Bison Ecology - U.S. National Park Service
Nov 25, 2024 · Yellowstone bison historically occupied approximately 7,720 square miles (20,000 km2) in the headwaters of the Yellowstone and Madison rivers. Today, this range is primarily restricted to Yellowstone National Park and some adjacent areas of Montana.
Bison Management - U.S. National Park Service
Nov 26, 2024 · The protection and recovery of bison in Yellowstone is one of the great triumphs of American conservation. This video explains why Yellowstone bison are managed. The National Park Service (NPS) has sole authority to manage …
History of Bison Management - Yellowstone National Park (U.S.
In one of the first efforts to preserve a wild species through protection and stewardship, Yellowstone’s managers set about recovering the bison population. In 1902, they purchased 21 bison from private owners and raised them in Mammoth and …
Episode 8 - Bison - U.S. National Park Service
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Living with Bison - U.S. National Park Service
Mar 13, 2024 · Lack of tolerance for wild bison outside Yellowstone poses one of the greatest obstacles to the continued conservation of America’s national mammal. People who live and work in and around Yellowstone have been sharing the landscape with bison for over a century.
The Bison of Yellowstone National Park (Chapter 1)
Jan 24, 2005 · THE BISON OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK are unique among bison herds in the United States, being descendants, in part, of the only continuously wild herd in this country.
This issue discusses returning bison to tribes, ground-breaking research showing bison change the way spring comes to the park, engaging citizen scientists to help us detect new ways that bison shape the ecosystem, and current population management.
Yellowstone National Park Bison Management Plan
The population range protects the genetic integrity of the species and the important role bison play in the ecological balance of the park. It also preserves an ecologically sustainable population of wild, migratory bison.
Bison Management - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National …
Currently, the park’s bison population is managed through three main ways: (1) Tribal hunts and state hunts outside Yellowstone’s boundary; (2) capture and transfer to Tribes for shipment to slaughter; and (3) capture for brucellosis testing and transfer to …
Bison - U.S. National Park Service
Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States. Learn more about the near extinction and recovery of these remarkable animals, how they make it through harsh winters, and what their survival says about our ability to share the landscape with another species.