Wood Bison

• Elk Island to move bison to Alberta First Nation

  Fourteen bison are being taken 500 kilometres northwest to Woodland Cree First Nation as part of Elk Island's bison conservation program.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2020
  
• Elk Island National Park bison populating herds across globe ‘the cornerstone of conservation’

  From Russia to Scotland, Elk Island National Park bison and their relatives can be found around the globe.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2019
  
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• World’s 1st IVF and frozen embryo wood bison calves made in Saskatchewan

  University of Saskatchewan veterinary researchers have produced the world's first in vitro fertilized wood bison. Researchers hope to repopulate the disease-ridden species.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2016
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• $24-million upgrade coming to Elk Island National Park in Alberta

  The federal government has given Parks Canada $24 million to be used to upgrade decades-old infrastructure at Elk Island National Park near Edmonton.

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2016
• 100 wood bison flown into Alaska to help re-establish species

  The first of 100 wood bison aimed at re-establishing a species that went extinct more than a century ago in Alaska were flown Sunday to a rural village.

  World

  Mar 25, 2015