The bison population in Wyoming has rebounded from the brink of extinction, but the species still faces some challenges: Hunting In the 1800s, market hunters and U.S. troops slaughtered as many as 60 million bison, nearly wiping out the species. By the late 1880s, bison were nearly gone from the landscape.
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The bison population in Wyoming has rebounded from the brink of extinction, but the species still faces some challenges: Hunting In the 1800s, market hunters and U.S. troops slaughtered as many as 60 million bison, nearly wiping out the species. By the late 1880s, bison were nearly gone from the landscape.