Bison

Artiodactyla

Mycoplasma bovis

Malignant Catarrh

Northwest Territories

Cattle and bison2

• Because of the marked differences between cattle and bison handling, even experienced cattle handlers will benefit from a guide on best practices in bison handling. (cdc.gov)
• They are herbivores and they graze the western plains alongsie cattle and bison. (cdc.gov)

Indigenous19

• Once we realized how important bison are to Plains Indigenous people, the more we wanted to see if we could link the bison to not only the health of the land but to the health of the people," said Wright. (ualberta.ca)
• The Bison Belong Project certainly can be a model for fixing problems within the ecological chain, but also a model to heal not just Indigenous people but to heal the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians," said Schreiner. (ualberta.ca)
• The team benefited from a visit from Elder Elsey Gauthier , an adviser at the U of A's First Peoples' House , who was invited to speak about the importance of balance and the medicine wheel, an Indigenous model for health that goes beyond the western sense of physical health to include emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. (ualberta.ca)
• The team then began looking at recommendations contained in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report as well as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to ask how an ecological restoration project can target the larger question of healing. (ualberta.ca)
• A big part of the calls to action is allowing Indigenous peoples the space to be consulted on things that concern their lands," said Wright. (ualberta.ca)
• In a literature review they conducted for Reichwein's class, the students found that the Bison Belong Project in Banff National Park represents not only ecological restoration, but also a meaningful form of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada. (ualberta.ca)
• Schreiner, who carried on with the project with Reichwein this summer, added that one of the promising things that have already happened is that Indigenous people are also reconnecting to the area. (ualberta.ca)
• As well, a group of Indigenous women made a trek to Banff to see the bison, with one participant noting, "(The bison) are my relatives, my cousins, they are what connect me to my ancestors. (ualberta.ca)
• They said acknowledging that bison were affected by colonialism and recognizing Indigenous kinship with them can work to decolonize environmental stewardship, and shift the focus from duty to connection. (troymedia.com)
• We believe the Bison Belong Project can be used as a standard for how we treat national parks and how we move forward, blending the best of western knowledge as well as Indigenous knowledge," said Schreiner. (troymedia.com)
• Through the Biden administration's " America the Beautiful " initiative, the money will support tribal-led efforts to bolster conservation programs to help return bison to their ancestral roots in Indigenous areas. (publicnewsservice.org)
• Beyond the ecological and environmental impacts of restoring bison to grasslands and Plains, Andersen pointed out there are important cultural and ceremonial reasons for Indigenous people to have bison reintroduced to tribal lands, especially for elders. (publicnewsservice.org)
• The American bison is inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology, and American history," Haaland said in a statement . (grist.org)
• To bring more bison back, the Interior Department's order calls for conservation based on the best available science as well as Indigenous knowledge and management techniques. (grist.org)
• The buffalo has just as long a connection to Indigenous people as we have to it," Troy Heinert, director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council and a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, told the Associated Press . (grist.org)
• Support the leadership of 45 million people from Indigenous and local communities in stewarding their environment and securing rights. (nature.org)
• The white bison are celebrated and worshiped by many indigenous tribes, according to the television station. (kiro7.com)
• There's a connection there between Indigenous people and those animals that can't be replicated in other places. (hcn.org)
• The bacterium now named Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was first described in 1946 as the pathogenic agent causing pharyngitis and cutaneous infections among US service members and indigenous peoples of the South Pacific. (medscape.com)

Herd of bison3

• Recently Yellowstone National Park announced its intention to cull (read kill) as many as a thousand of the park's genetically unique and only continuously wild herd of bison. (theecologist.org)
• The crew drove back down the snow-covered road and over the hill, where a herd of bison slept and grazed several hundred yards away. (nbcnews.com)
• A six-hour drive south of the reservation, another herd of bison rambled through Yellowstone National Park, eating, on the move, unaware of where they should or shouldn't be. (hcn.org)

Charged and Gored1

• On the morning of July 17, a bison charged and gored a 47-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona near the shore of Lake Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park. (fieldandstream.com)

