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Top officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County agree on how to oversee elections | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
ARIZONA Officials agree on election oversight PHOENIX — Election officials in Arizona’s most populous county reached an agreement a week before the state’s July 21 primary on how to jointly oversee the vote, ending a prolonged legal battle. Republican Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap sued the predominantly GOP board of supervisors in June 2025, alleging…
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Denver City Council makes annual bison donation permanent
Denver has codified its annual donation of surplus buffalo to American Indian tribes and American Indian nonprofits into law after a unanimous vote by the City Council on Monday. The City and County of Denver has managed one of the oldest municipal bison herds in the nation as part of a conservation program for more…
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Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie’s bison leases | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
MONTANA BLM revokes bison grazing leases The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Jan. 16 that it is revoking grazing permits in Phillips County that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison. The decision comes after a three-and-a-half-year battle between the Montana livestock industry, backed by Gov. Greg Gianforte and…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Yellowstone’s bison herd faces reduction; Wyoming eyes salary boosts
MONTANA Deal reached to reduce Yellowstone’s bison herd by 600-900 MISSOULA – Officials have agreed to allow as many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park to be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this winter in a program that seeks to prevent the animals from spreading a disease to cattle.…