard the buffalo, until they are permanently protected by law.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Taking action to notify the appropriate officials of opposition to particular plans that are made which may be damaging to the buffalo.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
None! Great as is.
BFC has single-handedly brought one of the most important species-related issues to the public's attention - the annual hazing and slaughter of the last genetically pure, free roaming American buffalo herd. Not only is the federal and state governments stressing, maiming, killing, and moving these animals, but they are doing it with tax payer dollars. All the while many Americans may think that the government is protecting these species, when in fact they are not. They are also lying, saying that bison will transmit disease, yet this has never happened, but all the while, every year, they kill our wild bison. Yellowstone National Park is a refuge for the bison, but migrating animals such as the bison follow natural patterns of food supply and birthing areas, not political boundaries. YNP is too high in elevation to supply bison with enough food year-round, and has boundaries that do not take into consideration wildlife migration patterns, and so the bison migrate out of the park. During these times the government stampedes in with helicopters, horses and ATV's, forcing the bison to run for many, many miles. Calves die, legs break, animals drown, exhaustion sets in, laws are broken... Why? To invest in the cattle industry so that private cattle can graze on public land - our land - wildlife's land. Why, still today, are we "paying" private companies by giving them our public lands and our tax subsidies, to have their cattle overgraze and ruin these lands? The land gets tramped and this kills native grasses; without the grasses many species die out (snakes, rabbits, birds of prey, etc). Without the diversity of wildlife, plant species suffer, further reducing biodiversity of our public lands. Overgrazing causes erosion and topsoil depletion and pollutes waterways. Need I go on? Other wildlife are poisoned and killed, gophers, coyotes, wolves, and others are killed. PROTECT bison, protect OUR land, or corporations will simply take it over, overuse and deplete the natural resources and wildlife, keep the profits, and let us flip the bills, leaving us with barren lands. We all must invest in our private lands, no one will do this for us. There are only a handful of wild bison left; an American icon - a species that helps restore native prairies and meadows, a graceful animal you should see free roaming on our public lands. Help BFC help the bison - they are the only organization committed to this effort!
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Yellowstone National Park.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
like to see them included in all YNP published stories as a guardian of wildlife and wild places.
I have been a member of Buffalo Field Campaign since it began, as I share love and admiration for the magnificent genetically pure buffalo of Yellowstone National Park and disgust at the way they have been inhumanely treated by Montana and the federal government to placate the powerful livestock industry. The waste of taxpayer dollars is obscene. BFC exposes the horrific treatment of our iconic buffalo and lays out solutions: allowing bison limited migration and access to habitat on our federal lands outside Yellowstone and on lands of willing owners; emphasis on private livestock for disease prevention rather than on bison; retiring of livestock grazing allotments by the Forest Service in sensitive areas for bison. Wildlife should come first on our public lands, and BFC represents the best of wildlife preservation efforts.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have been impressed with how BFC has pressured MT, the NPS, USFS, and APHIS on their inhumane treatment of bison and how they have gotten the word out about the plight of Yellowstone's bison.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would make no changes.
thank you so much for all of your time, and hard work to protect these beautiful deserving animals. May love and light protect you all....
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
saving lives
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would change the world not the organization
My husband and I donate when we can to this remarkable organization. They work in the field in Montana climates to save the American icon-the SACRED BUFFALO. They have dedicated volunteers from all over who join them as like us they believe in the cause. More Americans need to step up to save these precious animals for future generations to admire and respect. They are a part of this earth and deserve the right to remain free as was intended, and not harassed by people who think only of themselves and how they want to run things. They are not willing to compromise and we all will be responsible for a great loss if we do not speak out for the Buffalo.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Being of Native American descent, I believe the buffalo is important to save. As an American citizen, I think this animal is to be saved for future generations to admire and to respect!!
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would give them the political power to stop the KILLING!!
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