According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, bison once roamed the Great Plains in the ...

Today’s popular media claim that plains bison are “secure” because there are populations in all 50 states. But the vast majority of these — more than 220,000 bison — are private, commercial herds that ...

Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, an original signatory of the Buffalo Treaty, gave Mosquito-Grizzly Bear's Head-Lean Man First Nation in Saskatchewan 11 plains bison from the Yellowstone ...

He’s taken similar pains at Green Plains. An initial challenge was the ... his insurers were nervous about the proximity of bison herds and the human herds of uninvited tourists.

The return of the bison means the return of the prairie, one of the three great grassland ecosystems on the planet.

Bison — which most tribes refer to as buffalo — are an essential part of many Plains tribes' cultural and spiritual life. Now more tribes and tribal nations are working to reestablish bison herds on ...

many of the tribes that had the closest relationship were the Plains tribes,” she said. In the early 1900s, conservation efforts began to protect small herds of bison. Those efforts and the ...

Sixteen Plains Bison from Elk Island National Park (near Edmonton) were moved to the Eastern Slopes of Banff National Park in ...

Max framed one of the bison tightly to create this original composition. Bison herds move in single file as they search for food, making for a striking sight. Plains bison eat mainly grasses and ...

These parks in particular are great alternatives to the popular but somewhat expensive Yellowstone National Park for seeing bison in their natural habitats. Elk Island is home to herds of Plains ...

Now that it’s February, we will be moving the Kankakee Sands bison herd from the north grazing pasture to the southern ...