List of Wild Bison Herds
From Wildbison
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United States
Publicly-Owned
Note: Only the first eight of the herds in this category have been (so far) found to be free of cattle genes. Links to papers regarding cattle genes in wild bison Remaining herds fit into the criteria of wild bison in other regards (and have in some cases very low frequency of cattle gene introgression), thus their management is still considered relevant in relation to other wild herds.
Yellowstone National Park- Wyoming, Montana and Idaho
Henry Mountain BLM - Utah
Grand Teton National Park- Wyoming
Wind Cave National Park - South Dakota
Badlands National Park - South Dakota
Teddy Roosevelt National Park - North Dakota
Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge - Oklahoma
Catalina Island - California
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge - Colorado
Camp Pendelton Marine Corps Base - California
Custer State Park- South Dakota
Bear Butte State Park- South Dakota
Sandsage Bison Range and Wildlife Area - Kansas
Big Basin Preserve - Kansas
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge - Kansas
Delta Junction Bison Range - Alaska
Farewell BLM Herd - Alaska
Chitina and Copper River Herds - Alaska
National Bison Range - Montana
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge - Iowa
Antelope Island State Park - Utah
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge - Nebraska
Tall-Grass Prairie Preserve - Oklahoma
House Rock WMA - Arizona
Raymond WMA - Arizona
Blue Mounds State Park - Minnesota
Privately Owned
American Prairie Foundation - Montana
Cross Ranch Reserve - North Dakota
Niobrara Valley Preserve - Nebraska
Samual H. Ordway Preserve - South Dakota
Medano-Zapata Ranch - Colorado
Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park - Alberta and NWT
Grasslands National Park - Saskatchewan
Prince Albert National Park - Saskatchewan
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range - Sakatchewan
MacKenzie Bison Sanctuary - NWT
Hay-Zama Herd - Alberta
Fort Liard/Nahanni Herd - NWT
Pink Mountain Herd - BC
Elk Island National Park - Alberta
Syncrude/Fort McKay Herd - Alberta
Chitek Lake - Manitoba
