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bison

[bahy-suhn, -zuhn] / ˈbaɪ sən, -zən /
NOUN
buffalo
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Mr. Skoglund spent a decade working on bison policy for an environmental organization before concluding that conservation “has to happen through how we produce things and how we consume things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A couple of hundred bison lazed on the flat, close enough for us to study, alert to our presence, wild enough to muster a few snorts, but mostly unbothered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

By the time Turner died, he owned about 45,000—the largest private herd in the world, and about 1 of every 5 bison in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Theirs is the first bison ranch in the state to be certified by Audubon as bird-friendly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Incredible to imagine today, bison occurred from New York to Georgia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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