Pure bison4

• The genetically pure bison, transferred from the Neal Smith National Wildlife in Iowa, were released on Eastern Shoshone land in northwest Wyoming. (nwf.org)
• The savory flavor of pure bison kidney treats will unleash the adventurous spirit of your favorite canine! (lifesabundance.com)
• With the clang of a gate and the rumble of hooves on prairie grassland, 61 genetically pure Bison bison completed a long-awaited return to the Sioux and Assiniboine tribes. (nwf.org)
• In 1902, Yellowstone National Park officials counted just 23 remaining genetically pure bison in the park, the last known wild bison south of the Canadian border. (nwf.org)

North America5

• PL: bison), also called the American buffalo or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native to North America. (wikipedia.org)
• Among extant land animals in North America, the bison is the heaviest and the longest, and the second tallest after the moose. (wikipedia.org)
• Before European colonizers arrived in North America, bison numbered in the tens of millions, but they were decimated in the 1800s by hunting and a U.S. policy of extermination designed to deprive tribes of a critical food source. (grist.org)
• More than 30 million bison-some estimates range as high as 60 million-once roamed North America in colossal, nomadic herds. (nwf.org)
• Bison are the largest land mammals in North America, weighing in at about 1,000-2,000 pounds. (cdc.gov)

Decimated bison herds1

• Those hunts ended in the late 1800s, as federal agents restricted travel from their reservation on the Columbia River plateau and the decimated bison herds were largely confined to Yellowstone National Park. (nbcnews.com)

20214

• The bison herd reintroduced into the backcountry of Banff National Park in 2017 has grown from 16 to 50 animals as of January 2021, helping to restore a vital part of the region's ecology. (ualberta.ca)
• In 2021, five North Dakota tribes signed a treaty to support restoring bison, which extends to other states. (publicnewsservice.org)
• However, Sager told Cowboy State Daily that lightning could strike again as they received two white bison in 2021 from Jackson Fork Ranch in Bondurant, and the second white bison mother isn't expected to birth a calf until Spring 2024. (yahoo.com)
• Bear River State Park received two white bison heifers in 2021 from Jackson Fork Ranch in Bondurant, Wyoming, according to the newspaper. (kiro7.com)

Reintroduce bison2

• The Bison Belong Project in question saw 10 pregnant cows and a handful of bulls from Elk Island National Park released into Banff's Panther Valley in early 2017 as part of a Parks Canada collaborative initiative to reintroduce bison into the area for the first time since the beasts were extirpated in the 1870s. (ualberta.ca)
• The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced $5 million in funding to help reintroduce bison to Native American Tribal lands around the country, and the efforts are gaining momentum in states like North Dakota. (publicnewsservice.org)

Reintroduction4

• While the $5 million are deemed critical to the bison reintroduction program, there is a larger, $25 million measure introduced by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to do even more. (publicnewsservice.org)
• The idea made sense on so many levels, says Steve Torbit, a former NWF senior scientist who worked on the bison reintroduction for nearly two decades. (nwf.org)
• A beautiful new documentary has just been released showing the reintroduction of the European bison through the eyes of the local people in the community of Armeniș in the Southern Carpathians of Romania. (life-bison.com)
• Zimbrul features numerous one-to-one conversations with residents and people working in the rewilding area, including the former mayor of Armeniș (who approved the reintroduction programme) and a bison ranger. (life-bison.com)

Herds of bison2

• From an ecological standpoint, the massive herds of bison once played a pivotal role in revitalizing the plains. (ualberta.ca)
• As Professor Isenberg tells us, the final destruction of free-ranging herds of bison on the American Great Plains occurred in the 1870s and was the work of a handful of white men interested only in stripping hides from dead buffalo carcasses and shipping them off for sale in the East. (nybooks.com)

