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Lost Tracks
Buffalo National Park, 1909 - 1939
Jennifer Brower  

$29.95 Paperback
Release Date: 6/1/2008
ISBN: 9781897425107    
184 Pages

Distributed for Athabasca University Press



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About the Book

While contemporaries and historians alike hailed the establishment of Buffalo National Park in Wainwright, Alberta as a wildlife saving effort, the political climate of the early 20th century worked against it. The Canadian Parks Branch was never sufficiently funded to operate BNP effectively or to remedy the crises the animals faced as a result. Cross-breeding experiments with bison and domestic cattle proved unfruitful. Attempts at commercializing the herd had no success. Ultimately, the Department of National Defence repurposed the park for military training and the bison disappeared once more.

About the Author(s)

Jennifer Brower received her MA in 2004 from the University of Alberta. She currently works at the Buffalo National Park Foundation in Wainwright, Alberta. Her research continues to focus on BNP and on the history of east-central Alberta.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1: Where the Buffalo Roamed
Chapter 2: Bison Conservation and Buffalo National Park
Chapter 3: A Well-Run Ranch
Chapter 4: Zookeepers and Animal Breeders
Chapter 5: "Evolving the Arctic Cow"
Conclusion: A Forgotten Park

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