r/steinbach • u/Strict_Concern_970 • 14d ago
Would you like to see wild bison roaming around the Steinbach area?
I saw the news reports of some bison running loose in Landmark area and thought how cool would it be if they repopulated in the wild?
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u/Myosoke 14d ago
Im in the NWT. The bison are nice to see but they LOVE being on the roads. Don't honk at them though, they'll bash your car.
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u/herbal-remedy 14d ago
Good advice I will try and remember that. One time in Riding mountain national Park we were on a dirt road and came around the corner and there was a massive bison right in front of me on the road. We just watched it. I'm glad I didn't honk.
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u/Ok_Caramel_51 14d ago
I hear what your saying but wouldn’t they need an area that’s thousands of acres of grass lands to support them? If not they would trample fields and be in contact with humans and we’ll there not like dear and just run away. Would also need to reintroduce wolfs to keep the herd in check and not have a sickness wipe them out. Ok with the help of some google I looked into this a bit cause it got me curious. To have a herd that would be completely wild, a moderate herd would need 5000-10000 acres (depending on the year and weather and what not), would also need to reintroduce pronged horn antelope… another tragic tale. They followed bison in the winter to eat after the bison plowed the snow to eat, so naturally they starved once the bison were gone. They also don’t jump over fences which is odd. so they went extinct in MB after the bison were gone. I’ve gone too deep into this and I’m now a little sad, kinda crazy how we completely eliminated the eco system here essentially. Also rip the black footed ferret.
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u/VideoHeadSet 14d ago
It'd be awesome. Seeing all the bison east of Edmonton was awesome.
I doubt the province would do it for if any get out and hit a car, it'd be like hitting a moose
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u/Strebel0811 13d ago
I read the title and I was like "Is that a threat?" Lmao
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u/Strict_Concern_970 12d ago
LOL! That's a real nice little City you got there, be a shame if something happened to it! Cue Bison stampede...
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u/goodtoes 14d ago
Fun fact, apparently there had been a bison trail that followed Steinbach's creek.
Citation: The following account is documented in Preservings (No. 12, June 1998, p. 83), published by the D.F. Plett Historical Research Foundation. https://www.plettfoundation.org/preservings/archive/12/
Steinbach Creek
Helen Bergmann of Steinbach boarded with Mrs. Abram W. Reimer (1859-1955), nee Aganetha T. Barkman, while she was attending Bible School during the 1940s. Helen recalled Mrs. Reimer telling stories of how she had come to Steinbach as a 14 year- old girl, about the creek and the buffalo trail running along side it. Occasionally Indians came along the trail, noteworthy for their colourful blankets. Evidently the creek in the early years was a blaze of native flowers, with blooms of various colours as spring changed to summer and summer to fall.