Nebraska never named the plains bison as its official state mammal, yet this large grazer remains central to the state’s frontier story. Long before sod houses, barbed wire, and steel plows reshaped ...
Temperate grasslands and the species that depend on them are in serious trouble. Bison reintroduction is one way land managers are attempting to restore the ecological health of the Great Plains ...
Preventing total extinction necessitated a successful recovery from a remnant population of only 1,000 bison. The Homestead Act of 1862 turned 160-acre parcels into logistical obstacles for natural ...