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Wood–plains hybrids are generally called "Parkland bison". [34] As below-mentioned, disease-free and genetically unique populations of wood bison have been discovered in recent years. If these populations had little or no contacts with bison from Wood Buffalo National Park, there is a possibility that there are surviving pure wood bison.
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge [3] Oklahoma: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 650 Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area [3] Nebraska: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Wind Cave National Park: South Dakota: National Park Service: 400 Wolakota Buffalo Range: South Dakota: Rosebud Economic Development Corporation: 100 Wood Buffalo National Park
Ludwig "Lu" Norbert Carbyn is an internationally recognized expert on wolf biology, [1] [2] a research scientist emeritus at the Canadian Wildlife Service, and an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.
By 1957, wood bison were thought to have been finally extinct in Canada due to hybridization with the plains bison, which took place in Wood Buffalo National Park between 1925 and 1928. [ 8 ] As wood bison species became threatened with the hybridization, relocation and breeding conservation programs specific to wood bison were established in 1963.
Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park of Canada at 44,741 km 2 (17,275 sq mi). [3] It is in northeastern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories . Larger in area than Switzerland , [ 4 ] it is the second-largest national park in the world. [ 5 ]
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Although colloquially referred to as a buffalo in the United States and Canada, [2] it is only distantly related to the true buffalo. The North American species is composed of two subspecies, the Plains bison , B. b. bison , and the wood bison , B. b. athabascae , which is the namesake of Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.
The park borders Wood Buffalo National Park to the north, Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park to the east, and has a short southern border with Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park. The shape is a rough triangle. The longest side bordering Wood Buffalo is 93 km (58 mi) east to west. The height north to south is 76 km (47 mi).