Canada | First Nation gets funding to help protect declining population of bison in Prince Albert NP

A First Nation in Saskatchewan will receive federal funding to help conserve a dwindling population of free-roaming plains bison from Prince Albert National Park.

Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada said the Mistawasis Nehiyawak Guardians Program is one of 22 First Nations-led projects to receive a total of $6.4 million through the Indigenous Guardians Pilot Program.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5657054/first-nation-bison-prince-albert-national-park/

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