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Yellowstone
National Park - Buffalo Ranch
Location
of sign - US 212 in Lamar Valley near Soda Butte in Yellowstone National Park
Photo
taken June 2008
Close-up
view of sign
Wide
view of sign
Text
of sign:
Buffalo Ranch
Imagine
Lamar Valley without Bison. In the 1880s poachers almost exterminated
Yellowstone's native bison herd. Fewer than 40
animals
survived; none survived in Lamar Valley.
To
save bison from extinction, park managers brought in outside herds in 1902 to
interbreed eventually with the few remaining
animals.
Lamar buffalo ranch - the cluster of buildings across the road - was started
in 1907. The ranching operation was gradually
phased
out and ended in 1952, though herds were thriving in the park long before.
Over
time, wildlife management policies - raising bison like domestic
cattle, for example - may appear misguided. Hindsight is
cheap;
attitudes toward animals and wilderness have changed in the past and
will change again. For now, Yellowstone's estimated
2000
bison are a free-roaming herd migrating seasonally in and out of
Lamar Valley.
The
buildings now serve as a ranger station and the summer home of the
Yellowstone Institute.
Graphics
on the sign
In
addition to the text there is a picture of Buffalo Ranch pointing out the
location of the bunkhouses, the barn that sheltered hay and
horses
used in the roundup, and the Buffalo Ranch's keeper residence. An inset
photo shows a buffalo roundup.
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