EditorialWilliam Spotted Eagle, a member of the Blackfeet Nation in Billings, Mont., rests after shooting his first bison in Beattie Gulch at the edge of Yellowstone National Park in Montana, March 12, 2023. (Michael Hanson/The New York Times)
EditorialOrrin Geide watches the bison on his farm near Hartford, S.D., on Dec. 21, 2022. He opposes the proposed carbon capture pipeline that would pass through his land. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
EditorialOrrin Geide watches the bison on his farm near Hartford, S.D., on Dec. 21, 2022. He opposes the proposed carbon capture pipeline that would pass through his land. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
EditorialScott Heidebrink, director of bison restoration for the American Prairie, a nonprofit conservation group, checks on the herd, near Malta, in northeast Montana, Nov. 30, 2022. (Louise Johns/The New York Times)