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Re-bisoning the West : restoring an American icon to the landscape / Kurt Repanshek.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Torrey House Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First Torrey House Press editionDescription: 229 pages : map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1937226980
  • 9781937226985
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue -- The landscape -- Tatanka -- The Great Slaughter -- Revival of a precarious species. Charles "Buffalo" Jones ; Theodore Roosevelt ; William T. Hornaday ; Charles Goodnight ; The American Bison Society -- Yellowstone's stigma -- Train ride to the future -- Parks and bison -- Rebounding across the West -- Conserving bison genes on a large-scale landscape -- Epilogue.
Summary: Millions of majestic bison once roamed territory stretching from Alaska to Mexico. This awe-inspiring species, designated the National Mammal of the United States in 2016, has come close to extinction-- and great effort is needed to preserve it for future generation. Award-winning journalist Kurt Repanshek traces the history of bison from their Ice Age ancestors to present-day strategies to bring them back to the landscape-- and the biological, political, and cultural hurdles confronting this work. Repanshek explores Native Americans' relationship with bison and presents a forward-thinking approach to returning this keystone species to the West and improving the health of ecosystems.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 333.9596 R425 Available 33111009721628
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"A much-needed look at the exceptionally fraught relationship between bison and people...engaging and comprehensive."
-- BOOKLIST

"A fascinating perspective... Re-Bisoning the West demonstrates the complex relationships the species maintains with the earth and humanity itself."
-- FOREWORD REVIEWS

Award-winning journalist Kurt Repanshek traces the history of bison from the species' near extinction to present-day efforts to bring bison back to the landscape--and the biological, political, and cultural hurdles confronting these efforts. Repanshek explores Native Americans' relationships with bison, and presents a forward-thinking approach to returning bison to the West and improving the health of ecosystems.

"September 2019"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229).

Prologue -- The landscape -- Tatanka -- The Great Slaughter -- Revival of a precarious species. Charles "Buffalo" Jones ; Theodore Roosevelt ; William T. Hornaday ; Charles Goodnight ; The American Bison Society -- Yellowstone's stigma -- Train ride to the future -- Parks and bison -- Rebounding across the West -- Conserving bison genes on a large-scale landscape -- Epilogue.

Millions of majestic bison once roamed territory stretching from Alaska to Mexico. This awe-inspiring species, designated the National Mammal of the United States in 2016, has come close to extinction-- and great effort is needed to preserve it for future generation. Award-winning journalist Kurt Repanshek traces the history of bison from their Ice Age ancestors to present-day strategies to bring them back to the landscape-- and the biological, political, and cultural hurdles confronting this work. Repanshek explores Native Americans' relationship with bison and presents a forward-thinking approach to returning this keystone species to the West and improving the health of ecosystems.

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