If it wasn’t for a hidden herd in the deepest reaches of this National Park, bison would have been wiped out in the late 1800s. Today, thousands of them thrive.

Bison Haven Prince Albert is notable for the bison herd that roams along its southwestern border, the only free-range herd of wild plains bison in Canada ... Freeze-up and winter arrives quickly ...

A bison feeds in a forest during winter in Nalibokskaya Forest Reserve ... RTR3CBUH Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news ...

Wood bison once roamed across Southwest Alaska, throughout the Interior and into Canada, but nearly vanished ... The population shrunk after a harsh winter between 2022-23, leaving a total ...

Plains bison numbers, which were once nearly driven to extinction, are on the rise across the United States and Canada ... to seep into the ground, and in winter they plow highways in the snow ...

Wood Buffalo is Canada ... and bison that sometimes lumber across the highway. The park office in Fort Chipewyan is only accessible by air or water, except for a few months every winter when ...

Once processed, the bison meat is distributed to the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes under what the park now calls its “food distribution program.” Under the park's winter operation plan ...