Bringing Back Buffalo

Living on Earth

The Great Plains used to be a land where buffalo were free to roam. Now, there are only scattered bands across that landscape. Host Steve Curwood talks with Dan O’Brien, author of the book “Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch”, about the wild animals that restored his ranch, and his life.

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