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Wood bison arrive for study - Jun 3, 2006 Canada.comA herd of rare wood bison has arrived at the University of Saskatchewan's specialized livestock health and production farm near Floral, ... Bison to roam Siberia again; 30 Canadian animals flown to Yakutsk … - Apr 24, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverThe 30 wood bison - 15 females and 15 males - were flown from Edmonton to the ... Canada has led the way in wood bison preservation efforts and in 1987 the ... Don't call them buffalo - May 19, 2009 Globe and MailLast year, Elk Island shipped 53 wood bison to Alaska for release this year. And now, officials in Mexico are working on a plan to reintroduce plains bison ... Americans Love Bison, Don't Know the Risks They Face - Nov 24, 2008 Environment News ServiceAn additional 7000 free-ranging wood bison live in Canada. Today, the genetically purest descendants of those wild bison are the targets of a government ... We don't have to choose between development and bison - Feb 9, 2009 Anchorage Daily NewsAlaska Fish and Game Commissioner Denby Lloyd calls the wood bison ... Concerns have been raised that wood bison restoration might impede oil and gas ... Wood bison revival - Biologist hopes to restore a living relic of... - Mar 6, 2005 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankBob Stephenson sat at a table in his Alaska Department of Fish and Game office surrounded by the graying bones and curled horns of wood bison that tell the ... State brings back wood bison - Jun 27, 2008 Anchorage Daily NewsAP. The state Department of Fish and Game has trucked 53 wood bison into Alaska from a national park in Canada. It's part of a bid to bring back the species ... Lost world of the ice age makes a comeback - Jan 7, 2006 New ScientistZimov is also working on importing wood bison from Canada, the closest living relatives to the extinct steppe bison. Musk oxen and moose will come next. ... Article: Once more to roam; Animal conservation.(re-introducing... - Aug 16, 2008 Pay-Per-View - The Economist - HighBeam ResearchThe Wood Bison was also hunted to the point of extinction before a few were saved. For the current plan, Alaskan wildlife authorities imported a number of ... Wood bison plan runs into conflict - May 17, 2009 Anchorage Daily NewsBy TIM MOWRY. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP. FAIRBANKS -- What do California condors in Arizona, whooping cranes in Florida, black-footed ferrets in ... Wood bison may roam here again - PROFITABLE: Animal that once lived … - Jun 21, 2007 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankPROFITABLE: Animal that once lived in state could be a lure for hunters and tourists. State biologists plan to ship dozens of wood bison from Canada to ... Restoration of wood bison supported, but no site chosen for … - Jun 10, 2005 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankAuthor: AP. A public advisory committee has endorsed a plan to restore wood bison in Alaska, but it hasn't said exactly where it should be done. ... Homecoming for bison after 5,000 years; 30 to be released in Siberia.(... - Apr 25, 2006 $4.95 - Washington Times - ECNextThe wood bison, a larger relative of the more common plains bison that can ... Scientists in Sakha in 1997 approached the Wood Bison Recovery Project at Elk ... Wood bison history has great influence on area - Oct 27, 2008 Huntington Herald DispatchEditor's note: The buffalo is often linked with our region today because of Marshall University's sports nickname "The Thundering Herd. ... Feds nix wood bison in refuge - Jun 8, 2005 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankDespite what it acknowledges is a "compelling case" that wood bison roamed the Yukon Flats as recently as 100 years ago, the federal government doesn't want ... Wood bison re-introduction is turning into an Alaska bureaucratic … - Jan 29, 2009 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game has spent the past 20 years trying to get wood bison re-introduced to the Interior. There have been scientific ... … news and information source | Portage wood bison tested before... - Mar 18, 2009 KTUUA group of wildlife biologists were herding wood bison for some testing. ... And some fear the endangered wood bison might wonder into development like gas ... Elk Island National Park of Canada elk and bison recovery programmes - Aug 4, 2007 Wildlife ExtraMost recently in April 2006, 30 wood bison were transported to the Republic of Sakha ... The wood bison closely resemble the prehistoric steppe bison, ... … news and information source | Reintroducing wood bison to the wild - Jul 8, 2008 KTUUThey now are one step closer to reintroducing