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Jenna Schnuer

Jenna Schnuer is an Anchorage, Alaska-based writer. Schnuer covers travel, food, science and culture and has written for National Geographic Traveler, BonAppetit.com, Every Day with Rachael Ray and American Way, among others.

One hundred wood bison will be reintroduced to the Alaskan wilderness later this month, somewhere they have not lived in the wild for over a century.

Bringing the Wood Bison Back to Alaska

Once nearly extinct, the subspecies is set to return to the United States