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Listing wild wood bison as Threatened supports the conservation, management and recovery of wood bison populations in the province.
Under Alberta’s Wildlife Regulation, wild wood bison are now designated and protected as Threatened in specified Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) in northern Alberta. Recovering these populations will:
This listing builds on significant actions already taken to support wood bison management and conservation by:
To learn more about the Threatened designation for wild wood bison, please refer to:
The regulation amendments maintain regulated hunting in specified portions of the Northwest Bison Protection Area (BPA), based on a bison special licence and allocation processes for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
A new Wabasca Bison Protection Area will provide this small population of bison with additional protection from all hunting (by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people)—a necessary measure to avoid the near-term local extinction of this small population.
Connect with Species at Risk and Stewardship:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-5185
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]
Address:
6th Floor Forestry Building
9920 108 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2M4
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