These commitments will not begin without a broad public understanding of the meaning and values of “wildness." James Bailey, retired professor of wildlife biology at Colorado State University, ...

DESCRIPTION: Slightly smaller in size than other subspecies of the often 12.5-foot long, 6.5-foot tall American bison, the plains bison has a long, shaggy, dark-brown coat; short, backward-arching ...

The small herd includes 11 bison that were first brought to Fort Peck in 2024 from Yellowstone, recognized as one of the last ...

The small herd includes 11 bison that were first brought to Fort Peck in 2024 from Yellowstone, recognized as one of the last sources of genetically pure plains bison.

To drought? Will one population prosper after another declines?). The American Plains bison (Bison bison) is an iconic symbol of the American West. It is estimated that the plains region of the ...

In the vast grasslands and plains of North America, one majestic creature stands as a testament to resilience and the delicate balance of nature: the American bison. Once roaming in herds that ...

The organization that he, President Theodore Roosevelt and others formed in 1905 to help save the animal from extinction was named the American Bison Association. But still, the usage of ...

The American Bison: The Story of Its Extermination as a Wild Species and Its Restoration Under Federal Protection, by Martin S. Garretson The Extermination of the American Bison, by William Temple ...

Think the cultural value the American bison embodies for the First Nations of the American plains, or the way in which restored bison populations improve grassland habitat and carbon storage — a ...

By John Cannon In October 2020, the hoofbeats of American bison thumped across the prairie of the Rosebud Reservation for the first time in more than a century. Years in the works, the release of 100 ...