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A Washington, D.C., environmental group asked the Interior Department on Wednesday to investigate the operation of the National Bison Range near Missoula, saying it is plagued by a number of deficiencies.

Billionaire Ted Turner is getting 88 Yellowstone National Park bison from a faltering Montana program that was supposed to put the disease-free animals on public or tribal lands.

Ted Turner's bid to get 74 wild bison from Yellowstone National Park is drawing stiff opposition from those who say the animals are being given up for private profit instead of conservation.

An effort to divert some Yellowstone National Park bison from government-sponsored slaughter is in limbo after the program's permit expired and criticism emerged over moving some of the animals onto Ted Turner's private ranch.

Dozens of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park would be relocated to a Montana ranch owned by billionaire Ted Turner, under a recommendation made by state and federal officials Tuesday.

Officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks say they are now willing to allow some offspring of a brucellosis-free herd of bison in Corwin Springs to fall into private ownership.

Montana wildlife officials seek proposals from Indian tribes, private groups and land-management agencies capable of caring for 50 to 100 disease-free bison.

A conservation group sued the Interior Department this week over the government's plan to manage the National Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation near Missoula.

A small herd of bison from Yellowstone National Park will be moved to Wyoming's Wind River Reservation next month, part of a fledgeling effort to spare some of the animals from a government-sponsored slaughter program.