July is #NationalBisonMonth! The American #bison (Bison bison) is North America’s largest land mammal. While they once numbered in the tens of millions, they were driven to near extinction by the late 1800s. #BisonRecovery #WildlifeScience #ConservationHistory
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#BanffNationalPark #CanadianHeritage #ConservationHistory #RockyMountainsParkAct #ParksCanada #EarlyTourism #WildernessPreservation #OnThisDay
Full details are available in the Australian Zoologist at doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2....
Visit www.rzsnsw.org.au for more information about the Royal Zoological Society of NSW.
#Thylacine #TasmanianTiger #LostFilm #ConservationHistory #RZSNSW #AustralianZoologist
Planting Roots in History 🌳✉️
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#ArborDay #StampStories #ConservationHistory #PlantATree #USStamps #NatureInPhilately #ArborDay1872 #GreenHeritage #ShareTheStory
On this day in history, in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Civilian Conservation Corps into existence, providing jobs during the Great Depression.
#CivilianConservationCorps #NewDeal #GreatDepression #FDR #AmericanHistory #ConservationHistory #HistoricLegislation #UCLA #policy
#DidYouKnow Mexico’s first national park, Desierto de los Leones, was officially designated on this day in 1917! Originally preserved in 1876 to protect water sources, this ecological gem remains vital for Mexico City's wellbeing. 💧🌿 #ConservationHistory #Foresight
Village in Western Romania
Hilly village Western Romania
Some of my favorite villages in Western Romania. 3 reintroduced European bison 🦬 🦬🦬 roamed close to these areas and people guarded their orchards at night fearing bison would damage fruit trees
#rewilding #EuropeanBison #wisent #ConservationHistory #envhist #animalhistory
Excited (and a bit nervous) to speak about our project MovingAnimals and #animalhistory to conservation scientists this week at the IUCN Conservation Translocations conference, with the fitting theme 'Learning from the past'
#envhist #ConservationHistory
