After decades of needless slaughter resulting in the deaths of more than 11%2C000 Yellowstone bison%2C Dan Wenk had devoted the final months of his 42-year-career to getting a new bison management plan written with Montana that would bring more tolerance for bison outside the park and reduce the annual death toll.  In fact%2C Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tasked Wenk with getting it done.
After decades of needless slaughter resulting in the deaths of more than 11%2C000 Yellowstone bison%2C Dan Wenk had devoted the final months of his 42-year-career to getting a new bison management plan written with Montana that would bring more tolerance for bison outside the park and reduce the annual death toll. In fact%2C Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tasked Wenk with getting it done.