Show Yellowstone Bison Given New NevI Range in Hayden Valley YELLOWSTONE PARK WYO The The American bison buffalo to most people people- which staged such a spectacular lar come-back come in Yellowstone National National Na Na- park just when conservationists conservation conservation- and the public generally thought it was about ready y to join the he dodo now has a new home in the park I The main herd since its establishment establishment in 1902 has kept in the vicinity of the Lamar river valley in the northeast section of the park Now a small herd has been transplanted transplanted transplanted trans trans- planted to Hayden valley one of the ancestral ranges of the buffalo of the gay nineties Hayden valley is in about the center of the park Grass Is Abundant In all 36 buffaloes have been moved to Hayden valley Including 16 bulls 13 cows and 7 I of this years year's calves They made the journey journey journey jour jour- ney by truck It is expected that the transplanted buffaloes will stay in the vicinity of Hayden valley and Mary mountain where grass is abundant and that they will have no difficulty in wintering there since it was a natural buffalo range at the close dose of the Nineteenth Nineteenth Nine Nine- century The transplanting of this herd of buffalo serves three primary purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses according to Joseph Joffe assistant to the superintendent of ol Yellowstone National park It will help alleviate conditions on the over grazed Lamar river range will by its success or failure indicate the wisdom of making similar similar sim sim- ilar liar experiments elsewhere in the park in the future and most Important important Im im- irn- irn of all from the standpoint of the visiting public probably will make it possible for motorists along the Lake-Canyon Lake road to catch an occasional glimpse of a buffalo in his wild state |