Species19

• It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the European bison. (wikipedia.org)
• With a population of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889 as part of the subjugation of the Native Americans, because the American bison was a major resource for their traditional way of life (food source, hides for clothing and shelter, and horns and bones for tools). (wikipedia.org)
• The wood bison is one of the largest wild species of extant bovid in the world, surpassed only by the Asian gaur. (wikipedia.org)
• Heights at withers in the species can reach up to 186 to 201 cm (6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 7 in) for B. b. bison and B. b. athabascae respectively. (wikipedia.org)
• A major milestone in restoring a critical species to the landscape and restoring a people's culture and heritage was achieved today when 10 wild bison were released on the Wind River Reservation. (nwf.org)
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is honored to be a part of this incredible conservation story: restoring the last missing ungulate species, bison, to the Wind River Reservation," said Matt Hogan, Deputy Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (nwf.org)
• The return of bison to the reservation is part of a larger quest to restore the species, once essential to the Plains Indians' existence, across tribal lands. (nwf.org)
• One of the major things that Robbie has noticed is that bison make it possible for other wildlife species to thrive in the winter months. (nwf.org)
• The bison are bringing other species back to the prairie. (nwf.org)
• Both the Buffalo Field Campaign and the Western Watersheds Project have petitioned to have Yellowstone's bison declared a threatened distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act. (theecologist.org)
• After the die-off of larger species in Late Pleistocene times, bison became the dominant herbi-vores throughout the short-grass prairie. (nybooks.com)
• The first part studies the description of the species and the second is devoted to the geographical distribution of the bison. (biblio.com)
• As a species, the bison has endured much since the arrival of Europeans. (nwf.org)
• From a biological standpoint, having all the remaining genetically pure Yellowstone bison in one park's basket presented a real danger: An outbreak of disease or a natural disaster could spell the end of the species. (nwf.org)
• Plus, bison once played a key role in prairie ecosystems, grazing and trampling the ground just enough to allow a wealth of other species-little bluestem grass and black-footed ferrets, kestrels and killdeer, wrens and western wheatgrass-to flourish. (nwf.org)
• The scientific name for the species is Bison bison , but many Native Americans use "buffalo," a remnant of the 17th-century French fur traders who likened the creatures to the buffalo found in Africa and Asia. (hcn.org)
• European bison, also known as wisents, are Europe's largest surviving land animal, an iconic species native to the continent. (theolivepress.es)
• The Zoobotánico of Jerez has been actively involved in various conservation projects, including the European bison EEP (Endangered Species Breeding Programs) since 1996. (theolivepress.es)
• Zimbrul is about diving into the reality of an incredible event - the comeback of a legendary species - and how people feel about it. (life-bison.com)

Livestock9

• It's a disease called Mycoplasma bovis that livestock cattle can have and it doesn't really make them sick, but it can be really devastating to bison," said Amber Zimmerman, the deputy director of the refuge. (kfor.com)
• Since 1985 some 8,634 Yellowstone bison have been sacrificed to the livestock industry. (theecologist.org)
• Unfortunately for the bison, the urge to migrate in winter to find accessible food under shallow snow cover puts them in the cross hairs of the Montana livestock industry. (theecologist.org)
• The main justification given by the livestock industry for its continued support of the slaughter or hazing of wild bison is a disease known as brucellosis. (theecologist.org)
• Most of the bison in the US are managed as commercial livestock and any selection is for traits favorable to domestication. (theecologist.org)
• You will learn how to improve your Quality of Life, Work as a Team, Increase Profitability, Raise Healthier Bison (Livestock), and Improve the Health of the Land. (bisoncentral.com)
• seasoned bison/livestock producers to those just thinking about getting into the business. (bisoncentral.com)
• Although bison inside Yellowstone were revered as a symbol of the Old West, when they crossed the park boundary Montana agriculture officials labeled them livestock and shot them, ostensibly because some bison carry brucellosis, a disease that causes cattle to abort fetuses. (nwf.org)
• Bison, while similar in some ways to cattle, are not included in the term "livestock. (cdc.gov)

Rare white bison2

• A rare white bison was born in a Wyoming state park earlier this month. (yahoo.com)
• A rare white bison was born to Wyoming Hope on May 16. (kiro7.com)

