[RFN] News from Roam Free Nation

[Stephany Seay]

Dear Friends,

It has been an active couple weeks since we last wrote to you.  We wanted
to share with you the latest happenings with the last wild buffalo.  Things
have been extremely difficult for them this winter with the "hunt",
capture, and the intense winter conditions.

Check out our most recent press release that went out yesterday, which is
in response to the Interagency Bison (mis)Management Plan's latest report.
This is a very important read.  There are currently more than 800 buffalo
in Yellowstone's trap, and hunting continues though it's nearly calving
season.
"Management Runs Amok for the Last Wild Buffalo
<https://roamfreenation.org/media/press-releases/management-runs-amok-for-the-last-wild-buffalo/>
"

Our co-founder, Jaedin Medicine Elk recently had a terrific op-ed published
in CounterPunch, the Mountain Journal, and the Montana Current.  Here are a
couple of links:

CounterPunch:  "Thirty Percent of America's Last Wild Buffalo Have Been
Removed from the Population
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/27/thirty-percent-of-americas-last-wild-migratory-buffalo-have-been-removed-from-the-population/>"


Mountain Journal:  "Rising Toll of Yellowstone Bison Killed Draws Global
Outrage
<https://mountainjournal.org/northern-cheyenne-wildlife-advocate-condemns-destruction-of-yellowtone-bison>
"

Our other co-founder, Stephany Seay, was recently interviewed on For a
Green Future with Joe DeMare, and on First Voices Indigenous Radio with
Tiokasin Ghosthorse.  Here are the links:

For a Green Future
<https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-a-green-future-let-the-bison-roam-free-122621-episode-154/id1449986985?i=1000546603495>

First Voices Indigenous Radio
<https://radiokingston.org/en/broadcast/first-voices-radio/episodes/with-guests-shannon-oloughlin-from-the-association-of-american-affairs-and-stephany-seay-from-roam-free-nation>


Lastly, with our strong allies at the Alliance for the Wild Rockies
<https://allianceforthewildrockies.org/> we now have seven billboards up
around Montana in Helena, Billings, Livingston, and Belgrade!  People are
seeing these and they are drawing a lot of attention!

We also want to give a shout out to our friends at Yellowstone Voices
<https://yellowstonevoices.org/> who are on the front lines in Gardiner,
Montana and are documenting these tragic events.

With all that is going on with the buffalo, what can we do about it?  What
can we do to help them survive and reach their evolutionary potential?

TAKE ACTION <https://roamfreenation.org/take-action/> to support Endangered
Species Act listing.

SUPPORT US <https://roamfreenation.org/support-us/> to help keep us going
back in the field so we can help tell the buffalo's story -- the truth that
no one else is telling you.

*Thank you* for being with us for the last wild buffalo and for wild nature
everywhere!

Wild is the Way ~ Roam Free!

Roam Free Nation
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