Northern Bison Sanctuary or Big Ranch? Wood Buffalo National Park : Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History 2013, no. 19: Northern Bison Sanctuary or Big Ranch? Wood Buffalo National Park

In 1922, the Canadian government established the Wood Buffalo National Park in order to protect a remnant herd of the wood bison. The park claims many distinctions: it is North America’s biggest national park (and the world’s second biggest at 44,807 km² ), a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to the...

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Main Author: Sandlos, John
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany 2013
Subjects:
Environmental Politics
cranes
hydroelectric power
bisons
conservation
indigenous peoples
management
national parks
wildlife
Wood Buffalo
Wood Bison
Wood Buffalo National Park
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5282/rcc/5651
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/5651/
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Summary:In 1922, the Canadian government established the Wood Buffalo National Park in order to protect a remnant herd of the wood bison. The park claims many distinctions: it is North America’s biggest national park (and the world’s second biggest at 44,807 km² ), a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to the largest free-roaming herd of wood bison, the first federal park in Canada’s territorial north, summer home to the last major migratory flock of whooping cranes, and the largest dark-sky reserve on the planet. However, the park’s wildlife has also been subject to some of the most intrusive and ill-conceived management interventions in Canadian history.

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