Arizona Game and Fish Commission Signs Historic Conservation Agreement

By Vanessa Torres

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- The Arizona Game and Fish Department soon will be part of a new chapter in the conservation history of the iconic American bison.

The Game and Fish Commission recently signed a memorandum of a conservation agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service and Wind Cave National Park (WICA) in western South Dakota to establish a Plains Bison Conservation Herd, with WICA genetic lineage, at the Raymond Wildlife Area (RWA) in northern Arizona. The commission-owned location was identified to be part of a national effort to conserve bison lineages that have high genetic purity, genetic diversity, and rare bison genes.

The goal of this new effort is to establish an ecologically and genetically restored conservation herd of WICA bison at RWA, while maintaining the population at levels which provide diverse recreational opportunities and avoid adverse impacts to the habitat.

“The department is fortunate to be a part of the national effort to conserve the exceptional WICA lineage of bison at RWA,” said Craig McMullen, Flagstaff regional supervisor for Game and Fish. “We will be managing two different lineages of Plains Bison in …Read the Rest

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