June 4, 2009 at 5:00 am by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Recreating the American West
Anyone who grew up on Westerns and novels such as Little House on the Prairie and My Antonia would be hard-pressed to recognise the Great Plains today. The woods and grasslands known to the native Americans and the early pioneers have largely made way for suburban sub-divisions and industrial agriculture, with a co-dependent duo of grain crops and cattle destined for feedlots.
There is a movement afoot to restore the American West to its former glory and two animal species are taking centre stage.
The first is the American buffalo, a species …
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