Articles for tag: American ecosystems, Bison Herds, conservation travel, Great Plains wildlife, prairie restoration

Great Plains Bison: 9 Places to Watch Herds Restore the Prairie

Great Plains Bison: 9 Places to Watch Herds Restore the Prairie

Jan Otte

Something extraordinary is happening across America’s heartland. After nearly vanishing from existence just over a century ago, bison are returning to their ancestral homes on the Great Plains. You can witness this remarkable conservation success story firsthand at several breathtaking locations where these magnificent creatures are once again shaping the landscape they were meant to ...

brown yak on brown grass field during day

Bison Herds Reclaim Historic Plains in Wyoming

Suhail Ahmed

At first light on the sagebrush steppe, the silhouettes look like moving hills – then a calf kicks, dust lifts, and the plain feels alive again. Wyoming’s bison are edging back into places where their hoofprints once stitched the land like a living quilt, and the change is more than scenic. It’s a story of ...