Medora, N.D. (AP) The National Park Service plans to reduce the bison herd in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park by as much as two-thirds.
The agency has scheduled a roundup next week of the 600 bison in the southwestern North Dakota park. Between 350 and 400 excess animals will go to american Indian Tribes. The Intertribal Buffalo Council will determine the distribution.
The roundup will begin Sunday, with a helicopter herding the bison into a handling facility. It's scheduled to wrap up Thursday.