Our friend Cristina Eisenberg is Chief Scientist at Earthwatch Institute...........She is back with us today with her most recent post regarding her time spent last month at the IUCN American Bison Working Group and American Bison Society(ABS) meeting........Discussed was the progress of the BUFFALO TREATY signed in 2014 by 20 indigenous Tribes in both Canada and America............The Treaty's stated purpose is to restore wild Bison "across political, geographic and cultural barriers..........This is one outstanding initiative and Cristina's commentary and perspective always an inspiring one to absorb..........Enjoy her read below

From: Cristina Eisenberg ;ceisenberg@earthwatch.org
Date: October 14, 2016 at 12:14:23 PM PDT
To: Rick Meril rick.meril@gmail.com
Subject: Back in touch

Dear Rick,

I am so sorry I've been out of touch lately, but I've been in the field a lot since May, often with very spotty Internet access (e.g., in Kenya or in Waterton). When I am back in town, I spend a week catching up on work and then have to leave again. Now things should be settling down for me for the winter. I also haven't written anything since June, but I just finished a piece today for the Huffington Post about the reintroduction of free-ranging bison in the American West. Here is the link to that blog.  

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO READ CRISTINA'S ENTIRE ARTICLE

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5800d30ae4b0985f6d156f0a?timestamp=1476466213018

Bison Homecoming

 10/14/2016

Banff National Park

Plains bison are coming home to the iconic landscapes they once roamed freely. Referred to as the 

U.S. Nickel 1913-U.S. Archives

Buffalo Hides 1878-National Archives

Buffalo Treaty signing(Cristina Eisenberg photo)

Yellowstone Bison-Cristina Eisenberg photo

Bison in Waterton Lakes National Park

Bison grazing at the foot of Chief Mountain

Learn more about carnivore conservation by reading
 The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving
 North America’s Predators, and The Wolf’s Tooth:
 Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and
 Biodiversity by Dr. Cristina Eisenberg. Learn more 
about large carnivore ecology by joining Cristina 
afield on her Earthwatch research expedition, 
Restoring Fire, Wolves, and Bison to the Canadian 
Rockies.