The bison are going to bolster the state’s fourth wild bison herd-
The Bison have been stuck on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake awaiting transfer to the Book Cliffs. By Mike Stake. AP
People forget that Utah has wild bison herds — herds that are hunted.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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Where are there free ranging bison in Utah other than the Bookcliffs and the Henry Mts? It says four free ranging herds—Antelope Island #3 where is #4?
UTE indian reservation.