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  • Zinke Challenges BLM, DOI on Bison

    Heather Swift, The Courier|Mar 16, 2016

    During two separate House Natural Resources Committee hearings recently, Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze admitted to Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke that they knew nothing about the potential change-in-use permit for free-range bison that could impact up to three million acres in Montana. Director Kornze thanked Zinke for “educating” him on the issue. On March 1, after Rep. Zinke explained the issue to Secretary Jewell, she claimed knowing nothing about the three-million acre pro...