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Defenders Defines: Cultural Herd

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This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

When we talk about Bison, we often mention “cultural herds,” but what is a cultural herd? While much like conservation herds where herds are protected for their ecological benefits, cultural herds mean even more especially to our tribal partners. Learn more about Bison at https://defenders.org/wildlife/bison

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So a cultural Bison herd is similar to a conservation herd. Bison evolved with the prairie, the prairie evolved with Bison. We had about 100 plus years where we didn’t have Bison performing their ecological functions
on the prairie. So Department of Interior sort … Continue

Defenders Defines: Delisted

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What exactly does it mean when a species is delisted from the Endangered Species Act?

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For species that are listed as threatened or endangered under the ESA, they are regularly reassessed in terms of their status and survival. With that assessment, it could be determined that a species would be downlisted from endangered to a threatened status or delisted, which means it would come off the endangered species list altogether. There are a few different reasons for why that might be determined. Unfortunately, one of those is extinction. In … Continue