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Broad
Public Support to Restore Wild Bison in Montana
Three polls of Montana voters, conducted
in 2011, 2012 and 2014, demonstrate strong support for restoring
wild, public bison in the state, especially on the Charles M.
Russell National Wildlife Refuge (CMR). Each of these polls was
conducted by a different national polling corporation.*
National Wildlife
Federation Poll, February, 2011:
70% of respondents favored putting
bison back on the CMR.
75% supported hunting to manage these
bison.
Wildlife Conservation Society/National Wildlife Federation
Poll, June, 2012:
69% of respondents supported restoring
wild bison to the CMR.
Defenders of Wildlife Poll, December, 2015:
76% of respondents supported bison
restoration on public lands.
In response to the 2012
poll, Kit Fischer (National Wildlife Federation) said that restoring
wild bison “would be the crowning achievement in Montana’s
century-long commitment to wildlife conservation.”
For the Wildlife Conservation Society, Keith Aune noted: “Restoring
bison is not only important conservation, it’s good for
our economy.”
*Moore Information, Inc. 2011; Public Opinion Strategies Market
Research 2012; Tulchin Research Polling & Consulting 2014.
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