Wood Bison Restoration in Alaska
Wood Bison Project Supporters

Wood Bison Project Partner

  • Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center — fed and cared for wood bison for more than a decade, and helped people see and learn about wood bison

Platinum sponsors

  • Carlile Transportation Systems — for seven years, donated transportation of hay and building materials, close to a quarter million dollars.
  • Safari Club International — donated funding totaling six figures for a livestock trailer, bison handling facility, hay barn, JD Tractor, bunkhouse and hay purchases. Last donation was matched by funds from Pittman Robertson to allow ADF&G to release many more bison that would have been released on State funding alone.
  • Lynden Transport — discounted rates for air transportation of bison to Shageluk by six figures.
  • Turner Foundation — funded expenses to capture, test and transport 53 wood bison from Elk Island Park, Alberta to AWCC.
  • SteelFab — fabrication work to refit transport containers to accommodate Bison

Other Donor/Sponsors (alphabetical order)

  • Alaska Marine Lines — shipping containers
  • Alaska Mining & Diving — loaned three new snowmobiles to the wood bison program
  • Alaska Tent & Tarp — loaned and discounted cost of tents for Shageluk camp
  • Alyeska Resort — contributed to John Deere tractor
  • BassPro — funding towards transportation of bison to Shageluk.
  • Cabelas — funding towards transportation of bison to Shageluk.
  • Camai Printing Company — donated printing
  • ConocoPhillips — donated fence supplies.
  • Container Specialties of Alaska — shipping containers
  • Granite Construction — discounted road construction
  • Home Depot — donated building supplies
  • Independent Lift Truck LLC — donated use of fork lift to load bison boxes onto trucks
  • MSI Communications — created promotional video
  • John Deere Corporation — discounted new tractor purchase
  • Local 367 — constructed hay feeders
  • Pope & YoungRasmuson Foundation — awarded a grant for a new John Deere tractor
  • Rasmuson Foundation — awarded grants for equipment and infrastructure
  • Sourdough Express, Inc. — shipping container
  • Teck Cominco, Alaska — donated funding
  • Totem Ocean Trailer Express — donated shipping of hay
  • Turner Foundation — funded capture, testing and transport of 53 wood bison from Alberta to Alaska
  • Wells Fargo Bank/National Fish & Wildlife Foundation — awarded grant to clear, plant and build fence

Agencies

  • Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation's State Veterinarian office — disease testing & health care
  • Alaska Department of Public Safety — escort through road closures caused by Sockeye fire
  • Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities — passage during road construction
  • Anchorage Soil & Water Conservation District — land clearing
  • Canada's Wood Bison Recovery Team and Elk Island National Park — founding stock, support and advice
  • Natural Resource Conservation Service — donated fencing
  • Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Fund — match money for donations and F&G funds
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Natural Resources & Agriculture Sciences — donated and discounted high quality hay, donated grain silos.
  • US Army Cold Regions Test Center
  • US Army Fort Greely Command & Directorate of Public Works
  • USDA Wildlife Services Alaska District, National Wildlife Disease Program, Agricultural Research Service, and International Services — advice, handling assistance & health care
  • USFS Chugach National Forest — lease land for wood bison.
  • USFS — donated gravel for road
  • US Fish & Wildlife Service State Wildlife Grant Program — match money for donations and F&G funds
  • US Fish & Wildlife Service — published special rule under Section 10(j) of ESA, helped with radiotracking and other studies post release.

Individuals and Volunteers who worked on the wood bison project

  • Advisory Committes of Anchorage, Anvik, Fairbanks, Grayling, Holy Cross, Shageluk
  • Alaska Board of Game
  • Alaska Professional Hunters Association
  • Alaska Outdoor Council
  • Anchorage Fire Department
  • Bass Pro
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Challenge Alaska
  • Defenders of Wildlife
  • Federal Subsistence Board
  • 4-H
  • Girdwood Fire Department
  • Photographer Doug Lindstrand
  • Photographer Johane Janelle
  • Residents of Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk and Holy Cross
  • Salmonberry Tours
  • Safari Club International
  • Village Corporations of Anvik, Grayling, Holy Cross, Shageluk
  • Wells Fargo Bank
  • Western Regional Advisory Council
  • Z Architects