Yellowstone National Park Bison Culling Has Begun

Above, two Yellowstone bison relaxing on a hillside. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

This season's annual Yellowstone National Park bison management culling has begun this week.

According to K2 Radio:

Yellowstone National Park and other national, state and tribal agencies on Sunday began the annual bison capture and shipping operations at the Stephens Creek area of the park, according to a news release.

The culling begins when bison migrate from the interior of the park to the Gardiner, Mont., Basin, and may continue through March.

The population will be reduced using three methods:

• Public and tribal hunting outside the park.
• Capturing bison near the park boundary and then transferring them to Native American tribes for processing and distribution of meat and hides to their members.
• A quarantine program that results in brucellosis-free bison being moved to tribal lands.

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