wood bison into the Alaska wilderness. The wood bison is the Western Hemisphere's largest land mammal. ... Test tube bison could help preserve species - Nov 7, 2006 Scripps News - Scripps NewsWood bison have had their habitat destroyed, been hunted to the edge of ... Next month, the wood bison recovery team will meet to figure out the next steps. ... Wood bison restoration back on discussion table - Apr 26, 2005 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankThe future of wood bison in Alaska, if there is to be a future, could be decided in Fairbanks this week. In an attempt to kick-start the long-discussed ... WILDLIFE CENTER CELEBRATES WOOD BISON BIRTH - May 19, 2005 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankA wood bison calf rests with female adults Wednesday at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage. The center says the calf, born late Tuesday, ... Wood bison's new home is an old haunt. - Apr 1, 2006 Free with registration - UPI NewsTrack - AccessMyLibrary.comThe wood bison also will be returning home, in a sense. ... Thirty wood bison from Canada's Elk Island National Park in northern Alberta are scheduled to ... Bring back the wood bison to Alaska - Apr 5, 2009 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankAs you near the Portage cutoff on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage, take a look at something Alaska hasn't seen for more than 100 years — wood bison, ... State brings back bison - Jun 29, 2008 Juneau EmpireIf all goes well, the first group of wood bison will be released in the Minto Flats northwest ... Wood bison are the largest land mammals in North America, ... KTUU.com | Alaska's news and information source | Bison to be … - Jun 11, 2007 KTUUThe Chugach National Forest has also donated 30 acres for the wood bison currently at the zoo. Steve Mendive, secretary of the AWCC Board of Directors, ... Government Nixes Wood Bison In Refuge . - Jun 11, 2005 Tri City Herald - Google News ArchiveGovernment nixes wood bison in refuge . FAIRBANKS — The federal government doesn't believe it's a good idea to bring wood bison back to their romping ... Groups to discuss future of wood bison in the Interior - Apr 29, 2009 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankFAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is meeting with the Department of Natural Resources in Anchorage on Monday to discuss the future of the ... Biologists seek to restore Alaska's wood bison herds - Jul 10, 2008 McClatchy Washington BureauBy Kyle Hopkins | Anchorage Daily News. Pelted with fat drops of rain in a grassy field not far from Portage Glacier, a chocolate-brown wood bison shook its ... Bringing animals back to old haunts not so wild - Jul 8, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverSimilarly, wood bison from Elk Island National Park in Alberta have been airlifted to what's being called "Pleistocene Park" in northeastern Siberia. ... … Governments Not Protecting Endangered Wood Bison in Northern Alta - Apr 29, 2008 RedOrbitCALGARY - Sierra Club Canada says neither the provincial nor the federal governments are doing enough to protect the wood bison in northern Alberta from ... Federal Register 2009 - 74 FR 5908 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife... - Feb 3, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2009 - LoislawTherefore, we are initiating a status review of the wood bison to ... The wood bison differs morphologically from the more common plains bison (Bison bison ... Wildlife center is saving lives and showing you the survivors - Jan 28, 2005 Seattle TimesAlso of interest is the herd of wood bison, a species that once ranged ... Like their smaller cousins on the plains, wood bison were nearly extinct by the ... Alberta to kill hundreds of bison over disease, road safety concerns - May 13, 2008 Orleans StarEDMONTON - Alberta wildlife officials want to kill nearly half of one of Canada's few remaining wood bison herds in an effort to save it. ... Wood bison restoration explained in Portage - Aug 20, 2006 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankAlaska Wildlife Conservation Center hosts its Alaska Wildlife Wednesdays program at 7 pm Wednesday at Begich Boggs Visitor Center in Portage. ... Peninsula Clarion - Oct 12, 2007 Kenai Peninsula OnlineThe AWCC received their first wood bison from Canada in 2003, and from those 13 animals the only wood bison in the US then and now the herd has grown to 28 ... Doyon warns that wood bison plan threatens gas exploration near … - Jan 20, 2009 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankThe plan to introduce wood bison to the Minto Flats could complicate or kill efforts to look for natural gas near Nenana or