Articles for tag: plains bison, state animal, Wyoming, Wyoming history

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Why Wyoming Chose the Plains Bison as Its State Animal

Suhail Ahmed

  On paper, the choice sounds almost too obvious: of course Wyoming picked . But the real story behind that decision is a tangle of extinction scares, cultural symbolism, political maneuvering, and a surprisingly intimate look into how we decide which animals represent us. The plains bison is not just a hulking icon on a ...

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Wyoming’s Bison Are Reclaiming Lost Territory

Suhail Ahmed

  At dawn on Wyoming’s high plains, dust hangs in the cold like breath, and a dark line of shoulders begins to move. This isn’t a memory from a frontier journal; it’s happening now, in places where bison vanished for generations. After decades of absence and debate, herds are edging back into open country, guided ...