Call to action item #26 - back home on the range
Hardy A and Plumb G. 2016. Call to action item #26 - back home on the range. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/BRD/NRR—2016/1367. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
In August 2011 the National Park Service(NPS) issued “A Call to Action,” to help guide the NPS and partners into its second century of preserving and protecting our natural and cultural heritage. Call to Ac-tion Item #26 “Back Home on the Range” commits the NPS to restoring and sustaining three wild bison populations in collaboration with partners. Since then, the NPS has been reexamining current bison conservation initiatives and partnerships and is reimaging new ways to integrate science and develop shared stewardship opportunities that will be needed to achieve this Call to Action. This report summarizes activities undertaken between 2011-2016 that the NPS and col-laborating partners pursued to improve co-ordinated management of the species and to inspire innovative and unique approaches to bring wild bison “back home on the range” to benefit grassland ecosystems, traditional cultures, thriving economies and healthy lives – and to share the inspiring conserva-tion success story of the recovery of bison for the enjoyment, education, and inspira-tion of this and future generations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hardy, Amanda; Plumb, Glenn
- Date of Issue
- 2016-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BRD , NRSS
- Keywords
- Back Home on the Range, Call to Action