Title:
Return of the bison : a story of survival, restoration, and a wilder world
Author:
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2023]
Physical Description:
254 pages : map ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781680515831
Abstract:
In less than a century, a bison population that once numbered in the millions and stretched across North America was reduced to just a few dozen animals primarily in Yellowstone National Park. DeSilvestro explores one of the greatest conservation comeback stories in American history-- yet its "success" is qualified. Most bison today live in commercial herds, contained like cattle. Are we willing to coexist with them as wild animals who need freedom to roam?
Contents:
In the beginning -- When science favors extinction -- Where buffalo roam, again: early restoration -- American bison step out of the ER -- Private herds : hopes, aspirations, roads to recovery -- Tribes : finding home -- Lost herds : Mexico and Canada -- The way of the wisent -- The last refuge -- Building a future for bison.
Language:
English
