After a 140 year absence, Banff National Park is now home to more than 100 plains bison — a number that could double by 2030.
by Parks Canada, which aimed to re-establish the once-thriving population in the southern Alberta park after over-hunting eradicated it from the area in the late 1800s — and nearly caused its extinction across the continent. The federal agency is calling the pilot a success, touting significant public support for the bison’s return to the area.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Elk Island National Park near Edmonton as part of a $6.5-million pilot project. Over the following five years, the long-disappeared population of North America’s largest land mammal grew to more than 80 within a 1,200 square-kilometre reintroduction zone as of 2022. Eighteen more calves were born this spring, bringing the population in the area to over 100, Parks Canada officials told reporters Wednesday.
“The historic return of bison to Banff National Park returns a key native species to the landscape, fosters cultural reconnection, inspires discovery and provides stewardship and learning opportunities,” said Salman Rasheed, the Banff field unit superintendent for Parks Canada. “Support for bison reintroduction to Banff National Park continues to be high.
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