Governor Gianforte Praises BLM Decision to Cancel American Prairie Reserve Bison Permits

[turbinetree]

Governor's Office
January 16 2026

HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today praised the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed decision to cancel grazing permits authorizing bison grazing previously issued to the American Prairie Reserve (APR).

“Today’s decision by BLM is a win for Montana’s ranchers, our agricultural producers, and the rule of law,” Gov. Gianforte said. “For years, we have raised serious concerns about the federal government’s failure to listen to the folks who live and work the land. By proposing to cancel these permits, BLM is finally acknowledging that federal overreach cannot come at the expense of our local communities and the production agriculture that feeds our nation. I’m proud of our administration’s work to achieve this decision and I would like to thank Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and BLM for following the law and putting Montanans first.”

The proposed decision marks a significant victory for agricultural producers and rural communities across Montana and the United States, reversing a prior federal authorization that allowed APR to graze non-production bison on over 63,000 acres of federal public lands.

https://news.mt.gov/Governors-Office/Governor-Gianforte-Praises-BLM-Decision-to-Cancel-American-Prairie-Reserve-Bison-Permits

He probably didn't read about who was there first, not Ranchers and Farmers...............

[Phoenix61]

1. Pisses me off. They want to graze their cattle they can buy land to graze them on. nt

[2naSalit]

2. I always say...

When it comes to livestock, if yer yard ain't big enough fer all yer dawgs, you got too many dawgs.

Giantfornication doesn't give a fuck about anything but the things his orange master does.

[rampartd]

4. if they bought the land, they might need to pay taxes on it

instead the government owns the means of production .........

[DenaliDemocrat]

7. I like beef

And I appreciate cheap beef more than a few obscure bison that are not even genetically pure anyway. Let them stay in Yellowstone

[biophile]

3. Did you ever notice that in the old Western movies that the cattle ranchers were always the bad guys?

Once they got over making the Native Americans the enemy, and the whites were fighting whites, the cattle ranchers were the greedy evil ones.

[Historic NY]

5. Bison grazing is restoring the plains

Unlike cattle they move around over large areas

A low rustle rises from the grass, then a rolling murmur like distant surf. On the horizon, dark shapes appear, swelling into a moving wall of muscle and horn. This used to be corn and soy, sliced into neat rectangles by tractors. Today, more than 50,000 bison are flowing across former prairies in the U.S. and Canada, heavy hooves sinking into soil that once lay hard as concrete.

Dust hangs in the air. Calves kick and stumble. Adults move with that slow, ancient confidence, pausing to tear at tough native grasses that almost vanished a century ago. Somewhere behind a fence, a rancher leans on a gate and shakes his head, half amazed, half wary. The bison don’t care about his doubts. Their weight is pressing a new story into the ground.

And the soil is starting to answer.

https://www.vinylone.co.uk/19-164055-50000-bison-reintroduced-on-former-prairies/]

[turbinetree]

8. They "always" forget that "always"...................them and the other f**king cooooooboys

[raccoon]

6. If he gets voted out of office, he can always join ICE. He'd be good at that. Remember the time he knocked down a

reporter and broke the reporter's glasses?