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Wood Bison Herd Grows

KUAC | By Mary Auld
Published August 19, 2021 at 1:26 PM AKDT
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State biologists completed an annual survey of the Innoko-Yukon River wood bison population earlier this summer, and they say the results show the animals are doing well six years after a seed group of bison was released in the area. KUAC’s Mary Auld reports.

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Mary Auld
Mary Auld was born in Fairbanks and lived here until the age of 9 when her family moved to upstate New York. She earned a degree in creative writing from State University of New York-Geneseo. After working for a newspaper in Montana, Mary began graduate studies in environmental journalism at the University of Montana.
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