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A member of Alaska’s only wood bison herd stands in the snow in February 2018. Deep snow in late February, March and April is considered the cause of many deaths in the herd this spring. (Photo courtesy of DOUG LINDSTAND)

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Bad weather and wolves cut Alaska's wood bison herd
August 16, 2018 1 a.m.

Bad weather and wolves cut Alaska's wood bison herd

Dozens of Alaska wood bison succumbed to hard weather and hungry wolves last winter, causing an experimental herd population to drop below where it was when the herd was introduced to the western Interior in 2015.