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Join Peggy Hoyt as she chats with Justine Sanchez, President, and Dallas Gudgell, Vice President, of Buffalo Field Campaign. Learn about the importance of respecting and preserving wild bison. Discover Buffalo Field Campaign's mission to ensure bison have the freedom to roam across Yellowstone National Park.Support the show

Did you know that America's last wild buffalo roam freely only in Yellowstone National Park? In this captivating episode, we're joined by Justine Sanchez and Dallas Gudgell from the Buffalo Field Campaign, as we dive deep into the incredible story of these majestic creatures. Discover the rich history of the buffalo, their profound significance to Native American cultures, and their essential role in shaping the American landscape. Imagine this: before the arrival of settlers, it's estimated that up to 60 million buffalo thundered across the plains. But by 1900, only 23 remained—a staggering loss that nearly wiped out this iconic species. Today, around 4,000 to 5,000 wild buffalo survive, but they face new threats from some government agencies. In this episode, we explore these pressing issues, uncover the fascinating prophecy tied to the birth of a rare white buffalo calf in early June, and much more. This is not just another podcast episode; it's a journey through time, culture, and conservation. Get ready for an eye-opening, deeply informative, and profoundly moving conversation that will leave you thinking long after the episode ends. Don't miss out on this special episode... a very special episode!! www.furrealpodcast.com          www.buffalofieldcampaign.org fb          the fur real podcast               Buffalo Field Campaign ig          @thefurrealpodcast              @buffalofieldcampaign tik tok  @thefurrealpodcast              @buffalofieldcampaign Speical thanks to J Jig Cicero @jjigcicero for our music intro and outro..you rock!!! Special thanks to Jake Olson  jfolson.music@gmail.com for awesome sound editing  and to our supporters: www.prepvet.com  Stem cells for pets www.letswalkaustin.com www.letswalkhouston.com  www.letswalkdenver.com Pet walking and more!

Stephany Seay has been working in service to the last wild buffalo for over 20 years. Born in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and raised in Virginia, Stephany learned about the continued war against wild buffalo in 1996 and has been advocating for them ever since. In response to their struggle, she moved to Montana on New Year's Day 2004, where she became the media coordinator for Buffalo Field Campaign, with whom she parted ways after 18 years of service over philosophical differences. Stephany has nearly 20 years of experience standing with the buffalo, is an avid wildlife photographer, backcountry skier, and horsewoman. She is a member of Deep Green Resistance, and co-founder of Roam Free Nation. Stephany trusts that the buffalo have called us not just to help defend them, but to help us save us from ourselves from the unsustainable and selfish creation of industrial civilization.

Among the earth's most genetically pure buffalo herds in Yellowstone National Park, a rare white buffalo calf is born. It is considered sacred to surrounding tribes, such as the Lakota, Dakota, Blackfeet, and Shoshone, and was given a name, Wakan Gli, in a naming ceremony. The white calf brings with it a prophecy that some say correctly explains current human struggles with big issues like climate change. We'll talk with Native culture bearers about the significance of Wakan Gli. We'll also wrap up our eventful week at the Republican National Convention. GUESTS Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota), 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe Paula Looking Horse (Dakota), organizer of World Peace and Prayer Day Dallas Gudgell (Yankton Dakota from Ft. Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes), wildlife and tribal policy director with The International Wildlife Coexistence Network and vice president for the Buffalo Field Campaign board Develyn Hill (Shoshone-Bannock), 2023-2024 Miss Shoshone-Bannock Queen

Among the earth's most genetically pure buffalo herds in Yellowstone National Park, a rare white buffalo calf is born. It is considered sacred to surrounding tribes, such as the Lakota, Dakota, Blackfeet, and Shoshone, and was given a name, Wakan Gli, in a naming ceremony. The white calf brings with it a prophecy that some say correctly explains current human struggles with big issues like climate change. We'll talk with Native culture bearers about the significance of Wakan Gli. We'll also wrap up our eventful week at the Republican National Convention. GUESTS Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota), 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe Paula Looking Horse (Dakota), organizer of World Peace and Prayer Day Dallas Gudgell (Yankton Dakota from Ft. Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes), wildlife and tribal policy director with The International Wildlife Coexistence Network and vice president for the Buffalo Field Campaign board Develyn Hill (Shoshone-Bannock), 2023-2024 Miss Shoshone-Bannock Queen

Tiokasin welcomes back Stephany Seay for the full hour. Stephany has been working in service to the last wild buffalo for over 20 years. Born in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and raised in Virginia, Stephany learned about the continued war against wild buffalo in 1996 and has been advocating for them ever since. In response to their struggle, she moved to Montana on New Year's Day 2004, where she became the media coordinator for Buffalo Field Campaign, with whom she parted ways after 18 years of service over philosophical differences. Stephany has nearly 20 years of experience standing with the buffalo, is an avid wildlife photographer, backcountry skier, and horsewoman. She is a member of Deep Green Resistance, and co-founder of Roam Free Nation. Stephany trusts that the buffalo have called us not just to help defend them, but to help us save us from ourselves from the unsustainable and selfish creation of industrial civilization. Find Roam Free Nation at https://roamfreenation.org/. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) (00:00:22) 2. Song Title: Brother Warrior Artist: Sharon Burch Album: Touch the Sweet Earth (1995) Label: Canyon Records (00:27:28) 3. Song Title: Osage Oil Boom Artist: Robbie Robertson Album: Killers of the Flower Moon Soundtrack (2023) Label: Masterworks (00:42:02) 4. Song Title: (Intro) the Sacred Pipe) Artist: Robbie Robertson and the Osage Nation Album: Killers of the Flower Moon Soundtrack Label: Masterworks (00:44:54 ) 5. Song Title: Family Man Artist: Fleetwood Mac Album: Tango in the Night (1987) Label: Warner Records (00:45:30) 6. Song Title: Star People feat. Jim Cuddy Artist: Indian City (composed by Vince Fontaine and Chris Burke-Gaffney) Album: Code Red (2021) Label: Rising Sun Productions, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (00:49:25) 7. Song Title: Iron Sky Artist: Paolo Nutini Album: Caustic Love (2014) Label: Atlantic Records (00:55:20) AKANTU INTELLIGENCE Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse

With 1,272 Buffalo relations killed in 2023 so far in part due to the Yellowstone National Park Service buffalo management practices, the Yellowstone National Park Service just released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Buffalo Management which will be more detrimental to the Buffalo. Moreover, over the years, the Yellowstone National Park Service along with state of Montana, Montana ranchers, and other perpetrators and collaborators, have been complicit in not only failing to protect the remaining genetically pure and original buffalo relations, but these ‘actors' have been directly and/or indirectly connected to the continuous legacy of taking Buffalo relations lives. In fact, since 1985, 13,958 Buffalo relations have been killed. Our guest for the hour chronicles the work, struggles, and commitment of the Buffalo Field Campaign to protect the remaining genetically pure and original Buffalo relations that call Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding ecosystems across Mother Earth their home. All that and more on today's American Indian Airwaves program. Guest: James Holt Sr. (Nez Perce Nation), Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC). Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tunein, YouTube, and more.

