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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),
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