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All the United States Ohio Galloway Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Galloway, Ohio

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The magnificent bison in the park.   Choosy Traveler/ CC attribution license
Bison sculpture and the nature center   Choosy Traveler/ CC attribution license
A bison skull and hide on display at the Nature Center.   Sam Howzit/CC BY 2.0
The bison herd in the far pen   Choosy Traveler/ CC attribution license
There are now 11 bison in the park.   Broad and High/CC BY 2.0
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In 2016, the bison received an honor that no American animal ever had before: the title of national mammal. The massive creatures, millions of which once roamed freely across the country, have been fighting the threat of extinction for over a century.

Bison, the largest mammals in North America, were crucial to Native American culture and were found useful by early European settlers in the New World. But after years of reckless hunting and habitat loss, the animals had all but disappeared from the American grasslands by the end of the 19th century.

In one of the world’s first wildlife recovery campaigns, efforts were made to rescue the hundreds that still roamed the land. That marked the beginning of a century-long campaign to increase bison numbers across different terrains. In Ohio—which saw its last wild bison nearly 200 years ago—the 7,000-acre Battelle Derby Metro Park has started an experiment to reintroduce the species to the prairie.

The animals have slowly adapted to the terrain, and the original herd of 6 has nearly doubled. The bison live in two large enclosed pastures in the parkland with a walking trail that runs between, so depending on the location of the bison that day, you can often get a close look at the majestic creatures.

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Visit the nature center first, where there's an overlook on one of the bison pens and video monitors to locate the bison if they're elsewhere.

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  • https://choosytraveler.com/wild-bison-battelle-darby-ohio/
  • http://www.metroparks.net/parks-and-trails/battelle-darby-creek/
  • http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2011/02/13/where-the-buffalo-er-bison-roam.html
  • https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/bison-at-battelle-darby/
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/us/politics/bison-mammal-designation.html
  • http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/05/08/baby-bison.html
  • http://www.nationalmammal.org/facts
  • http://www.defenders.org/bison/basic-facts
  • http://www.friendsoftheravines.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/FW2011.pdf
Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park
1775 Darby Creek Dr
Galloway, Ohio
United States
39.900135, -83.210838
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