But it is also much more than that. The move begins to restore wild bison to the Great Plains and the Plains Indians, who depended on them for food, clothing and shelter. “It has a real ...

Before the revolution, George Washington killed “the king’s” bison in West Virginia. The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented, but bison were also common throughout the Rocky ...

Discover why prairie birds are the hidden gems of the grasslands, as well as some of the best birding locations to spot them.

Senate Bill 53 would classify bison as big-game wildlife, which would regulate the killing of the native species. Like it is ...

Bison lived for the past 10,000 years on the rich grasslands of the Great Plains of North America from what is now Canada to Mexico. On the northern Great Plains where my ancestors lived bison ...

A new bikepacking route stretches 3,800 miles through six states, bringing together the best backroads of Texas, Kansas, and ...

The best bet to save the imperiled species may be a system that pays farmers and ranchers to protect its grassland home.

HABITAT: This bison inhabits prairie grasslands and hills. RANGE: Bison once roamed from Florida through the eastern deciduous forests and Great Plains to the Cascade Mountains in Washington, from ...

Some, including Plains Indians, whose tribes were almost wiped out along with the bison, also hope to restore a way of life the animal represented. For centuries, many Great Plains tribes had ...

And these are not the only prairie animals to have suffered great losses. Plains bison, and the highly endangered black-footed ferret were brought to the brink of extinction, and prairie dogs have ...

brought thousands of hide hunters to the Great Plains. In just over a decade the number of bison collapsed from 12-15 million to fewer than a thousand, representing one of the most dramatic ...