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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Where the Bison Roam 5 THAT’S AMAZING Shaping the Plains 10 CHAPTER 2 North America’s Largest Mammal 13 CHAPTER 3 Surviving in the Wild 19 CHAPTER 4 Bison Life 25 (cid:10)(cid:33)(cid:22)(cid:38)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:33)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:7)(cid:31)(cid:24)(cid:35)(cid:28)(cid:22)(cid:20)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:28)(cid:36)(cid:33)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:44)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:48) (cid:11)(cid:30)(cid:33)(cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:20)(cid:35)(cid:42)(cid:1)(cid:44)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:54) (cid:19)(cid:33)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:24)(cid:20)(cid:35)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:15)(cid:33)(cid:35)(cid:24)(cid:1)(cid:44)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:53) (cid:12)(cid:32)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:41)(cid:1)(cid:44)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:55)
CHAPTER 1 WHERE THE BISON ROAM Long ago millions of American bison roamed the plains They used to roam freely across most of the United States and Canada Today approximately 500,000 American bison live in North America 5