The Buffalo Field Campaign has worked for decades restoring rights to the wild Bison of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to live and freely migrate in and outside of Yellowstone National Park in their rightful territory. Carrie Freeman's radio guests Mike Mease and Dallas Gudgell are from the nonprofit Buffalo Field Campaign and we discuss their achievements since the 1990s. In this 25-minute podcast recorded late July 2023, they explain why the bison are at risk of being killed by hunters and ranchers when they leave Yellowstone National Park and how Montana's wildlife policies have been hostile to this threatened and recovering species (treating the species as 'livestock' instead of wildlife). Buffalo Field Campaign volunteers work annually to document and protect the bison in the field (they invite you to join them). Dallas explains the bison's key role in local First Nations' cultural identity and how a coalition of dozens of tribes are meeting in November 2023 to discuss a path to more unified Tribal stewardship over the Yellowstone bison as part of reparations and a path for true protection and recovery of the wild bison herds.   The Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group working both in the field and in the policy arenas to stop the harassment and slaughter of America's last wild buffalo. Formalized as a nonprofit in 1997, they also protect the natural habitat of wild free-roaming bison and other native wildlife, and stand with First Nations to honor the sacredness of wild buffalo. The primary goal of the Buffalo Field Campaign is to create permanent year-round protection for bison and the ecosystem they depend on—including respect for the migratory needs of this long-exploited and clearly endangered species. Their website full of info, photos, and action items is BuffaloFieldCampaign.org. Photo taken by host Carrie Freeman of the bison herd in Yellowstone (during her visit in 2017). In Tune to Nature is a long-time weekly show airing on Wednesdays from 6:30-7pm EST on Atlanta indie station WRFG (Radio Free Georgia) 89.3FM hosted by Carrie Freeman or Melody Paris. Please consider donating to support this 50-year old independent, non-commercial, progressive Atlanta radio station at https://wrfg.org/   Remember to take care of yourself and others, including other species, like the bison, with whom we share the planet.  

In the first half-hour, “First Voices Radio” Correspondent Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) talks with Shannon O'Loughlin (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), CEO and attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs. The Association has been tracking domestic and international auctions selling sensitive American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian cultural heritage since 2018. Bonhams Skinner, a large global auction house, has been hosting a 10-day American Indian and Tribal Art online auction this month. The Association has major concerns about the chain of title, as well as the authenticity, of many of the items in this auction. Shannon has been practicing law for more than 22 years and is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. She has served Indian Country in the private sector as an attorney, leading a large national firm's Indian law practice that worked to strengthen, maintain and protect Indian nation sovereignty, self-determination and culture. More information at: https://www.indian-affairs.org/  In the second half-hour, Tiokasin catches up with returning guest Stephany Seay. Stephany is Co-Founder and Board President of Roam Free Nation. She has been working in service to the last wild buffalo for more than 20 years. Stephany learned about the continued war against wild buffalo in 1996 and has been advocating for them ever since. In response to their struggle, she moved to Montana on New Year's Day 2004, where she became the media coordinator for Buffalo Field Campaign, from which she parted ways after 18 years of service over philosophical differences. Stephany has nearly 20 years of experience standing with the buffalo and is an avid wildlife photographer, backcountry skier and horsewoman. She is a member of Deep Green Resistance. Stephany trusts that the buffalo have called us not just to help defend them, but to help us save us from ourselves from the unsustainable and selfish creation of industrial civilization. More information at: https://roamfreenation.org/ Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), Correspondent Malcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) (00:00:22) 2. Song Title: Great Divide Artist: Eagle & Hawk Album: Liberty (2019) Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba (00:29:20; 00:54:50) AKANTU INSTITUTE Visit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse. 

With approximately 6,000 remaining non-domesticated buffalo relations, a severe tragedy occurred on December 29th, 2022, when a semi-truck, on HWY 191 in West Yellowstone, Montana, took the lives of 13 bison and yearlings. Despite the legal speed limit on HWY 191, the semi-truck was traveling too fast to stop in time before colliding into the buffalo family. For years, Montana has refused to lower the speed limit in accordance with scientific recommendations and the Buffalo Field Campaign, Native American nations and allies are calling for the construction of ecological corridors over the highway as a remedy to prevent future accidents and the taking of animal relations lives. Had there been an ecological corridor over the highway near the Madison River crossing to Horse Butte, Montana, - a popular migratory pattern of the buffalo – the accident could have been prevented. In addition to this recent tragedy, hunters throughout the state of Montana in the past have escalated the taking of non-domesticated buffalo relations lives. In other words, more buffalo relations lives were taken in 2022 than in 2021. Guest: Our guest, Tom Woodbury, Communications Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign joins us for the hour in this two-part interview and provides listeners with update on the work of the Buffalo Field Campaign, the recent tragedy, the call to action of for creating an ecological corridor over HWY 191, the Buffalo Treaty between Native American nations, and more. Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Tunein, YouTube, and more. American Indian Airwaves is a volunteer collective and public affairs Native American public affairs program that broadcast weekly on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles, CA from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.

Stephany Seay is the co-founder of Roam Free Nation, a Montana-based wildlife advocacy group that focuses on the last continuously wild buffalo, the Yellowstone herds.  She has been working in service to the last wild buffalo for over 20 years. Born in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and raised in Virginia, Stephany learned about the continued war against wild buffalo in 1996 and has been advocating for them ever since. In response to their struggle, she moved to Montana on New Year's Day 2004, where she became the media coordinator for Buffalo Field Campaign, with whom she parted ways after 18 years of service over philosophical differences. Stephany has nearly 20 years of experience standing with the buffalo, is an avid wildlife photographer, backcountry skier, and horsewoman. She is also a member of Deep Green Resistance. Stephany trusts that the buffalo have called us not just to help defend them, but to help us save us from ourselves from the unsustainable and selfish creation of industrial civilization.

December 8, 2022-Chris Skyhawk hosts Universal Perspectives and his series of shows called “Surviving Late Stage Capitalism--What's Next?” interviewing activists, spiritual thinkers, and cutting edge social leaders with the goal of hypothesizing what life on our planet will look like after Capitalism collapses. This month his guests are Mike Mease of the Buffalo Field Campaign and bodyworker James Humecky. Mike talks about the amazing resilience of the Buffalo and the lessons they have for humans as we navigate troubled times. James discusses his bodywork and the healing modalities he has developed, and how healing our personal traumas can contribute to a greater vision of life on earth. (Note: Technical issues at the beginning of the live broadcasted have been edited out.)

In this episode we're joined by James Holt, the Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign, a non-profit focused on restoring the rights of the wild buffalo to manage the landscape similarly to how it has in the past. What's the difference between bison, beefalo & buffalo, and what exactly is the problem with how Yellowstone Park is managing them currently? We talk about these subjects and explore the role non-indigenous people have in both restoring the buffalo and hunting them.   To learn more about the Buffalo Field Campaign, visit their website at www.buffalofieldcampaign.org or visit them on social media @buffalofieldcampaign     Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at: https://www.patreon.com/PoorProlesAlmanac

Part 1 Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service (NPS) is reaching out to include Indigenous peoples cultural and historical relationship to Yellowstone National Park's boundaries; however, simultaneously Yellowstone National Park just closed its public comments section on the possibilities of implementing a new Bison Population Management program, which could lead to the additional killings of some of the last remaining genetically pure bison. Meanwhile, the Montana cattle industry is ramping up its methods for kill even more buffalo. In fact, more than 90 buffalo relations were taken in 2021; 859 buffalo were killed between 2019-2020; and 12,575 buffalo have been killed since 1985. The buffalo are cultural significant to numerous Native American nations throughout the region and beyond. Our guest, Mike Mease, for today is the co-founder of the Buffalo Field Campaign. He joins to discuss the recent events on the ground, at the state and national levels, as well as Yellowstone National Parks problematic and hypocritical positioning of including Indigenous peoples cultural histories into the “parks” reopening while simultaneously complicit in creating and supporting the conditions for the taking of buffalo relations, which are import for all living relations. Guest: Mike Mease, Co-founder of the Buffalo Field Campaign. Part 2: Education for Native American and Indigenous children in the public school system in the Los Angeles County area has always been problematic, fraught with forms of structural racism and discrimination, and antagonistic for a healthy and constructive learning environment that includes Indigeneity or culturally, educational based content. In addition, many Native American children are lost in the colonial system and often struggle to attend college and learn culturally-based Indigenous content. Our guest for today, Shannon Rivers (Akimel O'otham Nation), is the Director of Programming for NDGNSLA., American Indian Resurgence Initiative/Native Ways to College (AIR/NW2C), NDGNSLA, a new gateway program launching in early 2022. Shannon Rivers discusses the state of education not only across the United States, but also in the Los Angeles County region and how the launching of the new gateway educational program reflects Indigenous self-determination and creates opportunities for Indigenous children and families to participate in a program assisting them to reach college and learn-Indigenous based content so children who become have the cultural and settler colonial tools for decolonization and helping Native American/Indigenous communities and nations. Guest: Shannon Rivers (Akimel O'otham Nation), is the Director of Programming for NDGNSLA., American Indian Resurgence Initiative/Native Ways to College (AIR/NW2C), NDGNSLA. Click here for archived American Indian Airwaves programs on the KPFK website within the past 60-days only or click on (below) after 8pm for today's scheduled program. Soundcloud Apple Podcast Google Podcast iHeartRadio Pocket Casts Spotify Podcast Stitcher Podcast Tunein Podcast

In this episode of “First Voices Radio,” Tiokasin welcomes back Stephany Seay. Stephany was born in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and raised in Virginia. She became aware of this culture’s capacity for mindless destruction as the beaches and forests she grew up in were destroyed by so-called development. Stephany has been an earth activist since the late 1980s, has apprenticed as a wildlife rehabilitator, and is a student of horses. She started following the work of the Buffalo Field Campaign in 1997. In January 2004, she moved to Montana and has been on the front lines with the Buffalo Field Campaign ever since. Stephany has been a member of Deep Green Resistance since 2015 and stands in solidarity with those—human and non-human—who want to bring an end to industrial civilization and the culture that is killing our planet. In the second half: On May 7, 2020 an international online gathering and sharing of Indigenous knowledge and healing was held with Original Nations of the Western Hemisphere in light of the ancient prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor, which is of great impact and sometimes harsh reality with Mother Earth. This gathering was called the International Day of Blessing for Mother Earth, a call to action and international invitation to connect through and with Indigenous Elders and knowledge keepers with an intention to learn, grow, heal and return to Wotawacin Oṫokohe (completion of our blue energy). Claude Tokala Hocokan Waokiya Ob Mani Two Elk feels the urgency of our moment and has decided to do something about it. Animated by the knowledge of his ancestors and spiritual mentors and working closely with psychologist Dr. Jami Bartgis (Cherokee Nation), Tokala is on a global mission to heal us all and our planet of our collective traumas. Tokala and Jami, with partners from North, Central and South America, have started a network of international collaborators and volunteers dedicated to integrally improving health, well-being, and equity for Indigenous peoples of the Americas. By supporting Indigenous interventions across borders, through prayer, activism, art, education, and outreach, they are working toward the unity of the people and for everyone’s return to a healthful self and a healthy environment. This pandemic and its message to the planet has underscored the urgency of their work and they are gathering to offer blessings for the healing of our Mother (Earth) and her people.We hear first from the Wicasa Wakan Richard Moves Camp of the Oglala Lakota in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and then we will move to the southern continent to Ecuador and the Quiche Elder Angel Tipan Santillan.“First Voices Radio” would like to thank Claude Two Elk and JJ Lind for making the audio of Elders available, and to the interpreters, editors and Supporting Partners: Immediate Medium Indigenous Ways, Emily Johnson/Catalyst, International Indian Treaty Conference, InnerCHANGE WORKS, Collapsable Hole (USA), One Fire Associates, LLC (USA), and Oklahoma Health Sciences Center."Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerTiokasin Ghosthorse, Studio Engineer and Audio Editor, WIOX 91.3 FM, Roxbury, NYMusic Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersCD: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:44)2. Poem Title: Buffalo MountainArtist: ElizaBeth HillCD: Hearts of the Nations (1999)Label: N/A(00:28:00)3. Song Title: JusticeArtist: Bruce CockburnCD: Inner City Front (1981)Label: True North Records(00:50:32)4. Song Title: Just Another Holy ManArtist: Floyd Red Crow WestermanThis is a cover of “They Killed Him” by Kris Kristofferson from his 1986 album, “Repossessed” (Mercury).(00:55:15)

