BACK FROM NEAR EXTINCTION AMERICAN BISON by Anita Yasuda Content Consultant Special Assistant Professor Animal Reproduction Jennifer Barfield PhD Colorado State University Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE MAKING A COMEBACK Rays of sun creep over the horizon The morning calm is broken A distant rumble grows louder and louder It is not a storm but the noise of hooves A small herd of bison is waking up Like a slow freight train they cross the meadow The herd slows Now that it is summer they no longer have to push the snow from the sod They take short steps while eating mouthfuls of grass and Bison shed their thick winter fur when the weather gets warmer 5
