A Field Guide To Plains Bison

Wes Olson

ISBN 10: 0988011409 / ISBN 13: 9780988011403

Published by Timbergulch Press, 2012

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0988011409I5N00

Synopsis:

A Field Guide to Plains Bison is the first book of its kind in wildlife field guides. No other book on bison depicts this charismatic species throughout its entire life span, through all four seasons and from across its historical range. This photographic Field Guide is enhanced with interesting notes about social and group behavior, interactions with other wild animals and plants, and anatomical adaptations to the ecosystems they live in. A Field Guide to Plains bison is a must for naturalists, park interpreters, bison biologists, hunters, ranchers, and for anyone with a love for this truly remarkable species

About the Author: Wes Olson was born in 1954, in the rugged foothills of Albertas Rocky Mountains. There, on family camping, hunting and fishing trips he began a life-long association with wild places and wildlife that live in them. Following graduation from college Wes worked for several years as a Wildlife Technician for the Yukon Government, and in 1981, began a career with Parks Canada as a National Park Warden in Banff, and later in Waterton Lakes, Elk Island, Prince Albert and Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan. For over two decades Wes managed the plains and wood bison populations in Elk Island National Park, and participated in the translocation and establishment of almost every free-roaming bison population in Canada. In 2005 he helped to establish the new plains bison population in Grasslands National Park, and in 2008 transferred to GNP. Wes retired in 2012 and rather than stop working with bison, established his own bison consulting company. In addition to more than 30 years of working with National Park plains and wood bison, Wes and his wife Johane owned and operated their own bison ranch in Alberta for 14 years. Outside of his role as a Park Warden, Wes was a judge at a Denver Gold Trophy show and sale, was a member of the Bison Taxonomy Committee of the Wood Bison Recovery Team, and a member of the CBA Bison Pedigree Committee Wess passion for bison spills over into his creative side and he and his wife Johane have written the books, Portraits of the Bison; An Illustrated Guide to Bison Society, and A Field Guide to Plains Bison. These captivating book take the reader through bison society with rich illustrations, photographs and descriptive text. He also has many fine art limited edition prints in circulation. Governments, Corporate and private collectors around the world have sought Wess artwork for several decades.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Field Guide To Plains Bison
Publisher: Timbergulch Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Unknown
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket