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As winter snows cover the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, there’s a herd of animals living there well adapted to the cold, but they do not belong in canyon country. In 1800, as many as 37 million bison roam...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A bison herd that lives almost exclusively in the northern reaches of Grand Canyon National Park wont be targeted for lethal removal there this fall.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A bison herd that lives almost exclusively in the northern reaches of Grand Canyon National Park won’t be targeted for lethal removal there this fall.

The park used skilled volunteers selected through a highly competitive and controversial lottery last year

The park used skilled volunteers selected through a highly competitive lottery last year to kill bison, part of a toolset to downsize the herd that's been trampling meadows and archaeological sites on the Grand Canyon's North Rim.

In 2021, the Grand Canyon used volunteers to hunt some of the bison that live at the North Rim. The herd tramples meadows and archeological sites.

Grand Canyon National Park has decided not to extend a pilot project this fall that used volunteers to kill bison to downsize the herd

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A bison herd that lives almost exclusively in the northern...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A bison herd that lives almost exclusively in the northern reaches of Grand Canyon National Park won't be targeted for lethal