DOI Bison Report: Looking Forward.

摘要

While bison are no longer threatened by extinction, substantial work remains to more fully restore the species to its ecological and cultural role on appropriate landscapes within its historical range. Many American Indian tribes have strong cultural ties with the buffalo, and this report describes DOI’s recent efforts to collaborate with tribes and tribal organizations to promote bison restoration on both public and tribal lands. This report also discusses the latest developments in brucellosis quarantine as a way for Yellowstone bison to be available for conservation; and provides an overview of all existing DOI bison resources, and also where bison conservation planning involving DOI lands is currently under consideration in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and South Dakota.