Just over more than 90 buffalo relations lives have been take in 2021. In addition, there has been 859 buffalo killed between 2019-2020; 12,575 buffalo killed since 1985, and there have 540 buffalo captured by the Yellowstone National Park: 540. Over the past several months Montana's state legislature has introduced HB318 and HB302. HB318 will reclassify the original buffalo from wild and feral to domesticated. If HB318 passes, then it will be legal to kill the original buffalo that is older than American. HB302 usurps Montana's state constitutional power and places it into a local county board operating favorably for hunters and ranchers killing the original buffalo. Also, what is the current management approach for the Yellowstone National Park bison? Why is the National Park Service complicit in kill the original Buffalo relations? Since 1997, the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) has been at the forefront of protecting the last free roaming heard of bison relatives in the lower forty-eight states and promoting and advocating for the increase of the bison habitat and populations. Turn in to learn more. Guests: Stephanie Seay, Media Coordinator of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC), joins us for the entire program to discuss the works of the Buffalo Field Campaign, the continuous struggles of protecting the last remaining, genetically original buffalo from “state” and hunters killing these relatives, why the BFC had to file a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly's office and why the court ordered the release of records the park, plus more.

In this episode, the speakers discuss being a voice for the orcas, salmon, and the waterways they live in. Listen to the episode to learn from Washington State Representative Debra Lekanoff (Tlingit), Klickitat Tribal Elder Wilbur Slockish, and James Holt, (Nez Perce) the Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign on how to care for these important members of our ecosystem.

How are orcas connected to salmon? In this episode Washington State Representative Debra Lekanoff (Tlingit), Klickitat Tribal Elder Wilbur Slockish, and James Holt, (Nez Perce) the Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign discuss the orcas, salmon, and waterways that bring and grace to our region and how they require committed caretakers – now more than ever.

Revered as America’s national mammal, bison have made a spectacular recovery after near extinction in the late 19th century. But the wild herds of bison roaming Yellowstone National Park have outgrown the space available for them in the Park, and authorities are harassing and slaughtering bison that migrate across Park boundaries to reach grasslands they need to survive. Gary Strieker talks with Mike Mease, co-founder and coordinator of the Buffalo Field Campaign, to review the reasons why bison are considered a threat to cattle ranches around the Park and what the Campaign is doing to ensure the last wild herds of bison can live free and thrive.

In the first segment, Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes returning guest Stephany Seay from the Buffalo Field Campaign. Stephany was born in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and raised in Virginia. She became aware of this culture’s capacity for mindless destruction as the beaches and forests she grew up in were destroyed by so-called development. Stephany has been an earth activist since the late 1980s, has apprenticed as a wildlife rehabilitator, and is a student of horses. She started following the work of the Buffalo Field Campaign in 1997. In January 2004, she moved to Montana and has been on the front lines with the Buffalo Field Campaign ever since. Stephany has been a member of Deep Green Resistance since 2015 and stands in solidarity with those—human and non-human—who want to bring an end to industrial civilization and the culture that is killing our planet. Stephany counts among her heroes, Derrick Jensen, John Trudell, and the co-founders of Buffalo Field Campaign Mike Mease and Rosalie Little Thunder.In the second segment, we have updates on the occupation of Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. In January, a group of activists, including our returning guests Max Wilbert and Will Falk, launched an occupation of a proposed mine at Thacker Pass. Lithium Americas corporation plans to rip open 5,000 acres of this land to extract lithium for consumer products. Max Wilbert is a writer, organizer and wilderness guide, and has been part of grassroots political work for nearly 20 years. He’s an author and his essays have been published many places, including CounterPunch and Dissident Voice. Max has been involved in fighting both Canadian and Utah tar sands, in resisting industrial-scale water extraction and deforestation in Nevada, in advocating for the last remaining wild buffalo in Yellowstone, in solidarity work with Indigenous communities in British Columbia, and in campaigns against sexual violence. Will Falk is a biophilic writer, lawyer and the author of “How Dams Fall: Stories the Colorado River Told Me,” published by Homebound Publications. The book describes his relationship with the Colorado River through his involvement in the first-ever American federal lawsuit seeking rights for a major ecosystem, the Colorado River. Will has published numerous articles and essays through Earth Island Journal, the Dark Mountain Project, CounterPunch, and many others. More about Will at willfalk.org. More about Thacker Pass: protectthackerpass.org.Production Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerTiokasin Ghosthorse, Studio Engineer and Audio Editor, WIOX 91.3 FM, Roxbury, NYMusic:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersCD: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:44)3. Song Title: Through the FloodArtist: Indian City feat. Don AmeroCD: Hear and Now (2017)Label: Rising Sun Productions(00:26:30)3. Song Title: Transform Your Game (We Remain)Artist: Nick MulveyCD: Wake Up Now (2017)Label: FICTION(00:53:53)

