The Abundance Of Bison

“Between the Rocky Mountains and the states lying along the Missippi River on the west, from Minnesota to Louisiana, the whole country was one vast buffalo range, inhabited by millions of buffaloes… One could fill a volume with the records of plainsmen and pioneers who penetrated or crossed that vast region between 1800 and 1870, and were in turn surprise, astounded, and frequently dismayed by the tens of thousands of buffaloes they observed, avoided, or escaped from. They lived and moved as no other quadrupeds ever have, in great multitudes, like grand armies in review, covering scores of square miles at once. They were so numerous they frequently stopped boats in the rivers, threatened to overwhelm travelers on the plains, and in later years derailed locomotives and cars…”

- W.T. Hornaday, 1889

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• Support genetically pure free-ranging bison herds and open up migratory corridors.

• Contact legislators to support policies that treat bison as wildlife rather than livestock, especially regarding their ability to roam beyond park boundaries.

• Support Indigenous-led bison restoration and donate to or amplify tribal efforts bringing bison back to ancestral lands.

• Support land conservation efforts that preserve and restore the grasslands where bison can thrive.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND HOW TO HELP

Visit:

• The American Prairie Reserve

• WCS - Wildlife Conservation Society

• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Bringing Bison Home

• The InterTribal Buffalo Council