Please read over the enclosed update.
If you can, hand out some
of our brochures in your community!!!
Keep checking in to the
web site to see what else
you can do to help.
Please contact Buffalo Nations
with any ideas, questions or donations!
Same web page (they are constantly adding new pages!)
or email
Please Pass This Update
On!!!
thank you!
for the buffalo!
* Distribution
1) Presence in Yellowstone National Park-
Since June 1997 Buffalo Nations has tabled both inside the Park and
surrounding towns.,
providing educational outreach materials. These tables are instrumental
in educating thousands of tourists who do not completely understand the
severity of the issue.
2) Over 200 business in Montana alone are distributing both newsletters.
(Many other stores, groups and individuals are distributing throughout
the U.S.)
3) Buffalo Bus-A VW van converted into a three dimensional buffalo
with the Buffalo Nations name, address and phone on the side. As imagined,
the buffalo bus is a real eye-catcher and makes appearances at fairs and
other major events.
* Mailing List/ Membership
1) Tabling, business distributions, individual and group outreach programs
have helped compile an active mailing list of over 7000 people wishing
to lend support.
2) Approximately 3500 concerned citizens have either sent donations
or signed up to be Buffalo Nations members.
* Conferences
1) Holding a conference of traditional Native American elders to come
together on a solution to the buffalo slaughter.
* Federal Buffalo Bill
1) Formulating a Bill to be introduced to the United States Congress
on protecting the last wild buffalo herd.
2) Sending and funding a lobbyist to Washington D.C. to push the Bill.
* Media Out Reach
1) Producing a 5 minute, 3 minute, and three 30 second public service
announcements on the buffalo slaughter and information on proposed legislation.
2) Producing an hour long documentary about the slaughter for a national
television broadcast
* Winter Campaign ( a biggie!!!!!...keep checking in!)
1) Offer a buffalo hazing service to ranchers who in past years have
had no other alternatives than to have the buffalo killed by the Montana
Department of Livestock. The service will be provided to two towns where
buffalo are killed , West Yellowstone and Gardiner, Montana.
2) Repairing fences of local ranchers that are damaged by the buffalo
and other wildlife as they migrate to traditional wintering grounds.
3) Contact local ranch supplies stores and request donations that will
enable quality repairs.
4) Organize hazing efforts with the aid of snowmobiles, cross-country
skis, and snowshoes to prevent the buffalo from being killed as they wander
into the state of Montana.
5) Feeding the buffalo if necessary, to keep them from coming into
Montana.
6) Conducting aerial fly-overs with Project LightHawk to document the
condition of the buffalo herd inside Yellowstone National Park.
7) Document and distribute all occurrences of the winter by video,
photos and news stories.
8) Keeping concerned citizens, businesses, groups, our mailing list
and members informed of the situation as it develops through newsletter
updates, e-mail and videos.
* How You Can Help
1) Volunteer to come out to Montana this winter and help with the campaign.
(great skiing!!)
2) Contact us about the Buffalo Bill and start phone trees, letter
writing and petition signing campaigns in your state to get it passed.
3) Help distribute our all ready existing newsletters in your communities.
4) Internships- Earn college credits while saving buffalo.
* Buffalo Nations- NEEDS LIST
Computer
Fax Machine
Snowmobiles and Trailer
Snowshoes
Cross-country Skis
4-wheel drive trucks
snow tires
Wall Tents
Wood Stoves for wall tents
Propane Heater
cooking gear
winter- boots, clothing, gloves, hats
chain saws, axes, splitting maul
winter sleeping bags
cots
therma-rests
tarps
Video Camera (Sony digital 3 chip) & tapes
Media 100 Software for Macintosh
35 mm Cameras
film
VCR machine (for dubs)
Video tapes
Fence repair supplies (wood, tools, etc.)
Food
File Cabinets
tax deductible money donations
Contact Buffalo Nations at:
Buffalo Nations
P.O. Box 242
Gardiner, Mt. 59030-0242
p- 406-848-9867
f- 406-848-7694
e-mail-buffalo@wildrockies.org