A Grinch who stole a beloved statue from the widow of Dr. Seuss in California more than a year ago remorsefully turned himself in to the Bozeman Police Department last week.

Detective Robert Vanuka said he didn't quite know what to think when a 22-year-old man came into the police station on Aug. 15 and said he stole the Lorax.

Was he talking about the beloved 1971 children's book? Or maybe a DVD copy of the 2012 movie?

“No, I took the Lorax statue,” the man told Vanuka.

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Genetically pure bison are back at the Fort Belknap Reservation after a century’s absence.

Fish and Wildlife released 34 wild bison free of cattle genes to hoots and hollers from about 150 people who gathered Thursday to watch.

“It’s a great day for Indians and Indian Country,” said Mark Azure, who heads the tribe’s bison program, moments after the final two big bulls rumbled out of a trailer and trotted away onto the prairie.

Soon, members of the herd were just brown specks on the horizon.

The bison were transported from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Last year, state Fish, Wildlife and Parks transplanted 70 bison from Yellowstone National Park to Fort Peck, with the plan being to transport half of those to Fort Belknap. Yellowstone animals are remnants of pure bison that once roamed the entire state.

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