Project Profile: Expand Partnership Capacity to Increase the Return of Yellowstone-origin Bison to Tribes

Bison in Yellowstone National Park.

NPS

Inflation Reduction Act
Restoration | FY24 $2,678,889

The National Park Service (NPS) will enhance and grow the Yellowstone Bison Conservation Transfer Program to increase collaboration with Tribes and increase the number of Yellowstone bison available to them and to broad bison conservation initiatives.

Why? The NPS is committed to transferring healthy bison to Tribes. By expanding quarantine facilities and procedures, more bison can be transferred to Tribes, thereby supporting their cultural and ecological needs while promoting shared stewardship of bison by parks and Tribal partners.

What else? In collaboration with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the State of Montana, and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck, the NPS will help conserve wild, healthy bison.

About the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act provides the National Park Service with an historic opportunity to address critical ecosystem resilience, restoration, and environmental planning needs. Projects funded in national parks represent broad-scale and impactful resource investments across every corner of out nation—from Alaska to Florida to Maine.