BILLINGS — Sixty-five bison from Yellowstone National Park are due to arrive at the Fort Peck Reservation on Monday under a long-stalled initiative to repopulate parts of the West with the iconic animals.

Robert Magnan with the Fort Peck Fish and Game Department says tribal and state officials signed an agreement late Friday allowing the transfer to take place.

Magnan says the date of the shipment was kept quiet until it was underway to avoid a court injunction. A group of northeastern Montana landowners and property groups have sued to stop the transfer.

The bison have been quarantine...