References for my YouTube video, "Why America Must Bring Bison Back, Asap! | YouTube Documentary"
The bison documentary video uploaded on Feb 22, 2023
I hope you enjoyed that video! Here are the references:
Bison population in North America
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bisonfaq.htm
Wallowing, sometimes they do it to accentuate their size and power if another male is nearby doing the same thing, a brawl is soon to follow. If another male is nearby doing the same thing, a brawl is soon to follow.
0:16 of Bison Battle | Yellowstone | BBC Earth posted by BBC Earth
Bison bison evolved from a lineage of larger prehistoric species such as bison priscus, bison latifrons, and bison antiquus, about 5,000 years ago:
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella, ch. 4, pg 48 of the hardcover edition.
How many genetically pure bison are left in N.America
https://www.idtdna.com/pages/community/blog/post/the-bison-that-grand-genetically-imperiled-ruler-of-america-s-iconic-landscapes
Bison are top grazers. They won’t eat grass down to the roots like cattle
(17:27 min mark)
It’s mentioned on NPS.gov that “These bellows have been compared to revving up an old Chevy truck! It is believed that these bellows announce the male’s presence and establish dominance within the herd.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/bison-bellows-6-23-16.htm.
Bison produce less methane than cattle
https://mrdrscienceteacher.wordpress.com/2019/09/21/bison-vs-cow-greenhouse-gas-emissions/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357158/
Where cows came from
https://www.wired.com/2012/03/cattle-ox-origins/
Increases in nutrient density and diversity of grass have been proven by tests done on grasslands where bison were introduced.
13:50 point of this video, Bison - Farm to Fork Wyoming:
Brucellosis, genus brucella
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/213430-overview
Under 10% of bison in the industry are grass-fed and finished (20-minute mark of video below)
Easier to turn a profit on bison meat than on cattle meat
Chestnut-Collared Long Spur’s reliance on bison grazing behavior
Great American Prairie Reserve
https://www.americanprairie.org/profile/sean-gerrity
American Prairie Information: Sean Gerrity Talks at Google
Size of Great American Prairie’s Wildlife Reserve
Carbon Sequestration of AP Reserve
American Prairie Land Acquisition
https://www.americanprairie.org/assembling-the-land
APR is aiming for 40,000 elk and 10,000 bison
Tallgrass Prairie preserve in Oklahoma
3.2 million acres, or 5000 square miles, which is nearly size of the entire state of Connecticut. This reserve will be larger than YNP and GNP put together, and if all goes well, will contain the largest population of genetically pure, wild bison in the world. 60 Minutes video titled, “Rebuilding an ecosystem in America’s grasslands. | 60 Minutes” Link:
(Also in 7:40 of Sean Gerrity’s Talks at Google appearance:
Only 4 places left on Earth to do a project of this scale on grassland ecosystem; the Mongolian Steppe, the Patagonian Steppe, the Kazakh Steppe, and the Northern Great Plains of the USA. -Sean Gerrity Talks at Google
at the 8:20 minute mark.
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