build a natural gas bullet line, ... Bison can make a comeback in US over next 100 years - Apr 30, 2008 thecheers.orgAccording to the research groups, ecological restoration would occur when large herds of plains and wood bison can move freely across extensive landscapes ... Bison Farming Is On The Rise In Nc - May 17, 2006 The Dispatch - Google News ArchiveA little more than a year ago, he and his wife began raising bison on their Vista Wood Bison Ranch north of Hillsborough. They now have one bull, five cows, ... Bison Farming Gaining .Oil .Popularity In North Carolina . - May 26, 2006 The Item - Google News ArchiveLinda Peloquin, graze on at the Vista Wood Bison Ranch recently in Hillsborough, NC According to a US there were 38 bison farms in North Carolina in 2002 ... National Survey Says Public Reveres Bison - Nov 18, 2008 newswise.comAn additional 7000 free-ranging wood bison live in Canada. Bison once numbered in the tens of millions and ranged from Alaska to Mexico but were wiped out ... Bison bones might rewrite history - Feb 2, 2010 Montreal GazetteAn analysis of the super-sized beast, larger than both the plains and wood bison which inhabited North America following the demise of its steppe-cousin, ... The Northwest Territories: A road (much) less traveled - Dec 10, 2005 $2.95 - Anniston Star - NewsBankThe wood bison was larger with a more prominent hump and ragged cape. As the plains bison disappeared, the wood bison experienced similar losses from native ... Visitors flock to Portage's wildlife conservation center - Oct 2, 2009 Alaskajournal.comThe acreage is fenced off to separately accommodate wood bison, moose, ... Sixty wood bison, the northern cousin of the plains bison that roams in many of ... The American Bison Can Thrive Again - Apr 29, 2008 newswise.comAccording to the groups, ecological restoration would occur when large herds of plains and wood bison can move freely across extensive landscapes within ... Canadian Bison Set to Stroll Siberia - Apr 4, 2006 RedOrbit..."This project for the reintroduction of wood bison into the Republic of Sakha Yakutia began some time ago," said Reynolds. ... New National Survey Says Public Reveres Bison - Nov 29, 2008 sciencedaily.comAn additional 7000 free-ranging wood bison live in Canada. Bison once numbered in the tens of millions and ranged from Alaska to Mexico but were wiped out ... Frequently Asked Questions - Jul 27, 2005 WWF InternationalThere are two sub-species: the plains bison (found mainly in the US and Canada) and the wood bison (found mainly in Canada). The wood bison has longer legs ... Wildlife center plans for a big future - THEATER: As bears prepare... - Oct 26, 2009 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankThe acreage is fenced off to separately accommodate wood bison, moose, ... Sixty wood bison, the northern cousin of the plains bison that roams in many of ... Stevens Village bison herd dedicated - Aug 31, 2006 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankAfter years of trying to win government support for reintroducing the rarer wood bison closer to home, the village bought the 2000-acre farm in 2004 with a ... Anchorage Daily News : CONSERVATION CENTER BISON SHOWS HIS … - Mar 21, 2009 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankSteve Mendive is sent flying by an ornery bull wood bison Wednesday as a crew attempts to guide the animals into chutes for handling and disease testing at ... Canadians now in the wildlife hunt; Canada in the Rough to be country'... - Jul 2, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The Record - ProQuest Archiver...travel by snow machine with members of the Slavey First Nation on a management hunt for wood bison in the Northwest Territories; slog through the bogs ... Jay O'Dell: Marshall mascot's beginnings can be traced back to the... - Oct 25, 2008 Huntington Herald DispatchThe wood bison is a different species from the present native Great Plains bison of the ... Hopefully, features of the native wood bison can and will be ... Ultimate North American adventure drive - Take a ride on the famed … - May 6, 2007 $2.95 - Press-Republican - NewsBankIn 2005, wood bison (a larger version of the buffalo) had migrated to the area and were actually a traffic hazard north of the hot springs. ... Home on the Range? - Sep 1, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Americas - Factiva, from Dow JonesJust 250 wood bison remained, near remote Great Slave Lake in what's now northern Canada. With the bison gone, the native people began to starve. ... Top skiers gather in Fairbanks for Wedgewood Resort US championships - Mar 24, 2009 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankWOOD BISON: The board of directors of