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Many of the iconic animals (click here) in Theodore Roosevelt National Park are mammals. Animals such as the American bison and the black-tailed prairie dog are relatively easy to spot. Others such as big horn sheep or elk are more difficult to find, due to their behaviors and/or preferred hours of activity.
Many of the large mammals living in the park today were not present at the time of the park's establishment in the 1940s. Bison, elk and bighorn sheep had all been extirpated from this region. Deer and pronghorn were rare. Various reintroduction programs proved successful in returning native wildlife to the ecosystem. Not only do they represent the experiences of Theodore Roosevelt, but they provide visitors with their own experience of a wild prairie....
The habitat is extensive and cannot be disturbed. The herd was originally restored at "Theodore Roosevelt National Park" and have grown as is necessary to maintain a viable herd. "...its toughness (click here) and hardy endurance fitted it to contend with purely natural forces...to resist cold and wintery blasts or the heat of the thirsty summer, to wander away to new pastures, to plunge over the broken ground, and to plow its way through snow drifts or quagmires." Theodore Roosevelt
As a matter of fact there were Yellowstone Buffalo moved to two areas of Montana as well as the ones below from Canada, to return them to their former habitat. The Native American reservations are vital to the return of the American Buffalo to it's former habitat.
March 27, 2016
By the AP
Billings Mont. - Decsendants of a bison herd (click here) captured and sent to Canada ore than 140 years ago will be relocated to a Montana American Indian reservation next month, in what tribal leaders bill as a homecoming for a species emblematic of their traditions.
The shipment of animals from Alberta's Elk Island National Park to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation follows a 2014 treaty among tribes in the United States and Canada. That agreement aims to restore bison to areas of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains where millions once roamed.
"For thousands of years the Blackfeet lived among the buffalo here. The buffalo sustained our way of life, provided our food, clothing, shelter," Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes said. "It became part of our spiritual being. We want to return the buffalo."...
These herds are very well documented and are definitely connected to the Native American lands. So, the North Dakota herd is connected through cultural ties to the National Park and Native Americans making a stand to end the assault by the petroleum industry.
These herds cannot be disturbed, especially their habitat. I don't know who gave the cops to bring tanks and humvees to this land, but, they are violating the protections of the buffalo herd as well as the Native Americans that value the land for it's historical purposes.
Where did anyone get the idea it was okay to roll heavy equipment across these lands disturbing the vital habitat of these herds? They are "W"rong. The equipment and the cops need to be removed from the lands and never return.
