Buffalo have a very wide range in North America. And much of this range is federal land taken from the states. However, this also means that the buffalo could be spread out in isolated herds without endangering cattle. Importantly, some of these herds could be privatized for commercial meat production.
In 1989, when Ted Turner bought the 113,000-acre Flying D Ranch, he sold off all of the cattle. Shortly thereafter, he repopulated the land with the great American bison. Since then, his herd (spread across ranches in seven different states) has grown to 55,000, 11 percent of the world’s population of 500,000.
No reason other ranchers couldn’t raise herds, as long as they kept them segregated from cattle.
And I live near a Nature Conservancy property...also..
They both raise Bison for sale....They both are fenced though....