1. United States
2. Colo.
3. Letter

Reject the Bureau of Land Management's proposal to revoke American Prairie's bison grazing permits in Phillips County. This reversal would displace 900 bison from 63,000 acres of public land and undermine permits that your administration lawfully approved in 2019 after thorough environmental review. Bison are classified as near threatened and ecologically extinct. American Prairie has worked for 40 years to restore these animals to their ecological role, and the BLM has supported bison grazing on federal allotments since 2005. Canceling these permits now, under political pressure from ranching interests, sets a dangerous precedent. It tells tribes, ranchers, and conservation partners that public land management decisions can be reversed on a whim, regardless of environmental review or legal process. The Coalition of Large Tribes, including the Navajo Nation, Crow Nation, and Blackfeet Tribe, has protested this proposal alongside American Prairie. They recognize what's at stake: decades of conservation work and the future of bison restoration across the West. Public lands belong to all Americans, not just cattle ranchers. Stand by the permits your administration granted in 2019 and reject this politically motivated reversal.