Genetically Pure Bison Herd Found in Utah

In Mount Henry Utah a scientific find is good news for everyone. The American Bison, long believed to be mostly extinct has a few new members to the  residuals that have already been found. They have not been crossed with cattle and there are  far more of them than were currently believed. The herd, found high in the mountains may well have been the one that was moved from Yellowstone in the forties according to scientists.
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Genetically Pure Bison Found In Utah

Dr. Johan du Toit, professor of ecology and large mammal conservation at USU, took part in the research. He said that the herd is even more unique than other populations of bison that have not interbred with cattle.

“We’ve got a very, very special case in that the Henry Mountains bison is actually in fact the only population of bison in existence which is now both genetically pure and is free of the disease brucellosis and is free-ranging on public land co-mingling with cattle and is legally hunted,” du Toit said. “So, we have this very unique population which is one of a kind. It’s a large credit to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the Bureau of Land Management, and the local Henry Mountains Grazing Association. Over the years, they worked together to conserve this resource.”