Bison: Community Builders and Grassland Caretakers

by Frances Backhouse

Bison are North America's largest land animals.

Some 170,000 wood bison once roamed northern regions, while at least 30 million plains bison trekked across the rest of the continent. Almost driven to extinction in the 1800s by decades of slaughter and hunting, this ecological and cultural keystone species supports biodiversity and strengthens the ecosystems around it. Bison: Community Builders and Grassland Caretakers celebrates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459839234
• ISBN13: 9781459839236
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7