It was a momentous day in suburban Kane County earlier this week, as bison returned to a prairie area for the first time in hundreds of years.
According to the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, it’s been at least 200 years since bison roamed the county, but a new herd is now making themselves at home at the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Sycamore.
The arrival of the new herd is a partnership between the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, the American Indian Center of Chicago (AIC), and Ruhter Bison as herd manager, according to officials…