As Yellowstone National Park’s bison manager announced plans to capture 120 bison for its live transfer program this winter, a Nez Perce tribal representative criticized the agency’s trapping program for frustrating their treaty hunts.

“If you conduct the activities for the bison transfer program, that takes precedence over what I feel is a trust responsibility of Yellowstone National Park to ensure that we have some sort of harvest,” said Erik Holt, chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission.

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