This footage was filmed and produced 10 September 2020.

Wood bison are an important part of Canadian culture and identity. This species has significant economic and ecological value and strong spiritual and cultural importance for Indigenous people.

Wood bison were listed as threatened under the Species at Risk Act in 2003. Threatened species have declining populations across their range and are at risk of becoming endangered, extirpated, or extinct if nothing is done to protect them. In January 2020, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change determined that wood bison are facing imminent threats to their recovery, with the assessment having focused on the Ronald Lake and Wabasca herds in northeastern Alberta.

This video shows wild wood bison in a wild habitat in Yukon, Canada.