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Federal Judge Blocks BLM From Forcing American Prairie's Bison Off Grazing Leases

A U.S. District Court judge sided with American Prairie this week, issuing a temporary restraining order that blocks the Bureau of Land Management from forcing the conservation organization to remove more than 300 privately owned bison from federal grazing leases. The 29-page ruling, filed Friday, found that the agency's attempt to redefine the words "live" and "stock" to exclude bison from the category of livestock was not a legally defensible basis for the removal order.