Lost Tracks: National Buffalo Park, 1909-1939

While contemporaries and historians alike hailed the establishment of Buffalo National Park in Wainwright, Alberta as a wildlife saving effort, the political climate of the early 20th century worked against it. The Canadian Parks Branch was never sufficiently funded to operate BNP effectively or to remedy the crises the animals faced as a result. Cross-breeding experiments with bison and domestic cattle proved unfruitful. Attempts at commercializing the herd had no success. Ultimately, the Department of National Defence repurposed the park for military training and the bison disappeared once more.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Published: 06/01/2008
ISBN: 9781897425107
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d