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Added by Nick Johnson on 11/19/2022 - 09:57, last changed on 11/21/2022 - 09:26

North American Bison

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The American Plains Bison ( Bison bison ) are large mammals in the Bovidae family, recognizable for their large head, shaggy coats, pronounced hump, and close association with the American West. Bison are commonly and incorrectly referred to as "buffalo," which are Asian and African animals. North...

Bison Reintroduction

Added by Nick Johnson on 11/20/2022 - 08:10, last changed on 05/30/2023 - 06:02
Conservation efforts and reintroduction of the American bison ( Bison bison ) in Colorado began in Denver during the early twentieth century. By that time, the bison population had declined precipitously since the mid-nineteenth century because of overhunting and the development of cities,...

City Park

Added by yongli on 08/29/2016 - 14:34, last changed on 10/18/2019 - 10:09
Established in 1882, City Park is Denver ’s largest urban park, occupying nearly 320 acres between East Seventeenth and East Twenty-Third Avenues from York Street to Colorado Boulevard. Designed primarily by civil engineers Henry Meryweather and Walter Graves in the 1880s and by Reinhard Schuetze...

Denver Zoo

Added by yongli on 06/29/2021 - 16:59, last changed on 11/27/2022 - 08:51
The Denver Zoo started in 1896 with a single bear in City Park and has grown to an eighty-acre campus. There are 350 employees overseeing a total of about 3,700 animals from more than 600 species. The zoo draws more than 2 million visitors per year, making it one of Colorado’s most popular cultural...
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