Give a Cheer
This LO was inspired by the July 2 Page Sketch Challenge sketch which can be found at this link: http://www.pagemaps.com/jan12maps.htm The second page can be found in my gallery in a double page post as well.
It was also inspired by the July 5 Ingredients + YOURS Challenge. For that challenge it needed to include: 1. Arrows (to the left of the photo) 2. Ribbon (below the bison head) 3. Yellow - matting, arrow and banner piece 4. 2 photos (one is the fussy cut bison head) and 5. Dots (on the brown pp and some of the banner pieces).
The journaling reads:
After the Roundup is finished, and the newly collected herd is secured, the crowd is then allowed to visit the corral area. In order to get there, a trek down a steep hill is required. The first thing we came across when we finally achieved level ground again, was the pasture area where the new herd was located. The park officials leave them there to rest for a week or two before the necessary handling that has to be done for health checks and branding. If the bison were handled too early after the heavy running they'd just done, the stress could be damaging and even cause the death of some of the animals.
The larger photo to the left, shows Paul and I posing in front of the pasture area on our way back out of the area. We had to essentially retrace our steps and climb that steep hill this time. Not sure whether the climb or the descent was actually more difficult though.
I also snapped several photos of the bison in the corral confinements. This herd of course is always collected at least a week before the day of Roundup. From this group, at least a few are checked over and branded on that very day. We didn't stay for that part of things, but understand the branding is a way for the park officials to help determine animal age. Since the purpose of the Roundup is to create a stronger, healthier herd, age is an important factor to consider. Although a female bison can reproduce well into her twenties, a male bison normally stops being interested in procreation around the ten year age mark. He will then often wander off by himself into other areas of the park. So, when a lone bison is spotted somewhere away from the herd, this is often the reason. The park officials have simplified the selection process though, by choosing to purge all the bison that are a decade old or older from the herd each year. Animals with health problems are also culled and the any extras (over the number that the park officials predict can be supported through that year's winter weather) are also taken out of the herd. The number kept each year varies due to these considerations. The healthy animals that have been removed from the herd, are then auctioned off later in the year. Some of these animals are the ones that propagate the “domestic” herds throughout the country (and even internationally) so that the American bison species will hopefully never face extinction again.
There is a bit more that discusses images from the facing page as well.
Thanks for spreading positivity!
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