Thanks SteveH. 23 of them on 7000 acres is probably about right. But it won't be natural, already isn't, but will require close management to keep it from going kablooey due to inbreeding.
Posted on 11/09/2020 9:46:55 AM PST by re_tail20
Once upon a time, prairie was the primary ecosystem in Indiana, but in the last 200 years, almost all of it has been plowed under for agriculture.
Today, less than 1 percent of original, native prairie remains.
The Nature Conservancy has been working to convert 7000 acres of row-crop farmland back into diverse prairie for the last 20 years.
There are now over 750 species of plants and 250 species of butterflies on the newly restored chunk of prairie, called the Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve.
Most of the native plants and insects were able to find their way back “home” on their own. The bison needed a little assistance.
In October of 2016, the Nature Conservancy brought 23 bison onto the preserve from another preserve in South Dakota...
(Excerpt) Read more at returntonow.net ...
Biden’s presidency has healed nature!
Quite frankly, I would rather eat than watch bison roam.
These nuts pick a time period and say this is where we should be. No consideration for food, people or other factors surrounding that time period. There's no rhyme or reason to relocate these beasts.
Farm land was No. 1 since the beginning of time. Now it’s being replaced by cr** like this....AND SOLAR PANELS.
And by the way - trick question. Of the bison and cornstalk, which one destroys more ozone by farting more?
“They are free! Free at last!”
I am surprised Trump allowed that to happen..???
ping
As a Republican i detest nature and i long for it’s complete destruction.
Oh wait..i am not a Republican..never mind.
Good. Liberals need to go pet them.
When does hunting season start?
There used to be a farm in Indiana that raised bison...it was called the Needmore Buffalo Ranch or something like that.
The bison and prairie grass will rejuvenate the soil... it can become farmland again if need be, not that there is any shortage of plowed dirt in the Midwest.
Thanks SteveH. 23 of them on 7000 acres is probably about right. But it won't be natural, already isn't, but will require close management to keep it from going kablooey due to inbreeding.
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
And the beer and the Indy Colts play!.....................
The odd thing here is that the Kankakee Valley was completely changed from wetlands to prairie around the turn of the 20th century by dredging and draining tens of thousands of acres in 9 counties. No bison ever lived in Kankakee swamps. So the article is a total distortion of reality.
Prairie grass and forbs make for excellent pasture - and great eye appeal, drawing in all kinds of birds. I have planted acres of prairie in restoration projects in Illinois using seed from old railroad right-of-ways. Better to see giant whitetail bucks in big and little bluestem, wild strawberries, blazing star, prairie dock, compass plant, cup plant and such than bare ground and fast food litter.
This preserve is near where I live. It is also near a very long time game preserve/fishing area known as Willow Slough. Also being along the Kankakee River in this area it is in the river’s spring time flood plain.
What to happen?
Private organizations buying land and then putting it to what use they desire?
Why would he oppose that?
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