Yellowstone Bison13

• Chamois Andersen, senior Rockies and Plains program field representative for Defenders of Wildlife , said animals being reintroduced contain DNA from the iconic Yellowstone bison, the buffalo originally roaming the Plains. (publicnewsservice.org)
• Having this be sort of the source population, Yellowstone bison, for tribes is really helpful. (publicnewsservice.org)
• To him, any day he gets to take people out to see the Yellowstone Bison is a good day. (nwf.org)
• He is taking us to see the Yellowstone Bison that the Tribes, the National Wildlife Federation and other partners successfully transferred to tribal lands last March . (nwf.org)
• We hop into his big Ford pickup and head north on the highway up to the thousands of acres of prairie that the Yellowstone Bison now roam. (nwf.org)
• It was just over a year and three months ago that I witnessed the first transfer of Yellowstone Bison ever, back to tribal lands on Montana's northeastern prairie landscape. (nwf.org)
• A Yellowstone Bison Calf with its mom. (nwf.org)
• Many other Tribes are seeking to restore Yellowstone Bison back to Tribal Lands but we need your help to make it happen. (nwf.org)
• Robbie Magnan, Director of Fort Peck Game and Fish, explains how the Yellowstone Bison are acclimating to their new home on the prairie. (nwf.org)
• Yellowstone Bison. (theecologist.org)
• The genetically pure Yellowstone bison, numbering around 3,000 animals, stand out as a rarity. (nwf.org)
• Yellowstone bison are central to the tribal restoration effort: Animals from the park help populate herds like the Blackfeet's. (hcn.org)
• Yellowstone bison tend to rut from mid-July to mid-August. (fieldandstream.com)

Fort Peck Reservation1

• THE BISON ARRIVED AFTER DARK on this blustery late-winter night at the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana, a road-weary herd of stubborn survivors and promising pioneers. (nwf.org)

Bears and wolves2

• Park regulations state that visitors must stay at least 25 yards (23 meters) from animals like bison, elk, and pronghorn at all times, and 100 yards (91 meters) from bears and wolves. (yahoo.com)
• NPS officials recommend that all Yellowstone visitors remain more than 25 yards away from large animals like bison, elk, moose, deer, and bighorn sheep at all times, and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves. (fieldandstream.com)

Ranchers3

• The bison initiative could cause a clash with lawmakers in places like Montana, where Republicans - supported by ranchers - have opposed calls for bison restoration. (grist.org)
• Torbit and his colleagues knew they were up against stiff opposition from ranchers, whose political power in Montana ensured for years that the state continued to slaughter bison that wandered outside the park. (nwf.org)
• Their lineage represents the last true North American bison, since ranchers interbred many bison with cattle in the following years. (hcn.org)

Late 1800s2

• The Great Plains and eastern slopes of the Rockies were once home to as many as 60 million bison, but by the late 1800s, settlers and disease had almost wiped them out. (upworthy.com)
• After bison were driven to near-extinction in the late 1800s, a handful of the remaining several hundred were taken to Yellowstone for protection. (hcn.org)

Migrate2

• Hunting is illegal in the park, but during harsh winters, bison migrate to lower elevations outside the park in search of food. (nbcnews.com)
• It's common for bison to migrate to this area en masse this time of year while the rut is in full swing. (fieldandstream.com)

20231

• Manitoba Bisons kicker Maya Turner, shown in this handout image, makes a field goal during a regular-season U Sports football game against the University of Regina Rams in Winnipeg on Saturday Sept. 23, 2023. (cp24.com)

Link the bison1

• The buffalo had ridden 500 miles from a quarantine facility just outside Yellowstone National Park for a homecoming laden with promise: for Plains Indian tribes that link the bison return to their own cultural revival, for conservation biologists who see the animals as a key to restoring healthy prairies and for nature enthusiasts who believe that wildness and the modern world can coexist. (nwf.org)

Conservation4

• Today, thanks to more than 100 years of conservation efforts, bison numbers have partially recovered. (upworthy.com)
• Her agency also announced some $25 million from President Joe Biden's landmark climate spending bill for bison conservation. (grist.org)
• Conservation efforts since then have helped grow bison numbers from a low of less than 500, but their population in the wild is still only a tiny fraction of the roughly 60 million it once was. (grist.org)
• In contrast to many other U.S. environmental groups, which often seek to conserve lands through litigation or political means, APR achieves its conservation goals through voluntary actions, specifically by purchasing private lands from willing sellers, along with the associated public grazing permits, to create a large conservation area that includes, among other things, restoring bison to the landscape. (perc.org)

Genetically1

• Fort Peck itself is one of many reservations that owns a "business herd" of genetically mixed bison managed for hunts and meat sales. (nwf.org)

Tribal bison2

• Free range tribal bison herd managers also completed worker safety and health questionnaires. (cdc.gov)
• Assessment of tribal bison worker hazards using trusted research facilitators. (cdc.gov)

20192

• Recovery efforts expanded in the mid-20th century, with a resurgence to roughly 31,000 wild bison as of March 2019. (wikipedia.org)
• Illnesses that started after June 22, 2019 might not yet be reported due to the time it takes between when a person becomes ill and when the illness is reported. (cdc.gov)