Ep. 45: "In Defense of the Last Wild Buffalo" feat. Stephany Seay of the Buffalo Field Campaign Current battles in a centuries-long range war The last wild herd of Buffalo in North America spend most of the year in Yellowstone National Park. They are descended from a mere 23 individuals who survived the massive Buffalo slaughters of the late 19th Century by hiding out in a valley there. Today the herd numbers in the low thousands, but is still not allowed to live a life free of harrassment from humans. The Buffalo Field Campaign was formally founded in 1997, and they employ a variety of tactics to defend and advocate for these Buffalo. On December 16th, I spoke with the campaign's media coordinator, Stephany Seay. She's been an earth activist since the late 80's, has apprenticed as a wildlife rehabilitator, and is a student of horses. In 2003, she looked into the eyes of a wild buffalo and was never the same again. Since 2004 she has been on the front lines with BFC. In our conversation, we talked about the history of the Yellowstone herd and what makes it unique; the annual killing of Buffalo every year when they migrate out of the park to forage; the Brucellosis myth; how the ranching industry opposes Buffalo; the effort to have Buffalo listed under the Endangered Species Act; how the Park Service rounds up buffalo every year and sends them to slaughterhouses; the genetic concerns with a herd that is kept so small; the importance of Buffalo as a keystone species; how domesticated cows do not fill the same ecological role as Buffalo; the relationship between Buffalo and Native Americans; how activists have mostly halted the "hazing" of Buffalo; and the work of Buffalo defense, which has included direct action. This interview was short, so I filled out the episode by adding a reading from my 2019 book, "Roadtripping at the End of the World." The excerpt is from a section about Nine Mile Prairie in Nebraska in which write about the Tall Grass Prairie ecosystem and the Buffalo's place in it. "Roadtripping at the End of the World" is available at my website as an autographed paperback or a digital download. Buffalo Field Campaign: https://buffalofieldcampaign.org "Roadtripping at the End of the World": https://macskamoksha.com/product/roadtripping-at-the-end-of-the-world-paperback The music in the background of the episode introduction is "Synth and Percussion Loop Created with Moog Mother 32 and Novation Circuit" (124 BPM, Key of C Minor) by Doctor Dreamchip of Portland, OR: https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/sounds/545717/ You can follow Doctor Dreamship here: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhlcItuC6pmhhemUjhPt1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctordreamchip/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doctordreamchip RADIO FREE SUNROOT: Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume https://radiofreesunroot.com KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP: https://macskamoksha.com/ KOLLIBRI'S PATREON: Get access to members-only content https://www.patreon.com/kollibri Support Voices for Nature & Peace by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/voices-for-nature-and-peace This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a50345 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Voices for Nature & Peace.

Tensions mount as Montana ranchers are increasing harassing, killing, and harming buffalo that leave the Yellowstone National Park. Today, James Holt Sr., executive director of the Buffalo Field Campaign, provides an update on the escalated situation and Jame Holt Sr. provides an update on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the Nez Perce Nation. There have been 859 buffalo killed between 2019-2020; 12,575 buffalo killed since 1985, and there have 540 buffalo captured by the Yellowstone National Park: 540. What is the current management approach for Yellowstone bison? Why is there such intolerance for bison to traverse their lands, feed, reproduce, live, or be provided more suitable public lands? The state manufactured comparative risks of brucellosis transmission to cattle, plus human injury, and property damage have been systemically used as a pretext to strategically kill and slaughter the Yellowstone bison over the years and for years, the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) since 1997 has been at the forefront of protecting the last free roaming heard of bison relatives in the lower forty-eight states and promoting and advocating for the increase of the bison habitat and populations. Part 2 of today's segment includes our guest conveying how COVID-19 is impacting the Nez Perce Nation, its citizens, youth, elder, plus more. Guests: James Holt Sr. (Nez Perce Nation), Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC), joins us for the entire program to discuss the works of the Buffalo Field Campaign, the continuous struggles of protecting the last remaining, genetically original buffalo from “state” and hunters killing these relatives, why the BFC had to file a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly's office and why the court ordered release of records the park, plus more

Stephany Seay from the Buffalo Field Campaign tells Matt what it’s like to be on the front lines of the effort to save the last free roaming American buffalo. Visit www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/action-opportunities to get involved or to learn more.

There have been 859 buffalo killed between 2019-2020; 12,575 buffalo killed since 1985, and there have 540 buffalo captured by the Yellowstone National Park: 540. What is the current management approach for Yellowstone bison? Why is there such intolerance for bison to traverse their lands, feed, reproduce, live, or be provided more suitable public lands? The state manufactured comparative risks of brucellosis transmission to cattle, plus human injury, and property damage have been systemically used as a pretext to strategically kill and slaughter the Yellowstone bison over the years and for years, the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) since 1997 has been at the forefront of protecting the last free roaming heard of bison relatives in the lower forty-eight states and promoting and advocating for the increase of the bison habitat and populations. Part 2 of today's segment includes our guest conveying how COVID-19 is impacting the Nez Perce Nation, its citizens, youth, elder, plus more. Guests: James Holt Sr. (Nez Perce Nation), Executive Director of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC), joins us for the entire program to discuss the works of the Buffalo Field Campaign, the continuous struggles of protecting the last remaining, genetically original buffalo from “state” and hunters killing these relatives, why the BFC had to file a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly's office and why the court ordered release of records the park, plus more.

Banka learned meditation from her mother, Sheila, teaching her white light meditation when she was 13.She came to yoga through Buddhism. She lived at Tassajara Monastery and Green Dragon Temple where she practiced a strict discipline of Zen Buddhist meditation, chanting, and silence. She received ordination (Jukai) in 1994 from her teacher Reb Tenshin Anderson and she went to France to study with Thich Nhat Hanh where she received the 5 Precepts Ordination in 1995.Banka went on pilgrimage to India and studied with his Holiness the Dalai Lama and received White Tara Empowerment in 1997.In 2003 Banka completed her first teacher training at Kalani with Kathy Elder, in 2007 her second teacher training in Sivananda Yoga, and her third teacher training in Jivamukti Yoga, and in 2015 she completed her fourth teacher training in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. In 2015 Banka became an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher. Banka has spent every August since 2010 serving her beloved teachers, Shri Sharon Gannon and Shri David Life.Banka has also been Certified in The Kushi Macrobiotic Lifestyle and she has spent time studying & learning the Living Foods Lifestyle at The Ann Wigmore Institute & The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center. All Vegan.Banka has also spent long periods of her life devoted to direct action campaigns: liberate animals, forest defense, anti-nuke, and indigenous rights. Banka created a LIBA degree in Animal Rights and did her internship with PETA in 1989.Banka was involved in North Coast Earth First! for Headwaters, trying to protect the last privately owned ancient old-growth redwood forest. A 7-year legal battle ensued- nopepperspray.orgBanka was involved in the SHAC campaign, The Buffalo Field Campaign, Big Mountain Black Mesa, hung a banner from Stone mountain in Atlanta on World Week to Liberate Laboratory Animals, was part of The Primate Freedom Tour, and numerous other campaigns for animal & earth liberation.Banka has been arrested for civil disobedience:Vandenburg Air Force Base, CAYerkes Primate Ctr, Atlanta, GANIH Primate Drug Addiction Lab, MDMultiple Hunt Sabs in NJ, PA & MDDepartment of Livestock Headquarters, Helena, MTOffice takeovers & Home Demos in CAUniversity of Penn Animal Lab,PANeiman Marcus, CAHegins Pigeon Shoot, PA In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis and Banka discuss the following:MediationActivismJivamukti Yoga, Shri David Life and Shri Sharon GannonVeganism in prisonMumia Abu Jamal, Death Blossoms: Reflections from A Prisoner of ConscienceWorking through the egoHawaii Cow Rescue by HLFARNDolphins and pigs being used for entertainment in HawaiiHawaii sovereigntyIntroducing veganism to yoga classesThe Burger King Story by Andrei CodrescuOkja MovieAnimal Liberation by Peter SingerDiet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future Life on Earth by John RobbinsSpeciesismShantideva quote in the book: Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: How To Enjoy a Life of Great Meaning and Altruism Connect with Banka:Instagram: @bankalishEmail: chongaboolie@hotmail.com

