The Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge takes a 'hands off' approach to keep bison herd natural Established in 1990, the refuge works to actively protect, restore, reconstruct and manage Iowa's native ...

Hundreds of Iowans visited Walnut Creek National Wildlife Refuge, now known as Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, on the October day in 1996 when bison — gone for more than a century — were ...

PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa — There's an ongoing battle between nature and nurture at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, where a bison calf abandoned by its mother may die if local officials don't ...

The Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge is a place where the buffalo still roam, helping to recreate and reconstruct Iowa’s lost prairie habitat. “We really try to keep them as wild as possible.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have closed facilities at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge after severe weather caused damage earlier this week.. All of the public programs have ...

A person took a bison calf that was separated from its herd at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, kept it at home over the weekend and fed it, according to officials there. Refuge manager Scott ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have closed facilities at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge after severe weather caused damage earlier this week.. All of the public programs have ...

The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge ranked tenth this year, dropping from first place in 2024. Iowa also has a connection to the second-place refuge, the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife ...

A bison who was struck by lightning and burned over a large area of his body at an Iowa wildlife refuge two years ago has survived despite the long odds against him, the U.S. Department of ...

PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Officials at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge are planning to reduce the bison herd by about half. Operations specialist Christie Smith said the reduction is ...

One lightning strike later, and a wild bison appears to be doing well, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Back in July 2013, wildlife biologist Karen Viste-Sparkman was surveying ...