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Endangered Species Act Protection for Yellowstone bison?
Yellowstone bison are the last continuously wild American
bison left in the United States (Gates et al. 2005).
Once numbering an estimated 30 to 60 million (Knapp
et al. 1999), and ranging from the Atlantic and Gulf
Coastal Plains across the Appalachian Highlands to the Illinois
Basin, from the Chihuahuan Desert in northeastern Mexico across
the Great Plains into the Rocky Mountains to the Great Slave
Lake in Canada (Hornaday 1889), today wild
bison are considered ecologically extinct within their native
range (Freese et al. 2007).
Yellowstone is the last stronghold for the wild American bison.
This remnant population represents a living link to the last
of our nation's wild bison. It is where 23 wild bison survived
the near extinction of their species (Meagher 1973).
Now is the time to help gain strong protection for America's
last wild bison! Please see the action item below. Read through
the talking points and supporting
evidence. Contact and
submit your comments to the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Please pass the online
petiton to list wild bison as endangered on to everyone
you know. This is a great opportunity to make a real, lasting
difference for America's last wild bison and their native
habitat!
Thank
you for taking action to protect America's heritage of wild
and free bison!
PLEASE
TAKE ACTION TODAY!
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