The ABS includes bison ranchers, Native American natural resource managers, federal and state agencies, conservation NGOs, and natural and social scientists from the US, Canada, and Mexico. To represent this broad range of stakeholders and assure the proper input from all parties, the ABS Advisory Council is comprised of the following bison experts in each of their fields:
- Keith Aune, Senior Conservationist, Wildlife Conservation Society
- Dave Carter, Executive Director, National Bison Association
- Peter Dratch, Supervisory Biologist, US Fish & Wildlife Service Inventory and Monitoring Initiative
- Steve Forrest, Senior Program Officer, Northern Great Plains Program, World Wildlife Fund
- Mike Fox, Fort Belknap Reservation
- Jodi Hilty, Director, North America Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
- Harold Picton, Historian and Retired from Montana State University
- Kent Redford, Vice President for Conservation Strategy, Wildlife Conservation Society
- Stephen Woodley, Chief Scientist, Parks Canada