where there’s no real social acceptance for the bison, is a concern for us,” Romaniuk says.
“They’re welcome into #WatertonLakes, but where they’re not welcome currently is on the #PrivateLands to the east of us,” where they could eat food intended for livestock or knock down fences.

“Don’t get me wrong, there are landowners adjacent to tribal lands that are supportive, but the #RanchingIndustry, some of them just can’t afford to have bison on their lands because of fences and feed.”

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within a large section of the #BlackfeetTribalLands adjacent to the #WatertonGlacierInternationalPeacePark and the Canada-U.S. Border.

And it’s from this land that bison keep finding their way into #WatertonLakes or #GlacierNationalPark or up to the border — indifferent to political lines and simply roaming through their #territory, as their #ancestors did for centuries.

That territory, of course, has since been carved up into parcels

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