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# Thunder & Fire | WILD HOPE
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nature/specials/the-thunder-of-bison-finally-returns-to-the-osage-prairie-wild-hope-rkiflb/
- Published: 2025-06-12T19:01:07.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-30T00:05:13.000Z
- Description: Sixty million American bison once thundered across the prairies of North America.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nature, #ZZZ_Show_1b3b1a16-4d15-417c-9287-bc59a89e1201, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_3bf7a1f6-d621-45b3-8a5f-82500587ea88, #special

Sixty million American bison, commonly known as buffalo, once thundered across the prairies of North America until 1889, when they were almost driven to extinction.