BLM Says American Prairie’s Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands

The agency says the permits it issued to the conservation organization no longer align with its 'production-oriented' goals ...

Mountain Majesty: How the Plains Bison Became Utah’s State Animal

Utah’s wide-open country, like much of the plains and the West, was bison range for millennia. It sustained not only these ...
Redlands Daily Facts

Here’s a look at American bison one of the greatest conservation stories

With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out. Today, Department of Labor lands currently support 17 bison herds in 12 ...
YES! Magazine

Rewilding the American Serengeti

On a blustery morning in mid-November, 31-year-old Dawn Thomas approaches a male bison. His eyes are wide with fear, his body held in place by a restraint machine. As Thomas slowly reaches her hands ...
AZ Animals on MSN

Buffalo or bison? Why Oklahoma’s state mammal isn’t what you think

Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.
AZ Animals on MSN

From sacred relatives to ‘nuisance livestock’: Who decides the fate of Montana’s bison?

Quick Take Achieving population restoration required surviving a historical collapse to fewer than 1,000 total bison. The ...
KTXS

American bison return to Abilene Zoo after 14-year absence

ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Zoo is bringing back a beloved animal after more than 14 years. According to the zoo, two American bison will soon call the zoo home. The Abilene Zoo housed bison for ...