Allowing hunters to shoot Yellowstone bison in a narrow gulch just over the national park’s boundaries has put people in the area at risk, according to an Oct. 21 lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia.

The bison, because of the park’s high altitudes, must descend to lower winter feeding grounds, crossing park boundaries and losing hunting protections in the process.

Beattie Gulch is a bottleneck for the herds following the “easiest route” to those winter pastures, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by a group called the Neighbors against Bison Slaughter. And the National Park Service’s approval of hunting bison in the tight confines of the gulch…