the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce voted 10-9 ... The wood bison project has been targeted by Doyon as a potential ... Let bison roam your dinner table - Oct 23, 2007 Canada.com...there are now at least 1500 pure-bred plains bison on public lands, 4200 pure-bred wood bison and another 4800 mixed-breed animals. ... Orphaned moose a valuable resource - COMPASS: Other points of view - Jul 17, 2009 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankThe state is almost ready to transport wood bison from Portage to the Yukon Flats to ... If it is good enough for wood bison, it is good enough for moose! ... Short trips away from Anchorage are full of adventure - Apr 24, 2005 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankThe center is also working on its wood bison project. Wood bison were once thought to be extinct. There are no wild wood bison in Alaska, but the center has ... Anchorage Daily News : What's hot @adn.com - Jun 28, 2008 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankWood bison roamed Alaska in large numbers as few as 200 years ago before becoming extinct about 100 years ago. The animals were trucked 2000 miles from Elk ... Off the beaten track in northern BC - Aug 30, 2008 Canada.comBeyond is a wilderness filled with snow-capped mountains, deep green valleys, where Stone mountain sheep, caribou and wood bison roam, animals usually seen ... Briefs . - Jun 11, 2005 Tri City Herald - Google News ArchiveThat was the message refuge Manager Ted Heuer delivered in a recent meeting in Fairbanks to discuss the possible restoration of wood bison to Alaska. ... Animal conservation: Once more to roam - Aug 16, 2008 $5.00 - EIU Country Analysis - Alacra StoreThe Wood Bison was also hunted to the point of extinction before a few were saved. For the current plan, Alaskan wildlife authorities imported a number of ... Newborn safari; In honor of Mother's Day, Daily News photographer... - May 14, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Anchorage Daily News - Factiva, from Dow JonesWood bison, our other species, they're an endangered species and they're only found ... (Wood bison) are the biggest animal on the North American and South ... Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 50834 Emergency Exemption: Issuance of ... - Aug 28, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawFairbanks, AK, to take one captive held male wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) for the purpose of scientific research into animal and human health. ... Gored by a bison while out for his morning stroll - Aug 4, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldAmerican plains bison and American wood bison were hunted close to extinction during the 19th and 20th centuries but have since rebounded. ... Bison - Outdoors/hunting - ESPN - May 2, 2005 ESPNNorthwest Territories, Canada, Wyoming, Montana, (wood bison in Alaska), otherwise on private ranches and refuges in the United States and Canada. ... Federal Register 2009 - 74 FR 5672 Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, … - Jan 30, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2009 - LoislawSupport for the State of Alaska's wood bison project and opposition to future subsistence hunting of wood bison was expressed. The outfitter-guide expressed ... Cross-country skiers invited to end season with 'slush cup' fun run... - Apr 17, 2009 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankWOOD BISON: The Palin administration says it supports the effort to reintroduce wood bison, but the plan to release them in the Minto Flats is endangered. ... Canada's biggest fish endangered: scientists - May 1, 2007 CTV.caHe cited the white pelican, the wood bison and the swift fox as notable success stories. The committee's recommendations for listing and delisting species ... BUFFALO ROAMS WHEN MOM SAYS SO - May 4, 2008 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankA 2-day-old wood bison calf stays close to its mother at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on Wednesday. It's calving season at the conservation ... The deep one.(Great Slave Lake) - Jan 1, 2005 $4.95 - Canada and the World Backgrounder - ECNextIt is home to the world's largest wild wood bison herd. The 2000 animals represent a small fraction of the 200000 wood bison that used to roam throughout ... KTUU.com | Alaska's news and information source | Snow beautifies, … - Dec 29, 2006 KTUUWood bison are so heavy they are afraid of light, new snow. (Kyle Stalder/KTUU-TV) ... "The animals I worry about the least are the wood bison. ... Never cry bison at Elk Island - Jun 13, 2007 VUE WeeklyThe fence retains “freeâ€?