Pre-order the upcoming book: The Ecological Buffalo

Pre-order now to support the author and photographer. Coming May 2022.

The Ecological Buffalo : On the Trail of a Keystone Species

by Wes Olson and Johane Janelle
foreword by Harvey Locke and afterword by Leroy Little Bear

An expert on the bison tells the history of this keystone species through extensive research and beautiful photographs.

 Few wild animals captivate our imaginations as much as the bison. These magnificent creatures played a significant role in structuring the varied ecosystems they occupied, and North American Indigenous Peoples depended upon them.

With the arrival of Europeans, the bison were all but exterminated, and with  them went all of the intricate food webs, the trophic cascades, and the inter-species relationships that had evolved over thousands of years. Despite this brush with   extinction, isolated populations are slowly recovering. As this recovery proceeds, the intricacy of the relationships the animals once had with thousands of species are being re-established in a remarkable process of ecological healing.                  

Based on author Wes Olson’s thirty-five years of working intimately with bison—and featuring Johane Janelle’s stunning photography—The Ecological Buffalo takes the reader on a journey to understand the myriad connections this keystone species has with the Great Plains.

Education - Conservation - Book - History

You can pre-order your copy today through Amazon.ca or at the University of Regina Press or Indigo for Canadians

And Amazon.com for US citizens