It’s 6 a.m. and the cowboys are already downing second and third cups of coffee, adjusting to a 35-degree morning. Slowly, a full moon and stars give way to hues of orange sky. And with daybreak, what had been obscured comes into clearer focus: hundreds of shaggy bison standing on an unfenced landscape that looks like it rolls on forever.
Any other time of year, this herd of 2,600 would have a 23,000-acre swath of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve to roam.
But for one week in November, it’s time for the annual roundup in this place where man took a 5,500-year-old species to the brink of extinction and brought it back.
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This is, of course, excellent news for American bison. This also shows how much conservation efforts can accomplish, which should give you hope for all the other dangerously endangered species out there. Don't give up! We can still save the animals!
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