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| Tango01 | 03 Dec 2015 12:40 p.m. PST |
… are back east of the Mississippi. "When David Crites walked out of his apartment last month, he was greeted by a line of six or so bison standing shoulder to shoulder in the front yard. He sidled over to his truck, staring at the huge animals, slipped into the front seat, then closed the door and turned on the ignition. As the pickup slowly made its way down the driveway, the bison lumbered alongside. "It was like I was in Yellowstone," Crites says. But he wasn't. His temporary job (which includes housing) is to remove trees and install fences in the Nachusa Grasslands of north-central Illinois—where wild bison recently set hooves down for the first time in almost 200 years. The herd of 30 bison is part of an effort by the Nature Conservancy to restore grasslands in the Prairie State, which, perhaps ironically, has lost more than 99 percent of its former grassland. In the late 1980s, conservationists happened to be passing by the Nachusa when they heard the call of an upland sandpiper, a bird that breeds in tallgrass prairies. The Nature Conservancy then began buying farms in the area as they became available, and now it owns a total of 3,500 acres…"
Full article here
link Good news!. Amicalement
Armand |
| John the Greater | 03 Dec 2015 2:06 p.m. PST |
Interesting story. I stroke a couple of checks to the Nature Conservancy every year. |
| Col Durnford | 03 Dec 2015 2:28 p.m. PST |
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| Kropotkin303 | 03 Dec 2015 3:05 p.m. PST |
Didn't Neil Young have something to do with the re-introduction of Bison into the wild? |
| Florida Tory | 03 Dec 2015 3:38 p.m. PST |
I was just there yesterday, and can confirm the truth of kyoteblue's comment. Rick |
| Chuckaroobob | 03 Dec 2015 9:52 p.m. PST |
In a related story, there are now elk in NC! |
| John the Greater | 04 Dec 2015 7:45 a.m. PST |
And they test great. They test great in math, but are generally below grade level in English. |
| Col Durnford | 04 Dec 2015 9:49 a.m. PST |
I saw that I had a misspell this morning and was hoping no one would notice. Add a fail for me on that test. However, I was not aware that bison multiply so well. |
| Tango01 | 04 Dec 2015 10:57 a.m. PST |
Kyote… dude! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Bashytubits | 07 Dec 2015 12:19 a.m. PST |
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 mmitchell  | 29 Dec 2015 6:44 a.m. PST |
Very nice. Next up, the return of the Wooly Mammoth. |
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