Moose1

• Jason Baldes, Bison Representative for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, noted that six of the seven ungulates found in the area before the arrival of Lewis and Clark had been restored: moose, whitetail and mule deer, elk, pronghorn and bighorn sheep. (nwf.org)

Grassland1

• Bisons' near-extinction also degraded grassland ecosystems, contributing to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s - an environmental catastrophe in which severe dust storms swept across the southern plains and caused widespread crop failure. (grist.org)

Lakota4

• The Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota people have long made this region of the country home. (sdpb.org)
• Thus: in Arapaho: bii (bison cow), henéécee (bison bull) in Lakota: pté (bison cow), tȟatȟáŋka (bison bull) Such a distinction is not a general feature of the language (for example, Arapaho possesses gender-neutral terms for other large mammals such as elk, mule deer, etc.), and so presumably is due to the special significance of the bison in Plains Indian life and culture. (wikipedia.org)
• Partially due to its rarity, the white bison calf is considered 'very sacred' to the Sioux, Cherokee, Navaho, Lakota, and Dakota Native American tribes, according to the National Park Service . (yahoo.com)
• The white bison is a sacred sign to the Lakota Sioux and other tribes on the plains, the State Daily reported. (kiro7.com)

Calf6

• Bear River State Park announced on its Facebook page that its two-year-old white bison gave birth to a calf that takes after its mother in its coloring. (yahoo.com)
• He said it is the first white bison to be born at the 328-acre park, and they are still determining whether it is a 'bull calf or a heifer calf. (yahoo.com)
• Some American Indians say the birth of a white calf is an omen because the birth takes place in the most unexpected places and often happens among the poorest of people,' the NPS said. (yahoo.com)
• IN a heartening occurrence that unfolded at the beginning of this month, Thursday August 3, a female European bison calf was born at the Zoobotanico of Jerez. (theolivepress.es)
• On May 26-27, 1997, nine persons (a farmer, four veterinary clinicians, and four veterinary students) in Manhattan, Kansas, participated in an attempted vaginal delivery, a cesarean delivery, and a necropsy on a stillborn calf that died because of Brucella abortus infection. (cdc.gov)
• Persons at risk for infection with RB51 were those who contacted the calf, placenta, blood, or amniotic fluid without wearing gloves, masks, or eye protection. (cdc.gov)

Restore4

• Through collaborative partnerships, we can restore bison to their previous grandeur across the west. (nwf.org)
• In 2014, U.S. and Canadian tribes signed a first-of-its-kind treaty to restore wild bison to their lands - grasslands and prairies covering a combined 6.3 million acres, nearly three times the size of Yellowstone National Park. (nwf.org)
• The United States government is redoubling its efforts to restore bison populations to Native American lands. (grist.org)
• APR's plan to convert its grazing leases to year-round bison will benefit native wildlife, improve public lands, and restore riparian areas. (perc.org)

Bear Rive2

• Bear River State Park clarified that the cattle's color isn't due to 'albinism or leucism' but the caused by the small amount of cattle genetics present in Wyoming Hope and other bison. (yahoo.com)
• Officials at Bear River State Park in Evanston said the bison was born during the early hours of May 16, KUTV reported. (kiro7.com)

Hunters3

• There is a small area where bison are permitted outside of the park for a short period of time - but they are then almost immeciately killed by Native Americans and Montana hunters. (theecologist.org)
• Human hunters pressured the bison in combination with these unpredictable environmental forces. (nybooks.com)
• The party of bison hunters piles into covered wagons for a trek across the prairie. (travelks.com)

KUTV2

• The National Bison Association told KUTV that the birth of a white bison is a one-in-10-million occurrence. (yahoo.com)
• The bison is not an albino, KUTV reported. (kiro7.com)

19851

• Since 1985, nearly 7,000 bison have been slaughtered as a result of this controversial policy, according to the Buffalo Field Campaign, a Montana-based advocacy group. (nwf.org)

2,0002

• An adult bison can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. (upworthy.com)
• Durham Ranch operates on approximately 55,000 acres carrying 2,000 head of bison. (bisoncentral.com)

Pronghorn1

• However, with the bison back, Robbie noticed that the pronghorn follow behind the bison and are able to eat in the places that the bison have uncovered. (nwf.org)

