Pure bison born on native prairie in Iowa.


	Pure bison born on native prairie in Iowa.

HelioSmith

6-11-2009 12:01 PM

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6-11-2009 5:46 PM

celestialdancer

Great story thanks

6-11-2009 8:16 PM

tanyamm

I always assumed the herds of bison were pure.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e1915826-ac81-459d-a6fc-b05a707eaf3f/690CE9C3-65A9-44BB-8715-7FA2DE653391/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.nature.org/2009/05/bison-calves-born-in-iowa/" href="http://blog.nature.org/2009/05/bison-calves-born-in-iowa/" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.nature.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.nature.org/2009/05/bison-calves-born-in-iowa/">the bison calves recently born at The Nature Conservancy’s <A target="_blank" href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/iowa/preserves/art2210.html">Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve</A> in Iowa aren’t just cute — they mark <STRONG>a turning point in the effort to reintroduce “pure” bison to native prairie in Iowa</STRONG>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.nature.org/2009/05/bison-calves-born-in-iowa/">Today, most bison exhibit evidence of cattle genes and only two herds exist in the United States that are believed to be pure.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.nature.org/2009/05/bison-calves-born-in-iowa/"><P>Now <A target="_blank" href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/iowa/news/news2786.html">bison from these source herds are being introduced </A>at the Conservancy’s Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve and other prairies in the Midwest to help the native prairies thrive.</p> <P>As a result, <STRONG>for the first time in 150 years, pure bison calves have been born on native prairie in Iowa</STRONG>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/690CE9C3-65A9-44BB-8715-7FA2DE653391/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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