Return of the Bison
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Return of the Bison

A Story of Survival, Restoration, and a Wilder World

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eBook - ePub

Return of the Bison

A Story of Survival, Restoration, and a Wilder World

About this book

  • Offers a hopeful view of threatened species, grounded in history and science
  • Addresses current conservation trends: wildlife corridors, prairie restoration, cultural restoration for the American Indian community

Return of the Bison is the story of how this symbol of the American West was once almost lost to history and of the continuing journey to bring bison back from the brink. Author and naturalist Roger Di Silvestro explores the complex historyof the bison's decimation and how a rising awareness of their possible extinction formed the roots of many modern wildlifeconservation approaches. Weaving in natural history and fascinating historical context featuring personalities such as Teddy Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell, and William T. Hornaday, Di Silvestro traces the decades it took to begin to save the bison, often with little hope and plagued by discouraging setbacks. Di Silvestro explores the key role in the story of America's Indigenous people, whose fate was intertwined with the bison's and whose conservation work is important not only for the animal's recovery but also for their own cultural renewal.Di Silvestro also examines the plight of European bison and the latest challenges facing the species in the US: Are the bison doomed to be treated like cattle, fenced and contained? Or will they be listed as an endangered species, requiring us to treat them like the wild animals they are?

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781680515848
Edition
0
Subtopic
North American History

Table of contents

  1. Return of the Bison: A Story of Survival, Restoration, and a Wilder World
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: Back from the Brink
  6. CHAPTER 1 In the Beginning
  7. CHAPTER 2 When Science Favors Extinction
  8. CHAPTER 3 Where Buffalo Roam, Again: Early Restoration
  9. CHAPTER 4 American Bison Step Out of the ER
  10. CHAPTER 5 Private Herds: Hopes, Aspirations, Roads to Recovery
  11. CHAPTER 6 Tribes: Finding Home
  12. CHAPTER 7 Lost Herds: Mexico and Canada
  13. CHAPTER 8 The Way of the Wisent
  14. CHAPTER 9 The Last Refuge
  15. CHAPTER 10 Building a Future for Bison
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Resources
  20. Index
  21. About the Author