Plains Indian2

• In Plains Indian languages in general, male and female bison are distinguished, with each having a different designation rather than there being a single generic word covering both sexes. (wikipedia.org)
• But by the end of the 19th century, bison almost had been annihilated, victims of a market for hides and meat as well as a U.S. government policy that let the slaughter continue as a means for undermining Plains Indian tribes. (nwf.org)

Tribes6

• Zimmerman told Folkert the refuge is donating 77 bison that are mostly going to local tribes. (kfor.com)
• Spanning back millennia, Native American tribes have had cultural and spiritual connections to the American bison. (wikipedia.org)
• Robert Magnan, Fish and Game Department director for the Fort Peck tribes, coaxed a few reluctant bulls into the large holding facility bordered by 8-foot-high, bison-proof fences. (nwf.org)
• Francis Marsh, left, and Cody Nowland of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Ore., stand with a bison shot and killed by Marsh's father Jim Marsh on Feb. 13, 2011, near Gardiner, Mont. (nbcnews.com)
• But in 2006, the state of Montana gave permission to the Nez Perce of Idaho and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes of northwest Montana to hunt bison on federal lands outside Yellowstone. (nbcnews.com)
• The ITBC has a membership of 58 tribes in 19 states with a collective herd of over 15,000 bison. (cdc.gov)

Wildlife12

• LAWTON, Okla. ( KFOR ) - The remains of two bison, euthanized by Wichita Wildlife Refuge Workers on private property , are now cleaned up. (kfor.com)
• Tuesday, Folkert said the Wichita Wildlife Refuge brought front-loaders, tarps, and winches on his family's property to clear the remains of two refuge bison. (kfor.com)
• And the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service collaborated on a transfer of bison from a wildlife refuge in Colorado to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. (publicnewsservice.org)
• The return of bison to the reservation is the culmination of years of work by the tribe and the National Wildlife Federation's Tribal Partnership Program in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (nwf.org)
• Members of the tribe were joined by other community members and representatives of the National Wildlife Federation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a ceremony and song to celebrate the return of bison. (nwf.org)
• Working hand in hand, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and National Wildlife Federation have brought bison home to the Wind Rivers after 131 years of absence," explained Garrit Voggesser, Tribal Partnerships Director for the National Wildlife Federation. (nwf.org)
• We look forward to more opportunities to work together for the benefit of the people and wildlife of Wind River. (nwf.org)
• The bison and the native wildlife and plants that rely on the bison are thriving. (nwf.org)
• Donate today and help National Wildlife Federation protect wildlife like bison. (nwf.org)
• You can like National Wildlife Federation's Tribal Lands Partnerships Facebook page here to stay updated on all bison related news and events. (nwf.org)
• An earlier attempt to get the bison listed in 1999 resulted in the Fish and Wildlife Service's refusal to consider the listing. (theecologist.org)
• Rewilding Europe's goal is to develop and support coexistence models, where people can benefit from wildlife comeback, boosting pride in and support for local rewilding measures. (life-bison.com)

Hooves1

• By stomping the soil with their hooves, bison help push native grasses' seeds into the ground, breaking up the soil to make way for new growth. (grist.org)

Ranches3

• A recent article in The Western Producer shared information about a six-year study of 25 bison ranches that was analyzed by the University of Alberta to determine key factors in profitable ranching. (holisticmanagement.org)
• Currently, 200,000 bison are found on 4,500 ranches in the US and an additional 200,000 bison in Canadian herds. (cdc.gov)
• The once remote places and outposts yielded to encroaching ranches, farms, and towns, as more people pushed westward each year. (cdc.gov)

Banff Nati5

• Project to rebuild bison herd in Banff National Park shows how ecological restoration offers opportunities for reconciliation and decolonization. (ualberta.ca)
• A project conceived to rebuild a long-lost bison herd in Banff National Park is not only healing the land, according to a pair of University of Alberta undergraduate researchers, but has created a framework for reconciliation and decolonization to follow moving forward. (ualberta.ca)
• For the first time in more than 100 years, Banff National Park in Canada is going to be home to wild bison. (upworthy.com)
• On Feb. 6, 2017, as part of ongoing efforts to reintroduce wild bison to the North American wilds, Parks Canada relocated 16 bison from Elk Island National Park to Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. (upworthy.com)
• Trucks carried the bison from Elk Island National Park to just outside Banff National Park. (upworthy.com)

