
Bisonology (BUFFALO) with various bisonologists
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Interagency Bison Management Plan
Even though they were down to a couple dozen at the turn of the last century, bison have never been on the endangered species list. So from what I can gather, the population was so regally boned by European settlers that bison were just considered ecologically extinct. While there may only be a few thousand in wild herds, ranching has now grown bison's numbers to several hundred thousand in the US.
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