-roaming plains bison, wood bison, moose, deer and elk, keeping them from wandering onto nearby agricultural operations or major ... Species at risk to get extra protection - Jul 17, 2008 Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)The two largest animals that have listings are wood bison and mountain goats. Under the their current NWT status, that isn't legally recognized, wood bison ... Letters from the people - Mar 26, 2009 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankBringing wood bison back to Alaska is starting to have an impact. ... Mr. Mendive should get a free tag as soon as there are enough wood bison in the wild ... Alberta to cull hundreds of bison - May 15, 2008 Toronto StarEDMONTON–Alberta wildlife officials want to kill nearly half of one of Canada's few remaining wood bison herds in an effort to save it. ... Home, home on the base - Sep 7, 2008 San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneCamp Pendleton's bison are originally from Yellowstone and presumed to be plains bison, not their northern cousins known as wood bison, said Eric Kershner, ... Texas Hopes to Cure 'Depresse ... | Article from The Washington Post... - Feb 13, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam Research...of the wood bison herd in Wood Buffalo National Park goes ahead, it will lead to protests rivaling the 1970s international campaign that halted ... ... Bison farming is on the rise: Meat is leaner, sweeter than beef. - May 16, 2006 Free with registration - News & Observer - AccessMyLibrary.comA little more than a year ago, he and his wife began raising bison on their Vista Wood Bison Ranch north of Hillsborough. They now have one bull, five cows, ... Looking Back in Fairbanks — Sept. 20 - Sep 20, 2008 $2.95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - NewsBankNow, those stories and some skeletal remains are the only reminder of wood bison in Alaska. The state Department of Fish and Game wants to reintroduce the ... Voice of the Times - Scooter Libby trial promises to go on and on - Mar 10, 2007 $2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankFrom the introduction of new game, such as ruffed grouse or wood bison, or the donation of fish cleaning tables, these projects always have a very practical ... Steppe bison find sheds light on earliest Canadians - Jul 4, 2009 Edmonton JournalAn analysis of the super-sized beast, larger than both the plains and wood bison that inhabited North America following the demise of its steppe-cousin, ... Mackenzie pipeline gets major boost - Dec 31, 2009 Toronto Star...the report listed several species in need of protective measures if the project is approved, including caribou, wood bison, polar and grizzly bears, ... Bison troubles - Oct 5, 2006 Canada.comWildlife officers both here and in the Sakha republic micromanaged the wood bison transport to Russia, first fattening them up and vaccinating them in ... KTUU.com | Alaska's news and information source | Bison gets baby for... - May 12, 2007 KTUUEarlier this morning a wood bison gave birth to a new calf. Officials said this is the time of year when the calves are born and there are more on the way. ... FEELING QUIZZICAL? I'VE GOT ANSWERS FOR YOU - HERE ARE … - Oct 21, 2007 $2.95 - Charlotte Observer - NewsBankOr, more precisely, the Eastern wood bison, a cousin of the smaller plains bison that survives out West. Dutch Buffalo Creek near Mount Pleasant refers to ... Buffalo take over Canadian town - Aug 2, 2006 Independent OnlineThe so-called wood bison wandered into Fort Providence in the Northwest Territories in May and seemed to like its thick manicured lawns, open spaces and ... DISCOVER YOUR INNER COWBOY - Jul 12, 2009 $2.95 - St. Paul Pioneer Press - NewsBankThese were plains bison, the shorter relative of the wood bison. Still, I marveled at the sheer size. The males weigh up to 2100 pounds and stand as tall as ... Mammoth task of reversing history - Oct 24, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukHorses and moose are already grazing in the refuge and there are plans to import wood bison, the closest surviving relative of the extinct steppe bison, ... A day in the Athabasca delta - Jul 30, 2005 Globe and Mail...labyrinthine Wood Buffalo National Park; others fly in small aircraft over its 45000-square-kilometre vastness in search of free-roaming wood bison. ... An amazing discovery - Sep 24, 2007 Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)Steppe bison were characterized by their large size, slightly larger than the wood bison. Steppe bison had long curved back horns, large adult males were ... Riding herd in Utah, big time - Aug 9, 2009 Mail TribuneThese were plains bison, the shorter relative of the wood bison. Still, I marveled at the sheer size. The males weigh up to 2100 pounds