Buffalo9

• The bison (buffalo) played a major role in their lives. (sdpb.org)
• In American English, both buffalo and bison are considered correct terms for the American bison. (wikipedia.org)
• However, in British English, the word buffalo is reserved for the African buffalo and water buffalo and not used for the bison. (wikipedia.org)
• Buffalo was applied to the American bison by Samuel de Champlain as the French word buffles in 1616 (published 1619), after seeing skins and a drawing. (wikipedia.org)
• BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - After a bison statue was stolen over the summer, its replacement is now standing with the rest of the statues on Niagara Street. (wivb.com)
• Bringing back buffalo will also bring our people together. (nwf.org)
• Yet bison bulls and calves are regularly slaughtered, so the killing of these animals demonstrates that brucellosis is not the primary reason for the containment of buffalo in the park. (theecologist.org)
• Those animals were descendants of the animals that provided for our people," said Troy Heinert, a member of the Rosebud Sioux and executive director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council , a federally chartered organization that coordinates the return of buffalo to Indian Country. (hcn.org)
• As summers grow hotter and drier and rainfall more erratic, restoring buffalo to tribal lands could provide people with a healthy source of food and boost the resilience of plains ecosystems. (hcn.org)

Meat3

• The Cayuse Indians once traveled hundreds of miles on horseback to hunt bison, a lean meat rich in protein and high in cultural significance. (nbcnews.com)
• As the bison industry grows with the demand for bison meat, more workers will be exposed to close contact with these animals. (cdc.gov)
• Zoonotic transmission of HEV was further substantiated with the demonstration of HEV infection in persons after they ate undercooked infected meat from wild boars and wild deer ( 7 , 8 ). (cdc.gov)

Donate2

• Right now, the only thing we can donate are live healthy bison," said Zimmerman. (kfor.com)
• As a private person, you are always welcome to donate new, as well as older zoological material to us. (lu.se)

Bulls1

• A 2006 investigation did isolate a strain of A. haemolyticum (DSM 20595T) from preputial swabs of European bison ( Bison bonasus ) bulls with balanoposthitis. (medscape.com)

Parser1

• Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for that grammar. (fsf.org)

Restoration2

• Interior Secretary Deb Haaland released an order last week establishing a six-member federal working group on American bison restoration. (grist.org)
• In its announcement of the new restoration plan, the Interior Department said bison remain " functionally extinct . (grist.org)

Public lands2

• The U.S. Department of the Interior currently manages 11,000 bison in herds across 4.6 million acres of public lands in a dozen states. (publicnewsservice.org)
• American Indian tribal herds account for 15,000 bison with the balance found on public lands. (cdc.gov)

Pregnant2

• The bison, mostly pregnant young females, were quarantined and given a health checkup before the move then loaded into specially created shipping containers. (upworthy.com)
• First, only infected pregnant bison cows can potentially transmit brucellosis during the last trimester of pregnancy (February - April). (theecologist.org)

Antelope2

• It makes me think how interconnected the two animals are and how when the bison were killed off, the antelope lost a lot of their ability to forage for food in the long winter months. (nwf.org)
• In case you needed yet another reason not to taunt animals 10 times larger than you, here you go: A man visiting Antelope Island State Park in Utah provoked a 1500 pound bison and the bison, being a bison, rammed the man into a nearby fence . (gawker.com)

Injuries1

• Two women suffered serious abdominal injuries after being gored at US National Parks this summer, and last year three people were gored at Yellowstone within the space of a few weeks. (yahoo.com)

Genes1

• They are the most significant bison herd still free of cattle genes. (theecologist.org)

Hazards3

• Recent media reports of bison injuring visitors at Yellowstone National Park have raised public awareness of the hazards of interacting with bison. (cdc.gov)
• This pilot project documents commonly encountered hazards associated with herding bison on American Indian reservations in the central states. (cdc.gov)
• Specifically, this project aims to: 1) Characterize hazards and risks to worker health and safety while handling bison under contemporary reservation field conditions, 2) Implement intervention strategies to mitigate worker safety risks by providing best practices for range bison herds, and 3) Assess the outcomes and evaluate the impact of intervention strategies. (cdc.gov)

