Bison or wild buffalo crossing a river in Yellowstone National Park. When European colonists arrived in North America, the bison population was over 75 million. A systematic slaughter (more than two million a year at its peak) wiped out two of the four subspecies and left only scattered remnants of the others. Yellowstone is now the only place in the world where bison herds have survived continuously since prehistoric times. Many migrate to lower-altitude areas outside the park for winter grazing.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Unnumbered Page
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81Bison or wild buffalo crossing a river in Yellowstone National Park. When European colonists arrived in North America, the bison population was over 75 million. A systematic slaughter (more than two million a year at its peak) wiped out two of the four subspecies and left only scattered remnants of the others. Yellowstone is now the only place in the world where bison herds have survived continuously since prehistoric times. Many migrate to lower-altitude areas outside the park for winter grazing. Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Unnumbered Page
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