Northern bison sanctuary or big ranch?: Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National 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 th...
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| Language: | English |
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Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
2013
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/2420/ https://research.library.mun.ca/2420/1/WoodBuffaloNationalPark.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/2420/2/WoodBuffaloNationalPark.pdf http://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/northern-bison-sanctuary-or-big-ranch-wood-buffalo-national-park |
| Summary: | Wood Buffalo National 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. These accolades may lend themselves to a popular image of remote wilderness, but 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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