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Re-bisoning the West, restoring an American icon to the landscape, Kurt Repanshek

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Re-bisoning the West, restoring an American icon to the landscape, Kurt Repanshek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229)

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Re-bisoning the West

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bibliography

Oclc number

1056779712

Responsibility statement

Kurt Repanshek

Sub title

restoring an American icon to the landscape

Summary

Millions of majestic bison once roamed territory stretching from Alaska to Mexico. This awe-inspiring species, designated the National Mammal of the United States in 2016, has come close to extinction-- and great effort is needed to preserve it for future generation. Award-winning journalist Kurt Repanshek traces the history of bison from their Ice Age ancestors to present-day strategies to bring them back to the landscape-- and the biological, political, and cultural hurdles confronting this work. Repanshek explores Native Americans' relationship with bison and presents a forward-thinking approach to returning this keystone species to the West and improving the health of ecosystems.--, Source other than the Library of Congress

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- I. The landscape -- II. Tatanka -- III. The Great Slaughter -- IV. Revival of a precarious species. Charles "Buffalo" Jones ; Theodore Roosevelt ; William T. Hornaday ; Charles Goodnight ; The American Bison Society -- V. Yellowstone's stigma -- VI. Train ride to the future -- VII. Parks and bison -- VIII. Rebounding across the West -- IX. Conserving bison genes on a large-scale landscape -- Epilogue

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