Comment from basye, mae
mae basyeSupportIndividual
Summary: The commenter argues that the Yellowstone bison population is in critical danger due to government slaughter, habitat destruction, and climate change. They emphasize the urgency of listing the species to protect its wild genome and ensure its survival against human-caused environmental pressures.
• Government slaughter has decimated the genetically distinct Central herd and the number of bison in the subpopulation remains dangerously low.<br/><br/>• Human land use has destroyed more than 85% of Yellowstone bison’s range and habitat while the government prohibits and excludes the migratory species from millions of acres of National public trust lands in the bioregion.<br/><br/>• Human developments have destroyed all 14 long distance migration corridors for Yellowstone bison to escape catastrophic events, and an inhospitable environment created by the government. <br/><br/>• Livestock control and veterinary management threaten Yellowstone bison’s wild genome – forged by their ancestors over thousands of years in a wild environment.<br/><br/>• Yellowstone bison may not be able to adapt body size in time to match the rapid change in climate and rising temperatures forecast over the next century. <br/><br/>The U.S. Fish & Wildlife’s determination is based “solely upon the best scientific and commercial data available,” a broad term that includes publications, reports, traditional ecological knowledge, empirical evidence, ecological and biological science, books, peer-reviewed research, common sense observations, and questions. <br/><br/>With one-third of the Yellowstone bison population taken from the wild this season including an unknown number killed by a harsh winter, there is an urgency for action to undo the damage done that was set in motion by the State of Montana decades ago. <br/><br/>