The local bison population took a big hit this winter, said Delta-area wildlife biologist Clint Cooper. Vehicles killed more than a dozen of the animals, which were more often using roads because deep snow and ice covered their usual trails.
May 17, 2022
“She was trying to eat shrubs and stuff that she could reach. It was very thin,” said Behrens. “She couldn’t walk. She was so weak the last week before she died, she couldn’t get up.” It’s a problem that several locals in the eastern Interior have had to deal with this spring, as the winter’s heavy snowpack finally melts away, revealing how many moose and bison starved to death because of the lack of forage.
“Definitely, we’ve had some higher-than-normal mortality, from what we’ve seen so far,” he said. “But it doesn’t appear to be that bad.”“We have documented 60 bison mortalities over the winter that we’re aware of,” he said. “And that’s certainly way, way way above average.”
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