and stand as tall as ... Jan. 28: SarahPAC; Kenai River threat; battle over bison; dress like... - Jan 28, 2009 Anchorage Daily NewsSouthcentral could be in jeopardy if a planned federal release of wood bison into Interior Alaska goes through in 2010, pipeline proponents warn. ALSO: Federal Register 2007 - 72 FR 45717 Endangered and Threatened … - Aug 15, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2007 - LoislawTwo subspecies of bison are currently recognized in North America-the plains bison (Bison bison bison) and the wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) (Boyd ... Bison ranch a 'hobby' for family - Apr 9, 2009 News of Orange CountyTheir ranch, The Vista Wood Bison Ranch, is one of only a few of its kind in North Carolina. They are a few miles outside Hillsborough, and they often have ... From pioneers to politics: Step back in time in Edmonton: a city that... - Jun 3, 2009 Calgary HeraldThe park offers plenty of wildlife, including elk, plains bison and wood bison, along with lots of birdwatching. * Leave the driving to the Eddie Bus, ... Pioneers to politics . . . - Aug 23, 2008 Canada.comThe park offers plenty of wildlife, including elk, plains bison and wood bison, along with lots of birdwatching. - Leave the driving to the Eddie Bus, ... Extinct bison body could rewrite human history. - Oct 27, 2009 Kelowna.comAn analysis of the super-sized beast, larger than both the plains and wood bison which inhabited North America following the demise of its steppe-cousin, ... Discovering Canada | Guide to Walking | Mountain Biking & Dog... - Jan 24, 2009 Times Online...snowshoeing or cross-country ski tours), its inhabitants include caribou, lynx, elk, mountain goats, moose, mule deer, muskoxen, wood bison and Dall's ... Play cowboy, herd 1-ton animals - Aug 1, 2009 Chicago TribuneThese were plains bison, the shorter relative of the wood bison. I marveled at their size. The males weigh as much as 2100 pounds and stand as tall as 6 Bison gores Canadian man - Aug 3, 2009 AFPAmerican plains bison and American wood bison were hunted close to extinction during the 19th and 20th centuries but have since rebounded. Cowboy for a day: Join a buffalo roundup in Utah - Jul 31, 2009 Seattle TimesThese were plains bison, the shorter relative of the wood bison. Still, the males weigh up to 2100 pounds and stand as tall as 6 feet at the shoulders, Top skiers gather in Fairbanks for Wedgewood Resort US championships - Mar 24, 2009 Fairbanks Daily News-MinerWOOD BISON: The board of directors of the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce voted 10-9 Monday for a resolution asking the state to “halt and reverse any further He got buffaloed by a bison - Mar 20, 2009 msnbc.comAt 2400 pounds, the bull that charged Mendive is the dominant male among the 82 wood bison in the conservation center’s herd. Wood bison are a subspecies of Before release, Portage wood bison tested for disease - Mar 18, 2009 KTUUAnd some fear the endangered wood bison might wonder into development like gas pipelines and mineral deposits. "A lot of those concerns come from the fact Mount Sanford clouds cause confusion - Mar 24, 2009 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...•After a spirited debate, the board of directors of the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce voted 10-9 Monday to oppose the plan to reintroduce wood bison into Enstar eye trained on natural gas bullet line - Mar 19, 2009 Kenai Peninsula OnlineHe also said plans are under consideration to have 53 wood bison released into the wild in Alaska, "in exactly the areas where we're looking to put the Wood bison re-introduction is turning into an Alaska bureaucratic ... - Jan 29, 2009 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,By Tim Mowry The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has spent the past 20 years trying to get wood bison re-introduced to the Interior. Bison, gas development plans clash - Jan 30, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,By RENA DELBRIDGE JUNEAU -- Proponents of natural gas development in the Nenana Basin say a state proposal to release wood bison in the Interior could We don't have to choose between development and bison - Feb 9, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,By MIKE MILLER As you near the Portage cutoff, take a look at something Alaska hasn't seen for more than 100 years -- wood bison. Today's News for the Last Frontier - Jan 28, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,...to Southcentral could be in jeopardy if a planned federal release of wood bison into Interior Alaska goes through in 2010, pipeline proponents warn. Slow down for Alaska highway's striking scenery - Feb 9, 2009 Canada.com,Beyond