The American bison has long been a symbol of the West. It's also the subject of a cautionary tale of greed and, more recently, a conservation success story. When Lewis and Clark explored the Missouri River, there were approximately 20 million bison in North America. Fast forward less than one hundred years and they were reduced to a single, small herd living in present-day Yellowstone National Park. Brought to the doorstep of extinction through commercial hunting, their population has rebounded today - not to anything like their indigenous vast herds, but to sustainable numbers and several free ranging herds.
Here, a bull, tired after the rut, moves slowly through a wallow where he's just rolled, fine dust clinging to his dark fur. This is a 30x36 inch photo offered as one fine, archival-quality photo paper as well as ready-to-hang aluminum. Each is part of an edition of 11 prints, comes signed and numbered, and ships free to all lower 48 states.