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Part of the Wind Cave bison herd (2003) The Wind Cave bison herd is a herd of 250–400 American bison in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, United States.As an active participant in the conservation of American bison, it is believed to be one of only seven free-roaming and genetically pure herds on public lands in North America.
The conversion of native prairie to cropland is very detrimental to these birds. It was found in a radio telemetry study conducted by Kansas State University that "most prairie-chicken hens avoided nesting or rearing their broods within a quarter-mile of power lines and within a third-mile of improved roads." (Kansas Department of Wildlife and ...
This sculpture is located in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest on Martha's Vineyard. It is one of five statues as a part of Todd McGrain's Lost Bird Project. [9] Prairie chickens were indiscriminately introduced to the Eastern Seaboard after the heath hen was gone from the mainland, but failed to thrive.
Located in Custer County, the park is South Dakota's first and largest state park, named after Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. The park covers an area of over 71,000 acres (287 km 2) of varied terrain including rolling prairie grasslands and rugged mountains. [2] The park is home to a herd of 1,500 bison.
Park and state wildlife officials went to great lengths to prevent bison from mixing with cattle. [18] Brucellosis is known to exist in the elk and bison of the Yellowstone ecosystem. [62] State and federal officials were pressured to prevent the spread of the disease as ranchers worry it could lead to Montana losing its brucellosis-free status ...
The area was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974 [2] and a State Nature Preserve in 1977 [3] The sandy soil creates a variety of habitats, from oak barrens, wet prairie, including sedge meadows and prairie marshes. More than 350 native species of vascular plants have been identified. A minimum of 43 species are uncommon in the State ...
The Great Plains wolf (Canis lupus nubilus), also known as the buffalo wolf or loafer, is a subspecies of gray wolf that once extended throughout the Great Plains, from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada southward to northern Texas in the United States. [4]
Rosa arkansana, the prairie rose [1] or wild prairie rose, is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana. There are two varieties: Rosa arkansana var. arkansana; Rosa arkansana var. suffulta (Greene ...