Carl Simmons talks to a couple visiting his Nebraska ranch. Simmons offers educational tours of his ranch, Golden Prairie Buffalo, where he covers the area’s geology, conservation efforts and bison facts and myths.
An icy bison stands on John Cammack’s ranch. Bison are particularly well suited to cold winters, Cammack said.
John and Melanie Cammack run Cammack Buffalo Ranch in western South Dakota.
Bison graze a prairie landscape. The plains and the bison adapted together. "They need each other," Nebraska rancher Carl Simmons said.
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Carl Simmons bottle feeds a bison calf.
Bison graze a prairie landscape. The plains and the bison adapted together. "They need each other," Nebraska rancher Carl Simmons said.
Bison rest on the prairie on John Cammack’s ranch.
Bison graze the prairie on John Cammack’s ranch.
Melisa Goss is a former Tri-State Neighbor Assistant Editor and graduate of the South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Dealership Class 12. Raised as a South Dakota farm girl, her love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, kids and miniature schnauzer.
Melisa Goss
Tri-State Neighbor Correspondent
