Interior Department Strengthens Conservation of American Bison Through New Agreement with Canada and Mexico

The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Parks Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources recently signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation and coordination for the conservation of the American bison across its range in North America.

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Bison. Photo: @environmentca

Through a Letter of Intent, the countries will work to pursue bison conservation, restore ecological processes, and support traditional human use of natural resources with a particular focus on the unique historical connection between bison and Indigenous peoples.

This Letter of Intent was worked on at the recent Canada/Mexico/United States Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management held in San Diego, California, and outlines additional collaboration across national borders toward the United States, Mexico and Canada’s shared goal of domestic bison conservation. fws.gov

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