{"id":43662,"date":"2018-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/bison-day-celebrates-national-mammals-cultural-ecological-and-economic-role\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:32:00","slug":"bison-day-celebrates-national-mammals-cultural-ecological-and-economic-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/bison-day-celebrates-national-mammals-cultural-ecological-and-economic-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Bison Day Celebrates National Mammal\u2019s Cultural, Ecological and Economic Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Bison Day Celebrates National Mammal\u2019s Cultural, Ecological and Economic Role<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WESTMINSTER, CO (November 2, 2018) \u2013 Events across the country this weekend will celebrate the important role that America\u2019s National Mammal, the American Bison, has played in the cultural, ecological and economic life of the North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A resolution sponsored by U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and 22 other Senators designates the first Saturday in November as National Bison Day and \u201cencourages the people of the United States to celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.\u201d The Senate has designated every first Saturday in November as National Bison Day since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The push for National Bison Day was initiated by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the InterTribal Buffalo Council, and the National Bison Association; the same organizations that also led the effort to establish bison as the National Mammal of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities planned this weekend to celebrate National Bison Day range from a Bison Crawl, at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois, to family-oriented Bison Day celebrations at zoos in Denver, Detroit and elsewhere. Many individual bison ranches are hosting field days and tours to celebrate the day. Wildlife Conservation Society will be hosting a celebration on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on November 13th, following the mid-term elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Carter, executive director of the National Bison Association, said, \u201cBison literally shaped the landscape of North America\u2019s grasslands over the last thousands of years. Native Americas relied on bison for food, clothing, shelter, and spiritual strength. Today, bison are providing a viable economic future\u2014and a healthy food source\u2014for people in rural and urban communities alike.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bisoncentral.com\">www.bisoncentral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bison Day Celebrates National Mammal\u2019s Cultural, Ecological and Economic Role WESTMINSTER, CO (November 2, 2018) \u2013 Events across the country this weekend will celebrate the important role that America\u2019s National &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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