It also resulted in the near annihilation of the Canadian bison herds north of the Missouri River. Drawing on fur company records and a broad range of Native American history accounts, George Colpitts ...

But all five processes exist in our conservation herds of bison as well. Founder Effects: After the slaughter culminating in the 1880s, there were only about 100 bison left in the Great Plains and ...

In 1995, the Yellowstone bison herd was designated by the Montana ... the livestock industry across the United States has waged a war to eliminate brucellosis from its herds.

Dayton Duncan Hundreds of place names in the United States include the word ... Top photo: Bison from the Wichita National Bison Herd, southwestern Oklahoma. Courtesy of The Library of Congress ...

Unfortunately, Yellowstone’s bison herd, the oldest in the United States, is under threat. Today, you can spot bison on menus at steakhouses or in the grocery store freezer, which might lead you to ...