Robin Vitulle, Co-Founder, Vice President and on the Board of Directors of FREE ALL CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS (FACE) since the nonprofit's inception in 2017. Robin began her advocacy for elephants in 2013 while learning of the elephant poaching crisis in Africa. As an animal lover all of her life, this new journey brought her to become aware of the suffering of elephants held in captivity in circuses and zoos right here in the USA and decided this is where she could do more to advocate to make a positive change.Robin was instrumental in the passing of Nosey's Law in New Jersey. She gave testimony before the NJ Senate and Assembly Committees while working alongside retired NJ Senator Raymond J. Lesniak. Nosey's Law made NJ the first state in the U.S. to ban the use of wild and exotic animals in traveling animal acts. She has also organized many peaceful circus protests, both in New Jersey and for other advocates where circuses are held. Most notable was the protesting and tracking of Nosey the elephant where the end result was Nosey's rescue and placement into a beautiful sanctuary where she is thriving and learning to be the elephant she was always meant to be. Robin also serves as Co- Treasurer of FACE.Visit her at freeallcaptiveelephants.org or email at info@freeallcaptiveelephants.orgMike Mease is the Campaign Coordinator for Buffalo Field Campaign. Mike said, "Once you spend time with the buffalo you know. Listen and learn as they have much to teach. The joy just keeps coming, and I will stand with them as my family until they roam free again." You may visit him at https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org Presented by Attorney King Studios with Coexists on IQ Podcasts.

Covid-19 and Yellowstone Bison are the topics, as Joe DeMare and Rebecca Wood discuss the biology of viruses, then interview Stephany Seay from the Buffalo Field Campaign. Drought in California could signal a change in the way clouds form on Earth that could change everything. A heartwarming letter from the future, and more!

Darrell Geist is habitat coordinator for Buffalo Field Campaign, a position he’s worked in for 15 years. His  experience with the Yellowstone buffalo dates back to the early 1990s when he worked with Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers and videographer Mike Mease to publicize the state of Montana’s slaughter of these majestic wild animals. After graduating from college he migrated to Montana, a habitat he dearly loves, from his home state of South Dakota.

