Bison are once again roaming the lands around Batoche, Sask., after an agreement between the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) and Parks Canada.
Last year, MN-S signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal agency to transfer 25 bison from Grasslands National Park, in southwestern Saskatchewan, to establish a new herd on MN–S lands near Batoche National Historic Site north of Saskatoon.
The bison were successfully transferred this week.
Eventually, they will roam on a portion of 690 hectares of land transferred from Parks Canada to MN–S last July.
It was announced on Dec. 8, 2023, that 25 plains bison were successfully transferred from Grasslands National Park, pictured, to Métis Nation–Saskatchewan land.
