Ignoring fences and rivers, the unruly ungulates roam from Ute reservation onto Tavaputs rangelands used for livestock

(Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Bison inhabit Utah’s Book Cliffs, but they have been increasingly roaming onto rangelands on the West Tavaputs Plateau, where they are causing problems for ranchers.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/02/04/bison-roam-where-they-arent/

By Brian Maffly

| Feb. 4, 2023, 5:00 a.m.

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TheAmerican bisonmay be the iconic big game species of the American West, but they don’t belong on Utah’s West Tavaputs Plateau.

Brought back from near extinction last century and officially designated thenational mammal, they now occupy special management areas in Utah, such as theHenry Mountains,Antelope Islandand the Book Cliffs. But one thing about buffalo, they roam.

In recent years, bison have increasingly wandered off theUte Indian Tribe’sreservation lands on the East Tavaputs Plateau, crossing the Green River onto private and public lands…