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Grand Canyon won’t seek volunteers to kill bison this fall

FILE - In this July 31, 2016 photo, a park ranger and a group of motorcyclists pass a sign warning of bison within the Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. Grand Canyon National Park has decided not to extend a pilot project this fall 2022 that used volunteers to kill bison to downsize the herd. New surveys show the herd roaming the far reaches of northern Arizona is closer to the goal of about 200. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by Grand Canyon National Park, bison are held in a corral at the North Rim of the park in Arizona, on Aug. 30, 2021. Grand Canyon National Park has decided not to extend a pilot project this fall 2022 that used volunteers to kill bison to downsize the herd. New surveys show the herd roaming the far reaches of northern Arizona is closer to the goal of about 200. (Lauren Cisneros/Grand Canyon National Park via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by Grand Canyon National Park, an adult bison roams near a corral at the North Rim of the park in Arizona, on Aug. 30, 2021. Grand Canyon National Park has decided not to extend a pilot project this fall 2022 that used volunteers to kill bison to downsize the herd. New surveys show the herd roaming the far reaches of northern Arizona is closer to the goal of about 200. (Lauren Cisneros/Grand Canyon National Park via AP, File)

Grand Canyon won’t seek volunteers to kill bison this fall