Episode #27 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Katie Russell, the founder of the Buffalo Bridge Project on the ongoing work of the Buffalo Bridge Crew. We sat down to chat in my camper behind the laundromat in Twisp, Washington while we ate cherries and saskatoon berries.   Katie Russell lives in the Methow valley in Washington state, on the east side of the Cascades, which is in the rain shadow of those towering mountains. It's an area with expansive rolling hills and mountains with dry and desert like conditions but also features a diversity of eco-zones with various conifers, quaking aspens, Ceanothus and more. Katie currently runs the Saskatoon Circle Gathering, an ancestral skill gathering that is held in the valley every year. Katie has a homestead in the valley, teaches ancestral skills and has such a cute family! (Thanks to Em for babysitting her child Ranger during our laundromat-camper hosted chat.) I've known Katie informally over the years and went to the Saskatoon Circle Gathering back in 2016, this summer being the first time I've been back in awhile. I've also been following the Buffalo Bridge Project for some time. Katie often will do presentations at ancestral skills gatherings about what the work entails, so I've learned a bit about it. Katie agreed to do an interview about Buffalo Bridge LAST year when I asked her (Spring of 2018) and we finally were able to sit down and do it this summer. To give you a little bit of a background to the project, I'm going to quote whoever wrote the description of their indigogo campaign (perhaps Harmony?) to raise money for the expenses involved, because they wrote it so poignantly: (words taken from BBP's indigogo campaign:) During the winter of 2013, Katie stumbled upon the native buffalo hunt outside Yellowstone National Park. After meeting a few of the hunters and diggin' around in some gut piles, she knew she HAD to return to explore the possibilities. In winter of 2014, Katie gathered a small crew and returned to Yellowstone to make use of the left-behind pieces of the hunt - hides, skulls, bones, fur, organs, and more. The crew set up camp right outside the hunting grounds, ready at any time to help, to share knowledge, and to offer skills in anyway the families needed. In the process, BBP began making connections with the buffalo, the native hunters, the Buffalo Field Campaign, park officials, tourists and townsfolk alike. Focused on using every part of the animal, The Buffalo Bridge Project is building a bridge between cultures, factions, and political lines in the common recognition of the innate worth of the buffalo, and our own shared humanity. The project has continued every year since the initial camp outside of Yellowstone National Park. Less than 200 years ago, 60 million buffalo roamed the country. Their grazing patterns maintained the integrity of our native grasslands. They recycled nutrients back into the soil with every step, planting seeds, fertilizing and watering as the herds migrated over the prairies. Their wallows created much needed prairie lakes and ponds with precious freshwater ecosystems. They provided food and shelter for innumerable species, from frogs and lizards to antelope and beetles. The buffalo were one of the most important keystone species in the ecology of the plains, often referred to as "large scale ecological engineers."      Many of the nation's First People depended on the buffalo for most of their survival needs. Because they provided so much, the herds of bison became integral to almost every part of human life; they offered food, shelter, clothing, children's toys, silverware, blankets, clothing, rope, bags, water carriers, bowstrings, glue, tools, fire fuel, and more. The herds once numbered in the millions, and provided a comfortably abundant life for many of the buffalo hunting people. By the early 1900's, however,  European colonization had almost completely eradicated the species. Within a few generations, as few as 23 wild Bison remained. These solitary animals had survived by finding refuge deep in Yellowstone National Park's boundaries. The decimation of the wild buffalo was crippling to the cultural biosphere of the First Nations. The very fabric of the native's way of life had been destroyed, and as a result, much of the culture of the buffalo people was lost, relegated to the memories and stories of the people who still remembered the way it once was. Today, through many years of political conflict and ecological turmoil, the bison population in Yellowstone has grown to around 4,900. These are the last truly wild bison in the country. Yet every year, there is a state-funded culling of the bison, in which Yellowstone officials ship portions of the buffalo herd out to slaughter.  Very recently, several Native tribes have started exercising their treaty rights to hunt the wild bison, just as their ancestors have for hundreds, if not thousands of years. After almost 200 years of being severed from the very animal that was once the very heart of everyday life, many families are finally able to reclaim their traditions and reconnect with their cultural heritage once again. Buffalo Bridge is dedicated to honoring Buffalo Culture by remembering the traditions of the Buffalo People who have been living with and hunting buffalo since time immemorial. The Buffalo Bridge Project wishes to celebrate the sophistication, ingenuity, and resilience of these people by attempting to reconnect with these Old Ways of living and being. BBP also recognizes that these traditions are not our own, and think that its important to re-imagine our own ways of connecting with the land we now call our home. BBP feels that all of humanity has a shared past; one in which we all hunted animals and transformed animal skins into clothing, used stone knives, gathered plants, and made friction fire, and through enacting these very ancient patterns, we are able to remember our shared humanity.   In this podcast episode with Katie, we talk about: what the Buffalo Bridge project is and how it started the different perspectives on how the buffalo should currently be treated a little on the history of the intertwined genocide of the buffalo and indigenous peoples who lived with the buffalo some information on when the state of Montana sued the federal government for the buffalo crossing out of federal land the area where Yellowstone National Park is as the 'cradle' of where buffalo spring from the earth, and where the last wild herd of buffalo still live the treaty that gave rights to indigenous people to hunt buffalo on their own ancestral lands and how that treaty was revived with the intentional revival of buffalo populations in the 90's how the folks at Buffalo Bridge navigate the cultural and political bridges in buffalo country how the folks at Buffalo Bridge play a role as scavengers in the buffalo hunt the 'ship and slaughter' baiting practice happening during the buffalo hunt to keep the buffalo numbers at a certain population and how it is a politically charged issue navigating why certain people fear the wild the important role of the buffalo ecologically     Links: Facebook page for the project: https://www.facebook.com/oldwaysbuffalo/ Outside magazine article on the Buffalo Bridge Project: https://www.outsideonline.com/2086566/montanas-grid-bison-scavengers @buffalobridge https://www.instagram.com/buffalobridge/ @saskatooncircle https://www.instagram.com/saskatooncircle/ Saskatoon Circle website: https://www.saskatooncircle.com/ Buffalo Field Campaign, mentioned in the podcast: https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/ Support the podcast on Patreon to contribute to our grassroots self-funding of this project.  Support the Ground Shots Project with a one time donation: paypal.me/petitfawn  Our website with backlog of episodes, plant profiles, travelogue and more: http://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com  Check the podcast page for beautiful photos of the Buffalo Bridge Project taken by Matt Hamon. Thanks for permission to use these photos, Matt!  Check out Matt Hamon's photography here: http://www.matthamon.com/the-gleaners Our Instagram page @goldenberries Join the Ground Shots Podcast Facebook Group to discuss the episodes Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the Ground Shots Project Theme music: 'Sweat and Splinters' by Mother Marrow Insterstitial Music: ‘On my Knees' by Mother Marrow Produced by: Opia Creative    

Stephanie Seay is our honored guest as we discuss the work of the Buffalo Field Campaign in Montana, saving the last herd of wild Buffalo in the US. We talk about the possibility of wild bison roaming Ohio, and about the record heat in the Ocean. Plus our letter from the future!

This episode of Muse Ecology is the first in this four part series beginning to explore humankind's relation to the bison in the Great Plains of North America. This buffalo series features diverse voices of folks involved in the bison's return that Alison and I met on our buffalo investigation journey in February 2018. While the next three episodes feature entrepreneurs and ranchers who are working to restore bison to the landscape, this first episode features voices of wildlife advocates who see the buffalo as a wild elder whose right to roam long precedes our recent human constructs.   The first visit on our buffalo journey was with the Buffalo Field Campaign, a volunteer-run organization that exists to defend the dignity and freedom of the last continuously wild herd of buffalo in North America, in Yellowstone National Park. Founded over 20 years ago by Lakota Grandmother Rosalie Littlethunder and videographer Mike Mease, through documentation and advocacy, the BFC seeks to promote awareness of the story and management of the Yellowstone bison, and to influence policy to allow them to roam free like the other wild ones.   At just over two and a half hours this episode ended up a bit long, but felt like one story to be released together, so I divided it up into chapters like an audio book or radio play, and created a table of contents with minute and second, to make it easy to restart if you have to take a break.   00:00:52         Introduction to the Buffalo Series 00:09:17         Arrival at BFC 00:09:46   Chapter 1: The First Annual Rosalie Littlethunder Memorial                                   Walk 00:15:44   Rosalie Memorial Circle 00:29:27   Chapter 2: Buffalo Awareness in Bozeman 00:29:31        More Words From Karen Littlethunder and Cheryl Angel 00:35:04        Awareness Rally Grooves 00:38:53   Chapter 3: Ski Patrol and Share Frog 00:38:55        A Daily Meeting 00:45:55        Buffalo Patrol 00:52:96        A Wild Lullaby for Share Frog 00:57:05   Chapter 4: Jimmy Brings an Important Message 01:09:46   Chapter 5: A Conversation with Stephanie Seay 01:11:24        Conversation with Stephanie 01:35:14   Chapter 6: A Conversation with Mike Mease 01:36:05        Details about the March webinar 01:36:46        Conversation with Mike 02:36:11        Closing Rumination and Introduction of Tanka Bar Episode   You can connect with the Buffalo Field Campaign, to follow their work or arrange to volunteer for a while, at Michael DiGiorgio recorded the banjo-bird jams I'm using in the intro and ending. You can find his amazing nature art at . Mike says that if you'd like to buy the album of his nature-banjo jams, you can find his email on his website and he can mail you a CD.  