is a wilderness filled with snow-capped mountains and deep green valleys, where Stone mountain sheep, caribou and wood bison roam. Who's up / Who's down - Jan 31, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,EVEN -- Natural gas plans: Prospects bright for drilling and bullet lines in Nenana Basin, but what if wood bison roam there? Could be heard a discouraging Oil sands – Shell’s sustainability gamble - Feb 1, 2009 ClimateChangeCorp.com,Syncrude has successfully reclaimed land at its former mine, the Gateway Hill site, which is now home to 300 grazing wood bison. New national survey says public reveres bison - 19 Nov 2008 Science Centric,An additional 7000 free-ranging wood bison live in Canada. Bison once numbered in the tens of millions and ranged from Alaska to Mexico but were wiped out Wood bison history has great influence on area - Oct 26, 2008 Huntington Herald Dispatch,The wood bison was a native species throughout the eastern United States at the time of early 1600s settlements. It is a different species from the present PHOTO: Bison feeders - Oct 24, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,The center asked the plumbers to build hay feeders to be used to feed the wood bison herd at the Portage-area center. There currently are 85 wood bison at Edmonton, Your Gateway to Scenic Settings - Oct 28, 2008 MarketWatchLess than an hour from Edmonton, Elk Island is home to herds of plains bison, wood bison, deer, elk, moose and some 250 bird species. Looking Back in Fairbanks — Sept. 20 - Sep 20, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,Now, those stories and some skeletal remains are the only reminder of wood bison in Alaska. The state Department of Fish and Game wants to reintroduce the Home, home on the base - Sep 7, 2008 San Diego Union Tribune,Camp Pendleton's bison are originally from Yellowstone and presumed to be plains bison, not their northern cousins known as wood bison, said Eric Kershner, Leaving a place for nature part of oilsands promise - Sep 4, 2008 Calgary Herald,Down the slope, grasslands support a small herd of wood bison positioned for viewing. "We have about a dozen here, but another 300 are living on reclaimed Exploring French Creek - Sep 12, 2008 GoErie.com,Helmreich writes that the French named the stream after the wood bison they saw using the stream as a path, because the animals -- which no longer live in Off the beaten track in northern BC - Aug 30, 2008 StarPhoenix,Beyond is a wilderness filled with snow-capped mountains, deep green valleys, where Stone mountain sheep, caribou and wood bison roam, animals usually seen Animal conservation Once more to roam - Aug 14, 2008 Economist,The first reintroduction will probably take place in Alaska, where the Wood Bison, a larger cousin of the more familiar Plains Bison, is waiting to clear a Elk Island Park sends bison to Alaska - Jul 24, 2008 Fort Saskatchewan Record,By Katherine Roth In hopes of rebuilding the population of wood bison in Alaska, Elk Island National Park sent 53 of the ungulates up north last month. Of the Top 10 Things to Do in Edmonton This Summer, Mother Nature ... - Jul 22, 2008 Hospitality Net (press release)...is a visit to the unspoiled Elk Island National Park, a beautiful oasis home to herds of free roaming plains bison, wood bison, moose, deer and elk. Species at risk to get extra protection - Jul 17, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),The two largest animals that have listings are wood bison and mountain goats. Under the their current NWT status, that isn't legally recognized, wood bison Pondering superheroes and superpowers - Jul 20, 2008 Portsmouth Herald News,There's nothing he developed after downing a bottle of green, bubbly, liquid potion, or after being run over by a pack of wood bison in Alberta, Canada. Healthy bison herd eludes Yukon hunters - Apr 2, 2008 CBC North,The Yukon's Aishihik wood bison herd numbers well over 1000, which is about double the size wildlife managers want. When the hunting season started, Nature more important than houses - Apr 19, 2008 Brantford Expositor,...virus is deadly to humans but human encroachment of lands and unnecessary hunting helped create tuberculosis and the near-extinction of the wood bison. Compton reaches back to the Ice Age for artistic inspiration - Mar 28, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,Early in the process, Compton painted a picture of wood bison — which are native to Alaska — and the two started brainstorming ideas for new paintings. Bigfoot sightings confirmed by AWCC - Apr 1, 2008 Kenai Peninsula Online,The e-mail says that "nearing dusk one evening last month a visitor reported seeing a dark furry creature lurking behind the wood bison. Controlled