{"id":2033,"date":"2026-06-26T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:38:14","slug":"bison-coming-back-to-prairie-habitat-in-highlands-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"Bison coming back to prairie habitat in Highlands Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bison are returning to Highlands Ranch, marking the first time in more than 150 years since the creatures have grazed in the native prairie habitat. <\/p>\n<p>The Daniels Park herd \u2014 which lineage traces back to some of the last wild bison in North America \u2014 will seasonally graze about 150 acres of native prairie in the Backcountry Wilderness Area, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese bison carry forward a conservation legacy that began more than a century ago with Colorado\u2019s first wildlife reintroduction at Genesee Park,\u201d said Shannon Dennison, director of Denver Mountain Parks, which manages the herd, in a statement. \u201cThe Daniels Park bison are the direct descendants of the animals that helped bring the species back to the state.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The project was announced this week by the Highlands Ranch Community Association Backcountry Wilderness Area, Denver Mountain Parks, Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance and Sanctuary Golf Course. <\/p>\n<p>The groups calls the bison\u2019s return \u201can important step toward restoring ecological processes that once shaped Colorado\u2019s Great Plains landscapes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2027\">Denver man, 18, suspected of murder in Easter shooting at Russell Square Park<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2029\">RTD to change bus routes, boarding locations as Denver Pride events take place downtown<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2031\">A few years of healthy eating and exercise influences health 2 decades later, new study shows<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bison from the Daniels Park herd are returning to Highlands Ranch, marking the first time in more than 150 years since the creatures have grazed in the native prairie habitat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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