Welcome to the Audible Café Podcast! Today, my guest is Mike Mease, Campaign Coordinator and Co-Founder of the Buffalo Field Campaign. The Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group working both in the field and in policy arenas to stop the harassment and slaughter of America’s last truly wild, genetically pure buffalo in America. These buffalo are the direct descendants of the 30 to 60 million buffalo that used to roam continental North America, and their herd currently contains less than 4,000 members. The primary goal of the Buffalo Field Campaign is to create permanent year-round protection for bison and the ecosystem they depend on—including respect for the migratory needs of this long-exploited and clearly endangered species. Mike has been devoted to the cause of the wild buffalo for over 22 years.  The fact that President Obama signed into law the National Bison Legacy Act, which designates the bison as the official mammal of the United States, has done nothing to protect the buffalo! The Act includes a disclaimer that the designation does not change the current management plan that is actually devastating the herd through bad management and what Mike and others aptly call “boxed hunts”.  Buffalo Field Campaign staff and volunteers are in the process of shepherding through the federal court a case for listing the wild buffalo as an endangered species that would give these wonderful animals the protections they need to thrive - that is, so long as the Endangered Species Act thrives - which is another battle we all must join in. Securing Endangered Species Act status is a long haul and the Buffalo Field Campaign team needs your help! They are halfway through an 8-year process for designating this mammal as an endangered species, and what should be a straightforward and swift action is nothing of the kind. With the herd down to less than 4,000 members, this is an urgent call to action. So after you listen to this great interview with Mike Mease of the Buffalo Field Campaign, please visit their website at buffalofieldcampaign,org and please take note of their matching campaign before it ends on November 30th. They are a transparent and hard-working non-profit, and they are one of a kind in the nation - the only ones doing this work on behalf of the herd. So also visit their “Get Involved” page to take action on behalf of the last wild herd of buffalo so dearly in need of our protection. The “About Buffalo” section of the website is truly awesome and full of inspiring information about buffalo. The whole website is great. Thanks again to Mike Mease of Buffalo Field Campaign for taking the time to share his passion for the buffalo and his important work on their behalf. And thank you so much for listening to Audible Café! As always, you can learn more and access archives and show notes with lots of resources at audiblecafe.com, or visit the FB page - just search for Audible Cafe, or follow us on Twitter @audiblecafe. If you listen on iTunes it would be great if you would review the podcast… 5 stars are OK with us!  And if you’d like to get directly in touch with us, email listenup@audiblecafe.com. Have a great day! RESOURCES Buffalo Field Campaign website:  buffalofieldcampaign.org Protect Our National Mammal: Be a Voice For the Buffalo! Educational Slideshow for sharing Get involved to save the herd! - Action opportunities CREDITS: Audible Café theme music by Brian Eddy

Grizzly Times speaks with Stephany Seay, media coordinator for the Buffalo Field Campaign. Stephany is on the front lines of protecting Yellowstone’s buffalo, for which there is sadly still great hostility in Montana and among cattlemen. She and other members of Buffalo Field Campaign monitor buffalo year round, and they bear witness to the government's mistreatment of them, such as last winter when about 600 animals were killed.

Mike Mease of the Buffalo Field Campaign joins us on the phone to talk about the American buffalo. Also known as the bison – and recently named the US's national mammal – the creature faces culling in the state of Montana.

http://notjustpaleo.com/free-health-consultation/ Mike Mease is the co-founder of Buffalo Field Campaign, an organization dedicated to supporting the proper treatment and life for the last genetically-pure, wild and free-roaming bison herd in the Yellowstone area to prosper. Each year, due to an agreement with the state of Montana and the National Park Service, hundreds of buffalo, or bison, are rounded up each year for slaughter to keep the population down. The livestock industry and ranchers are at the root of this issue because free roaming bison on the public lands where cattle graze would create competition for grass and supposedly create other issues such as a disease transmission which has never been proven. Listen in as we discuss this nearly 20 year long battle to stop the annual slaughter of bison and what we can do to help change the tide in federal funding and allow these animals to roam freely once again.

This episode is jampacked. We have three interviews, crowdfunding news, protesters, and dear friends.  Have you heard about Sir Mojo and his Quest for the Love Leaf? If not, and I am sure you haven't yet, have a listen to Mojo's interview with the lovely and multi-talented Heather Dale. Heather and Mojo chat about the Celtic Avalon crowdfunding campaign.  Save the Bison in Yellowstone! That's exactly what our friend Comfrey Root did and continues to keep doing. I had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Comfrey. He shares some of his incredble story. Tune and and if you can, do what you can to support the Buffalo Field Campaign.  Have we got a surprise for you! A third interview. The other day Mojo had the chance to talk with our old friend Arthur Hinds. Arthur has some interesting things happening and for them to come to fruition, he has a Kickstarter campaign. Click here to hear all about the campaign. Support your Pagan artists! Without them we are doomed.  The Feature Album is Holy Picnic by Aleppo Pine from Barcelona Spain. From that album we hear Magic Dolmen, Mystic Lady, and to conclude the show, Dead Garden.  Our next selection is a song from one of this episode's guests, Arthur Hinds. From Arthur we hear Never Underestimate from Poetry of Wonder.  To round out our musical selection for this show we present Sora with Scheherazade, from the cd, Scorpion Moon. Sora is performing at The Sun Wheel Arts Festival in Alberta, Canada.  Finally, a request from Mojo and myself to help our friend Ckyle Hanson realise some dreams before he has finished here. Ckyle has been diagnosed with cancer that is inoperable and untreatable. He would like to visit Yellowstone Park and record a number of songs that he has written. Doing that costs money. Money that Ckyle doesn't and won't have without our help. He is a good, sweet, loving soul. If you can help with this, great. If you can't, fight cancer where and when you can. Ckyle has a crowdfunding campaign at gofundme.  Blessed Be