Bison Escaped
koná wal’wáamaχspa qoq’áalχnim hiwlelíikcine.
(there..in the Wallowa mountains..bison..they had escaped)
There in the Wallowa Mountains bison had escaped!
Wild herd of bison roams base of Wallowa Mountains in Oregon
Updated: Jan. 10, 2019, 5:12 p.m. | Published: Mar. 21, 2011, 3:00 a.m.
ENTERPRISE -- A herd of free-roaming bison graze on a south-facing slope near a craggy granite spine called, their shaggy presence a pleasant diversion for some Wallowa County residents, but worrisome to others.
The herd, numbering around 25, spent much of this winter on the northern fringe of the 560-square-mile, Oregon's biggest federal wilderness.
"This is definitely unique," said Jim Matheson, spokesman for the in Westminster, Colo. He believes these may be the only bison in North America that have managed to escape captivity and grow into an independent wild herd.
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