#badlands national park

[vintagecamping]

Pulling over to snap some photos.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

1956

#vintage camping #campfire light #south dakota #badlands national park #road trips #trailer life #travel #history #exploring #camping

[wildlifetracker]

American bison (Bison bison). Sage Creek Campground, Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

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[thomaswaynewolf]

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[shutterandsentence]

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Photo: Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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[themonkeycabal]

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

by Harlan Humphrey

#50 Nifty 2023 #Badlands National Park #South Dakota

[virtie333]

Whoops. I fell down the Thunderheart rabbit hole. This and Dances with Wolves were both filmed near my home, so they are both very dear to me.

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[travelella]

Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

Michael

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[dopescissorscashwagon]

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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[docileeffects]

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[hiimlesphotos]

Hanging Out

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[wandering-jana]

The gorgeous badlands of Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

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[vintagecamping]

A car with a trailer in tow passes a sign for Badlands National Park against the backdrop of its wonderfully dramatic landscape.

South Dakota

1949

#vintage camping #campfire light #south dakota #travel #badlands national park #road trips #history #outdoors

[wildlifetracker]

American bison (Bison bison)

#can you guys tell bison are my fave animal #mine #bison #hoofstock #animals #wildlife #prairie #buffalo #american bison #nature #naturalist #nature photography #photography #mammals #ecology #north america #north american wildlife #conservation #ecologist #biologist #wildlife biology #wildlife biologist #biology #national parks #badlands #badlands national park #national park

[treetreader]

ok ok ok so during my brief time here visiting badlands national park i learned that the park can reliably sustain a bison herd of ~1500 individuals over a harsh winter

each year they do an annual bison round up (which im going to, so excited!!) at which they do a couple things

tag and brand the new calves

vaccinate the herd

cull the herd to an appropriate size

the culled animals are then auctioned off later in the year and the money made goes directly back into the care and management of the badlands herd

that being said there are a few stipulations regarding the auctioned bison

they cannot be used for entertainment purposes

they cannot be used for breeding purposes

and they cannot be eaten

two out of those three i find understandable. the entertainment one for obvious exploitive reasons. and the meat one bc it may not be safe for consumption

but why not use them for breeding? granted i know next to nothing about bison management in america

but wouldn't it make more sense to use the culled individuals to start a new herd in another place that CAN sustain them? (i would absolutely add individuals from other herds/states to prevent inbreeding/genetic bottlenecking)

i don't know im just a bit confused

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[about-usa]

Badlands National Park - South Dakota - USA (by Matthew Paulson) 

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[w0rrldly]

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