To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge of Yellowstone

by Mary Ann Franke

Book Overview

Although the American bison was saved from near-extinction in the nineteenth century, today almost all herds are managed like livestock. The Yellowstone area is the only place in the United States where wild bison have been present since before the first Euro-Americans arrived. But these bison pose risks to property and people when they roam outside the park, including the possibility that they can spread the abortion-inducing disease brucellosis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806136839
• ISBN13: 9780806136837
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"