Colorado Senate Bill 53 would classify wild bison as big game wildlife, which would regulate the killing of the native species when they periodically wander into the state from wild herds in Utah.

Colorado lawmakers could add buffalo, ... "Just a handful, maybe four to six animals a year, are making their way into western Colorado. And those animals are being shot now," he explained.

The bill would give Colorado Parks and Wildlife a role in managing any of the animals that don’t belong to domestic herds. “The idea for the bill to reclassify bison or buffalo as wildlife ...

"This is a sacred animal, it is an important part of our history and it is an important part of our future," said Daniels ahead of the bill signing. Scientifically known as Bison b. bison, the Great ...

A buffalo, relocated from the Soapstone Prairie in Colorado, wanders in its new home at the Eastern Shoshone Buffalo Enclosure, Friday, April 11, 2025, on the Wind River Reservation near Morton ...

Jason Baldes drove down a dusty, sagebrush highway earlier this month, pulling 11 young buffalo in a trailer from Colorado to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.