Sioux1

• However, this Saturday couldn't have been any different from mid-March 2012 when the f irst bison stepped foot onto the land of the Assiniboine and Sioux . (nwf.org)

Quarantine2

• Without a way to quarantine the bison, the deputy director said the workers had to euthanize them on the Folkert's private property. (kfor.com)
• As people liked and shared each other's posts, quarantine spirit week not only allowed people to be silly and have fun, but it also brought people together post by post. (harding.edu)

Park17

• A wild bison at Elk Island National Park. (upworthy.com)
• These particular bison started their journey at Elk Island National Park near Edmonton, Alberta. (upworthy.com)
• Wild bison at a handling facility in Elk Island National Park near Edmonton. (upworthy.com)
• To start, park rangers wrangled up the bison and picked out 16 prospective individuals. (upworthy.com)
• As a consequence the state and federal agencies, including the National Park Service, more or less restrict bison to Yellowstone Park although the park is surrounded by public land. (theecologist.org)
• A 'bison wall' (analogous to the Berlin Wall) effectively confines them to Yellowstone National Park. (theecologist.org)
• To imprison the bison within Yellowstone Park, where there is not enough food to overwinter is a national disgrace. (theecologist.org)
• This person is very, very, very lucky that he wasn't killed,' said assistant park manager John Sullivan. (gawker.com)
• The herd's unique genetics didn't help in recent years when some bison wandered from the park. (nwf.org)
• A woman visiting Yellowstone National Park tried to take a selfie with a bison and was attacked. (thepeoplesvoice.tv)
• This was the 5th bison attack to occur at the park this year, and the third involving a photo attempt. (thepeoplesvoice.tv)
• The National Park Service strongly advises visitors to leave the animals alone, stressing that though they can appear to be docile, bison are powerful and unpredictable. (thepeoplesvoice.tv)
• A group of people at Yellowstone National Park have been recorded crowding around a bison standing next to an inn, effectively penning the animal in with no easy way to escape. (yahoo.com)
• Park staff would like to remind visitors that bison are large, powerful, and wild,' said the National Park Service (NPS) in a statement after this year's second attack, which happened at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. (yahoo.com)
• Yellowstone National Park is home to approximately 5,900 bison according to a count performed in the summer of 2022. (fieldandstream.com)
• Bison have injured more people in the park than any other animal," the agency said. (fieldandstream.com)
• Available for each of the Bisons' 6 Tops Dog Days at the Park. (milb.com)

Wild10

• Photos: Wild bison return to Canadian home after more than 100 years. (upworthy.com)
• These bison will hopefully be the start of a new wild herd in Banff. (upworthy.com)
• It's the first time in 131 years that wild bison have rumbled across the tribal lands. (nwf.org)
• We are proud to partner with The Eastern Shoshone Tribe to return wild bison to their rightful place on tribal lands. (nwf.org)
• There has never been a single documented case of brucellosis transmission to cattle from wild bison. (theecologist.org)
• The wild bison in Yellowstone are not just any old bison herd. (theecologist.org)
• They are the only completely wild bison left in the United States. (theecologist.org)
• Wild bison are a national and international heritage asset. (theecologist.org)
• Portraying the acceptance of bison by people in the area, and their changing perceptions of wild nature, the film demonstrates why the positive involvement of local communities is so critical to the success of rewilding efforts. (life-bison.com)
• In the Southern Carpathians, our goal is to use wild nature - with a particular focus on the reintroduced bison - as an engine for developing the region. (life-bison.com)

Animals4

• Soon, though, people realized something needed to be done and started taking steps to protect these animals. (upworthy.com)
• Bison injure more people than any other animal at Yellowstone, usually when visitors get too close and the animals feel threatened. (yahoo.com)
• Bison can become agitated more quickly when they're rutting, NPS warns, making it extremely important to exercise caution around the large animals-which can reach weights in excess of 2,200 pounds and turn on a dime at speeds up to 35 miles per hour. (fieldandstream.com)
• When it comes to reintroducing animals as hefty as bison, maintaining a harmonious level of coexistence can sometimes be a challenge. (life-bison.com)

Juicy2

• Low, slow heat is the ticket to a tender, juicy Bison Chuck Roast. (grasslandbeef.com)
• Never miss a story - sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. (yahoo.com)