IN THE MEDIA
View Bison Belong Newsletter Archives...
January 28, 2012
Banff: Where buffalo will roam again
Editorial by the Edmonton Journal
If Mother Nature offered mankind a do-over in North America, reversing the eradication of the majestic plains bison might well be near the top of the list. Read it here...
January 28, 2012
Peter Kent announces plans for bison in Banff
Canada says it believes bison can be successfully reintroduced into Banff National Park. Read more on CBC News...
January 27, 2012
Bison coming back to Banff
Banff Cragg and Canyon
"There's abundant evidence, and I think everyone accepts this, to show that bison inhabited this region for thousands of years and we're now today about to launch a process that may eventually see a wild plains bison herd return to the natural habitat here in Banff National Park," said Environment Minister Peter Kent at the Banff Park Museum National Historic Site. Read full story...
January 27, 2012
Bison will be back in Banff - CTV
CTV News
Bill Macfarlane reports from Banff - (article and video on the right). Watch on CTV Calgary...
January 27, 2012
Global News
Canada has announced they will reintroduce the Plains Bison back to Banff. Watch on Global News..
January 27, 2012
Parks Canada moves to bring plains bison back to Banff park
Rob Alexander, for the Calgary Herald
A public consultation process as part of a plan to reintroduce plains bison to Banff National Park is set to begin immediately. Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent said Friday during the announcement at the Banff Park Museum National Historic Site that the consultation process will allow Parks Canada to develop a plan to return plains bison to its natural habitat in the Rocky Mountains. Read full article...
January 27, 2012
Parks Canada plans to bring Bison back to Banff
David Boushy, Global Calgary
Environment Minister Peter Kent says it's time they returned. "With the eventual reintroduction of the Plains Bison, we also re-connect a species that was once on the verge of extinction to a habitat where it had previously ranged for thousands of years," says Kent. Please respond to the poll on the Global Calgary website asking, "Do you support plans to reintroduce Bison to the region?"
January 27, 2012
Les bisons pourraient être réintroduits dans le parc national de Banff
En savoir plus a Radio-Canada...
January 27, 2012
Bison Belong in Banff: Go Bison!
By: by Éric Hébert-Daly [Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society]
Today, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced public consultations on the reintroduction of bison in Banff. An important first step to seeing 'the buffalo roam' where they used to. We welcome this announcement. Read more...
January 27, 2012
Clara Ho’s writing for the Calgary Herald is re-syndicated in North America. The Denver Post is talking about the return of Bison in Banff National by putting up Parks Canada Press Release. Read it here...
See also in the Business Insider Clusterstok out of Silicon Valley, Cincinatti.com, The San Francisco Chronicle, Renewable Energy World.com, Utilizer.com, Nation's Restaurant News, and Minyanville.com...
January 26, 2012
Reintroducing plains bison to the Rocky Mountains
It appears that Parks Canada is one step closer to restoring wild, free-roaming plains bison to the Rocky Mountains. Read more in the Canmore History...
January 26, 2012
Wild Bison Could Once Again Roam In Banff
CBC News has learned federal Environment Minister Peter Kent is set to announce discussions on re-introducing wild bison to Banff National Park. Read more in The Huffington Post...
January 26, 2012
Ottawa to reintroduce iconic bison to Banff National Park
Clara Ho, Calgary Herald.
Environment Minister Kent to lay out public consultation process. Read more and view images, also seen on The Vancouver Sun, The Ottawa Citizen, Yahoo News, and North Ontario Community News...
January 25, 2012
Buffalo ho! Storied plains bison on deck for Banff comeback
Clara Ho by Post Media in The Montreal Gazette.
"...the most recent Banff National Park Management Plan from 2010 includes details on the reintroduction of the plains bison, described in the document as "a keystone species that has been absent from the park since its establishment." Read more in the Montreal Gazette, also published on Canada.com...
January 25, 2012
Alberta bison roam a new home in Montana
Kaleigh Rogers, Globe and Mail
After more than 100 years of trying to preserve the bison in North America, conservationists are relocating 70 of the species from Canada to their ancestral home in Montana - the second such move in three years. Read more...
January 25, 2012
CBC Radio: The Homestretch
Doug Dirks, host of The Homestretch, speaks with Harvey Locke, a trustee with the the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation, the group is working on getting the bison back into the wild in Banff National Park. Listen here...
January 25, 2012
Wild bison could once again roam in Banff
CBC News has learned that federal Environment Minister Peter Kent is set to announce discussions on reintroducing bison to Banff National Park. Read and Watch, also seen on PaNow in Prince Albert Saskatchewan, and the Digital Journal...
December 04, 2011
Bison plan would bring history to life in the Bow Valley
Forest fires are making a comeback in Banff National Park. Can bison be far behind? "Bison was one of the key reasons that people used to (set fire) in these mountains," says Cliff White of Banff. The former science manager for the national park has been pushing for a return of the big mammals to the mountains as part of the Bison Belong initiative. Read the full story in the Calgary Herald...
August, 2011
Bringing Bison Back To Banff - Explore (Canada's Outdoor Magazine)
Home on the range? A plan to release bison in Banff raises questions about what is natural. By J. B. MacKinnon.
March 17, 2011
Historical connection to bison fuels plan
According to Harvey Locke, a Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation (ELHF) director, the long connection bison and people have had with the Bow Valley is one of the reasons the ELHF is spearheading a proposal to reintroduce bison to Banff National Park. The proposal is based on the stated objective to establish a breeding herd of free-roaming plains bison found in the 2010 Banff National Park Management Plan. Read the full story from the Rocky Mountain Outlook...
February 24, 2011
Bison good for Valley business, community
Restoring plains bison to its native landscapes is not only good for business, but it is also good for the community and its authenticity, an official from Jackson Hole, Wyoming told a group attending the Living with Bison presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies last Friday, Feb. 18. Read the full story in the Rocky Mountain Outlook...
February 22, 2011
EDITORIAL: The business of bison in a national park
Read the full editorial in the Banff Crag and Canyon
The Return of Bison
A talk on the possible return of bison shows the economic value that can come with the animal by Larissa Barlow. Read full story in the Banff Crag and Canyon...
February 17, 2011
Fire, bison, humans - all elements to habitat restoration
Read the full story in the Rocky Mountain Outlook...
February 16, 2011
CBC Radio Home Stretch: Banff bison
A historical foundation in Banff is proposing that a bison herd be brought back into the National Park. Listen to the radio interview by Harvey Locke...
February 14, 2011
Return of bison to Banff could eventually spur hunt by By Kelly Cryderman
Read full story in the Calgary Herald and in the Vancouver Sun.
December 16, 2010
Public supports return of bison by Rob Alexander
Read full story in the Rocky Mountain Outlook...
November 25, 2010
Ecological integrity top priority for Parks
"With that (Ecological Integrity) in mind, working toward the future, he said reintroduction of bison and caribou is important to Banff's ecology." Alan Latourelle, Parks Canada CEO
Read full story in the Rocky Mountain Outlook...
November 09, 2010
Bison Belong to hold exhibit, by Corrie DiManno
Read full story in The Banff Crag & Canyon...