Texas Bison Why Are Buffalo Returning to Texas After 136 Years? The near extinction of buffalo across North America had devastating consequences—especially for Indigenous communities, for whom buffalo were a source of food, shelter, spiritual connection, and governance.
Resources They Released Hundreds of Bisons Into a Dying Forest and After 10 Years, Result Was Insane Once nearly extinct, the European bison is making a powerful return to the wild.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 3/25/2025 How to spot trout in deep water. Buffalo return to Indigenous lands. The noble mission of Tom Opre. And more….
Biodiversity How Bison Are Saving America's Lost Prairie American prairies were once home to as many as 60 million bison. But when ranching and agriculture displaced elk and bison from the prairies, America’s grasslands all but disappeared.
Bison Where the Bison Could Roam Scott Heidebrink, the director of bison restoration for the American Prairie Reserve in northeast Montana, checks on a herd. “There are ways that bison were impacting the landscape that we haven’t even thought about,” he said. Nomadic bison would be welcome at Pitchstone Waters. A huge problem is that
"Invasion Biology" Scientists Disagree on Bison Impacts to Yellowstone’s Northern Range “According to Yellowstone’s senior bison biologist who is quoted below, Yellowstone is the only place in North America with a complete set of predators and herbivores – both of which shape their habitat in ways conventional “managers” neither understand nor like. NOTE: this article was originally published to NationalParksTraveler.org