burn planned after parasites found - Mar 28, 2008 Sherwood Park News,The burn will take place in a wood bison area of about 400 to 500 hectares south of Highway 16, and will take no longer than two days, Cool said. Winter Sports & Outdoor Adventure on Edmonton, Alberta Winter Getaway - Jan 28, 2008 The Open Press (press release)Edmonton is less than an hour from Elk Island National Park with everything from short trails to the scenic 18.6 Wood Bison Trail. It's Yellowstone times eleven - Nov 24, 2007 Scotsman,The land, which is within Canada's boreal forest, is teeming with wildlife, such as woodland caribou and the endangered wood bison, as well as the whooping Wildlife center prepares for reintroduction of wood bison - Oct 12, 2007 Kenai Peninsula Online,The AWCC received their first wood bison from Canada in 2003, and from those 13 animals the only wood bison in the US then and now the herd has grown to 28 Let bison roam your dinner table - Oct 23, 2007 StarPhoenix,...there are now at least 1500 pure-bred plains bison on public lands, 4200 pure-bred wood bison and another 4800 mixed-breed animals. Back home in Wood Buffalo - Oct 9, 2007 Northern News Services (subscription),At Wood Buffalo, much of Kindopp's focus is on studying wood bison, moose, peregrine falcons and whooping cranes. "We can't do everything, so we focus on Feeling quizzical? I've got answers for you - Oct 21, 2007 Charlotte Observer,Or, more precisely, the Eastern wood bison, a cousin of the smaller plains bison that survives out West. Dutch Buffalo Creek near Mount Pleasant refers to New numbers will guide new management of bison - Aug 3, 2007 Whitehorse Star (subscription),Now, senior biologists have measured the results of recent collaring programs and aerial counting trips to arrive at an estimated Aishihik Wood Bison Many international adoptees have TB - Aug 10, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...full story Wood Bison -- The Wood Bison is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison. Reduced by hunting from a total population of about More dead bison keep Wood Buffalo campgrounds closed - Jul 27, 2007 CBC North,Wildlife officials have found more dead bison infected by anthrax at the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories, forcing park officials to As journey ends, oilsands blasted by canoe leader - Aug 16, 2007 Fort McMurray Today,Van Hout mentioned Syncrude Canada's Wood Bison Viewpoint located approximately 30 kilometres north of Fort McMurray and said, "The reclaimed land, In vitro work raises hopes for wood bison Nov 7, 2006 CALGARY -- Wood bison have had their habitat destroyed, been hunted to the edge of extinction and been infected with debilitating diseases. ... - Globe and Mail, Prototype propane fuel cell is tested Nov 16, 2006 ...tanker hit ... > full article. Wood Bison -- The Wood Bison is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison. Reduced by ... - Science Daily (press release) Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Is Emerging Threat Oct 27, 2006 ...individual or ... > full article. Wood Bison -- The Wood Bison is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison. Reduced by ... - Science Daily (press release) Local Sunflashes Oct 23, 2006 The Skownan community also introduced a herd of wood bison onto their land. That herd will become the official herd of the women's team. ... - Winnipeg Sun, Siberia is where Canadian bison will roam 31 Mar 2006 Thirty wood bison from Elk Island National Park in northern Alberta will soon be taking the trip of a lifetime – halfway around the world to northeastern ... CBC News, Media Advisory - Media briefing - The Government of Canada ... 31 Mar 2006 Parks Canada Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) will be available to talk about the transfer of 30 wood bison from Elk ... CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Feds revive plan for mass bison slaughter Mar 20, 2006 The disease problem began in the 1920s, when more than 6,000 plains bison were moved north to join a group of wood bison when the herd outgrew its old home at ... Edmonton Journal (subscription), Subsidized Killing Of Carnivores Fails To Protect US Sheep ... Mar 17, 2006 ...breathable ... > full article. Wood Bison -- The Wood Bison is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison. Reduced ... Science Daily (press release) Airborn counters take bison inventory Mar 8, 2006 By Chuck Tobin. An aerial count of the Aishihik wood bison herd was conducted Tuesday in an attempt to gain the best estimate of population size in eight years. ... Whitehorse Star (subscription), [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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