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DESCRIPTION:September 6, 2006\nShow time 7:00 PM\nLouden Nelson Center\n301 Center 
 Street (corner of Central and Laurel)\nContact: Dennis (831) 
 427-2626\nSponsored By Santa Cruz Earth First! & Free Radio Santa 
 Cruz\n\nThe Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) is a non-profit organization 
 focused on protecting America's last wild, free ranging, genetically pure 
 buffalo located in and around Yellowstone National Park. Although there are 
 over 300,000 bison in the US only 15,000 are genetically pure. The rest 
 have cattle genes. Of these 15,000 pure buffalo the Yellowstone bison are 
 unique in that they have continually occupied their native range since the 
 days when North America was inhabited by more than 30 million 
 buffalo.\n\nMontana has a "zero tolerance" policy for buffalo entering the 
 state and has killed nearly 4,000 since 1985. The state blames the 
 slaughter on brucellosis, although there has never been a documented 
 transmission from wild bison to livestock. Ironically, the cows gave the 
 disease to many species of wildlife and now only the buffalo are 
 slaughtered. Elk have transmitted brucellosis disease to cattle yet elk are 
 not even mentioned in the management plan as a problem.\n\nWith our 
 country's infamous history of mass buffalo slaughter it is a bitter irony 
 that 130 years later we are allowing history to repeat itself. Native 
 American tribes have pleaded to take live YNP buffalo back to their 
 reservations. The request has fallen on deaf ears. In a single week in 
 March of 2003 the National Park Service slaughtered 231 buffalo from within 
 Yellowstone National Park. In the year 2004 the Park Service killed 267 
 inside Yellowstone.\n\nThe Buffalo Field Campaign is working to gain 
 protection under the Endangered Species Act for the herd. These buffalo are 
 an American treasure and need all of our help to ensure their survival. The 
 Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act (HR 2428) is currently gaining support 
 in the US House of Representatives. We're traveling to gain support for 
 these and other efforts to protect the herd.\n\nMike Mease, BFC’s 
 co-founder & Campaign Coordinator and Josh Osher, BFC’s Research & Policy 
 Coordinator will travel the West Coast from mid-August until mid-September, 
 visiting farmer's markets and giving presentations in communities from Los 
 Angeles to Eugene. We've got great events scheduled, including benefits in 
 the Bay Area with Native American musician and activist John Trudell and 
 activist and speaker Julia Butterfly Hill. West Coast dates have all been 
 scheduled.\n\n=========================================\n\n\n  The Buffalo 
 Field Campaign (BFC) is the only group working in the field, everyday, to 
 stop the slaughter and harassment of Yellowstone's wild buffalo. Volunteers 
 from around the world defend buffalo on their traditional winter habitat 
 and advocate for their protection. Our daily patrols stand with the buffalo 
 on the ground they choose to be on, and document every move made against 
 them.\n\n     Volunteers spend all day, from sunrise until sunset, watching 
 and documenting actions taken against the buffalo. We run patrols from 
 cars, skis and snowshoes to protect buffalo outside the park. Tactics range 
 from video documentation to nonviolent civil disobedience.\n\n     BFC 
 enjoys incredible support and participation from the local community. 
 Residents allow us to post signs on their property designating them as 
 "Buffalo Safe Zones." We offer a fence repair service to mitigate damage 
 caused by wildlife. Locals join us on our daily rounds, and many support 
 our patrols with hot drinks and food.\n\n    All of our work happens 
 because people are willing to take a break from their usual schedules and 
 come help. Over 1500 people from all over the country and around the world 
 have joined us in our log cabin on Hebgen Lake to help stop the buffalo 
 slaughter. We feed and house all our volunteers in our cabin and tipi 
 satellite camp. Volunteers patrol for buffalo by skis, snowshoes, cars, or 
 snowmobiles. Everyone communicates by a network of hand-held radios, and 
 also carries a video and still camera.\n\n    Our office runs outreach 
 programs, including slide and video presentations, summer tabling in 
 Yellowstone Park, website and e-mail updates, and national media coverage 
 through press releases and video.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/06/18306488.php
SUMMARY:Buffalo Field Campaign Road Show Tonight!
LOCATION: Louden Nelson Center\n301 Center Street (corner of Central and Laurel)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/06/18306488.php
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