Which Canadian park became the base for establishing disease-free conservation herds after the 1957 rediscovery?
Answer
Elk Island National Park (EINP).
The near-annihilation of the wood bison, bringing numbers down to fewer than 300 by the early 1900s, was dramatically altered by the 1957 discovery of a small, isolated, and genetically pure herd within Wood Buffalo National Park. This discovery formed the basis for recovery efforts. Elk Island National Park (EINP) subsequently became a crucial staging area, where disease-free conservation herds were established using these surviving pure animals. These EINP populations were then utilized as the primary source animals for reintroduction initiatives across the wood bison's former range, both within Canada and internationally.
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