“I’m a kid from suburban Chicago — how could I be a bison rancher?” Matt Skoglund wondered that as he debated buying land to start a bison ranch in southwest Montana. In 2018, Skoglund and his wife, ...

On Sept. 4, 2025, American Prairie announced the purchase of Montana’s Anchor Ranch, totaling 67,960 acres, including 22,837 ...

This resource was created to highlight the opportunities and challenges that exist for those interested in transitioning to bison ranching, whether they are new to ranching or have a background in ...

In southern Colorado, Zapata Ranch stretches across a wide, untamed landscape where mountains, prairie, and desert meet. This ...

LOLO, Mont. -- Two days a week, Troy Westre hates his job. Walking out into his 250-acre pasture in the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana, Westre finds his herd of bison and nestles up to a ...

Growing up on the state’s largest bison ranch south of Gillette, Wyoming, Erin Flocchini had a unique childhood. At 55,000 ...

Twelve years ago, bison ranchers in the West were feeling fenced in. While demand from restaurants and consumers for steaks, roasts and other prime cuts was just beginning to increase, nobody wanted ...

The closest herd to metro Denver resides in Unincorporated Adams County near Westminster. The operation, Nilisber Bison Ranch, is owned by Michael Jeffries and his family. "We've got quite an ...

One thing that always surprises people when they meet me is just how much I love bison. As a city girl, I've always found ...

Driving north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, an extraordinary landscape comes into view. Trees disappear and an immense landscape of grass emerges, undulating in the wind like a great, green ocean. This is ...

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The South Dakota State University Center of Excellence for Bison Studies in collaboration with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service recently published “Getting Started with Bison Ranching” as a ...