In order to prepare a statewide bison management plan, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is moving forward with the development of a programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) to address the potential for bison restoration in Montana. The EIS will examine an array of possible alternatives from a no action alternative to a number of different bison restoration alternatives and the potential impacts of those alternatives.

• Statewide Bison Management Plan EIS Public Scoping ( 408 KB)
• Bison Background Document: Plains Bison Ecology, Management and Conservation

Comment Period

The comment deadline has passed. It was June 25, 2012.

Opportunity for Public Comment