Re-bisoning the West : restoring an American icon to the landscape / Kurt Repanshek.
Material type: TextPublisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Torrey House Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First Torrey House Press editionDescription: 229 pages : map ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1937226980
- 9781937226985
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 333.9596 R425 | Available | 33111009721628 |
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.