Bison return program is now helping Native American ranchers build herds

About 330 bison coming from Nebraska preserve operated by the Nature Conservancy

Nov 19, 2022
Nov 19, 2022

Bison return 1.png — Bison once roamed North America, from coast to coast, from Alaska to Mexico. Several groups, including the Nature Conservancy, have been working to re-establish the native grazing animals to lands owned and managed by Native Americans.
Submitted photo by Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy

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Bison return 2.jpg — Bison require higher fencing. Pictured is work being done on the Rez Raised Ranch near Winner, S.D.
Photo courtesy of Wayne Frederick

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Bison return 3.jpg — Shifting his ranch operation to bison has been a longtime dream of Wayne Frederick and his wife, Alexandra Romero-Frederick.
Photo courtesy of Wayne Frederick

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Bison return 4.png — About 330 bison from the Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve are being transferred this year to help build herds kept by Indian tribes and Native American ranchers.
Photo courtesy of Chris Helzer, The Nature Conservancy

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