DESCRIPTION: Slightly smaller in size than other subspecies of the often 12.5-foot long, 6.5-foot tall American bison, the plains bison has a long, shaggy, dark-brown coat; short, backward-arching ...

165,211 acres of wintering habitat designated in 2001; 183,422 acres and 1,207.5 river miles in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota designated in 2002 RECOVERY PLAN: 1988, 1996 (Atlantic Coast ...