Though bison are well-suited for the harsh climate of Yellowstone National Park, the winters from 1995 to 1997 were particularly severe in the high country, forcing bison to leave the park in ...
Yellowstone Bison Are Built for Winter Survival With a dense coat, a powerful mass of muscle and a large head ideally suited for clearing away snow and locating buried grass, bison are built for ...
Frank van Manen, head of an interagency science team that ... But elk are prized as game, whereas thousands of Yellowstone bison have been slaughtered in Montana because some consider them a ...
Wild animals do not recognize park borders. Two of Yellowstone’s iconic species, bison and elk, spill seasonally—and naturally—beyond park boundaries looking for food. One is welcome.
At the time, Yellowstone bison program manager Chris Geremia was ... According to Brighton, 123,000 head of cattle are within the DSA. “Aggressive management is feasible and necessary to bring ...
By 1894, fewer than 100 Yellowstone bison remained––and the American ... for the chance to shoot a buffalo and proudly mount its head at his home in Sagamore Hill; under the tutelage of ...
Yellowstone's bison are under threat from the moment they cross the park's boundary. Outdated management plans and misunderstandings have led to the routine roundup and slaughter of this wild icon of ...