Bison are back at northern Indiana's Kankakee Sands
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The last wild bison in Indiana was seen near French Lick in 1830. Nearly 200 years later The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has added northern Indiana's Kankakee Sands tract to its list of preserves hosting American Bison (Latin name: bison bison). On October 15th twenty-three of the animals were released onto an 1100-acre area of restored prairie on the property. The sixteen cows and seven bulls will be the second epoch of bison grazing on northern Indiana's native grasses as herds did for centuries before farming interests plowed the prairie, drained the Great Kankakee Marsh and straightened the Kankakee river itself.
Bison are back at northern Indiana's Kankakee Sands
Bison are back at northern Indiana's Kankakee…
Bison are back at northern Indiana's Kankakee Sands
The last wild bison in Indiana was seen near French Lick in 1830. Nearly 200 years later The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has added northern Indiana's Kankakee Sands tract to its list of preserves hosting American Bison (Latin name: bison bison). On October 15th twenty-three of the animals were released onto an 1100-acre area of restored prairie on the property. The sixteen cows and seven bulls will be the second epoch of bison grazing on northern Indiana's native grasses as herds did for centuries before farming interests plowed the prairie, drained the Great Kankakee Marsh and straightened the Kankakee river itself.