Montana state officials are suing National Park over its bison management plan. The case argues that park officials have intentionally cut Montana out of management plans or ignored the park’s science in an effort to boost park bison numbers and avoid vaccinating them against brucel-losis.

A long-simmering battle between Yellowstone National Park officials and the Gianforte administration in Montana came to a head on Tuesday with state officials suing the park in federal court for