Wild Idea by Dan O'Brien

Buffalo, Beef, and Freeing the Natural World from the Market

A lyrical memoir of a family’s struggle to restore wild bison and prairie on their working ranch in the Northern Plains, blending personal history, grief, and the practical hardships of modern ranching with deep reflections on ecology and conservation; it chronicles efforts to rebuild grassland ecosystems, the cultural and political tensions around bison restoration, and the emotional labor of stewardship as a meditation on resilience and the uncertain future of the land.

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