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In 1965, 23 of these bison were relocated to the south side of Elk Island National Park. Today, they number 300 and are the most genetically pure wood bison remaining. Between 1951 and 1967, 4000 bison were killed and 910 tonnes (2 million pounds) of meat were sold from a special abattoir built at Hay Camp. These smaller culls did not eradicate ...
The peak of the wood bison's shoulder hump sits anterior to the forelegs, while the plains bison's shoulder hump is located directly above the forelegs. Wood bison also have larger horn cores, darker and woollier hair and less hair on their forelegs, with smaller and more pointed beards. [7]
A systematic study of recent bison, with particular consideration of the wood bison (Publications in Natural Sciences No. 6.). National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario. Canada. Stephenson, R. O. et al. 2001. Wood bison in late Holocene Alaska and adjacent Canada: Paleontological, archaeological and historical records.
By 1957, wood bison were thought to have been finally extinct in Canada due to hybridization with the plains bison, which took place in Wood Buffalo National Park between 1925 and 1928. [8] As wood bison species became threatened with the hybridization, relocation and breeding conservation programs specific to wood bison were established in 1963.
The park protects a segment of the Lower and Upper Boreal Highlands subregions of the Boreal Forest region in the Natural Regions Framework for Alberta. [5] In the National Ecological Framework for Canada used by Environment and Climate Change Canada, the park is in the Birch Upland ecodistrict of the Mid-Boreal Uplands ecoregion of the Central Boreal Plains ecoprovince of the Boreal Plains ...
In 1909 the fence was finished and 325 bison were relocated to Buffalo National Park. However, 40–70 bison [10] evaded capture and became the ancestors of today's herd in Elk Island National Park. Since 2007, Parks Canada has actively managed a herd of about 400 pure-bred and disease-free plains bison [12] and 300 wood bison [13] in Elk ...
It is the only site in Alberta targeted for the re-introduction of Wood Bison, [5] which thrive on a winter forage of sedges and grasses indigenous to the area. A group of 24 bison were first introduced to Hay-Zama Lakes Wildland Park in 1984, moved from Elk Island National Park, and its population has steadily grown to 700 members. [8]
North America map with states and provinces.svg The ecological buffalo : on the trail of a keystone species. Wes Olson 1954- and Johane Janelle 1959-, Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press. 2022. page 54.