The Return of the American Bison
May 21, 2019
This past Friday, May 17th was Endangered Species Day. For us and for all of our sourcing partners - every day is endangered species day as it is a key element of our shared ranching model; to promote and provide a healthy ecosystem for ALL creatures to not just live but thrive.
Collectively, by returning bison back to their homeland we are now positively impacting over 300,000 acres of prairie grasslands.
We are always interested in sharing our story and the greater story of the bison and their significance and impact in our past and present world. "The Return of the American Bison" is an important film on their natural and cultural history, as well as the current state of conservation of the North American bison.
We are very proud to be part of this beautiful film - our founder, Dan O'Brien is featured and a majority of the buffalo/prairie footage was filmed on the Cheyenne River Ranch.
This film will take only 14 minutes of your time (although you might not want it to end), and will give you a better idea of where your buffalo meat comes from and the impact of its majestic return.
A big thank you to Nebraska Educational Television for telling the story and for including us. And... a big thank you to all of you for supporting ranchers whose main mission is conservation with an emphasis on supporting an intact ecosystem.
Enjoy the film!
51 comments
Beautiful film! Thank you for sharing it and all the work you do!
Very interesting and informative. Great to see the effort in this area of conservation.
Thank you, is nice to have a little hope, that part of the grass lands & the buffalo are returning.
Thanks for sharing. Beautiful animals. Beautiful scenery.
What a treat to see this film. Thanks to NET for making it and for all you contributed to it and to the restoration of the prairie and the rightful and essential place of the bison in it. And also very important, every time an ecosystem like this is restored, another step is taken to the sequestering of carbon in the soil and the subsequent drawing down of it from the atmosphere. While few of us have the prairie outside our door to help restore, we all have ecosystems around us that have been degraded. Let’s all do what can in our own backyards. A a thousand thanks, Dan, and Jill, for your hard work and for being such an inspiration to us all.
looking good ,thank you for all your hard work
This is a great reminder of what greed does to the land and to nature. Thank you for you passion and dedication to this wonderful cause. Correcting the sins of our past so that nature can be brought back into balance. Beautiful creatures combined with caring people.
Thank you, Dan and Jill.