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Bay Curious

Just Don't Call Them Buffalo: Meet the Bison of Golden Gate Park

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9999 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Bay Curious listener Paul Irving wanted to know: "What's the story with the bison in Golden Gate Park?" The park celebrates its 150th birthday this week, so we are re-running this episode digging into the backstory of the herd of American bison who call it home. And there are five cute updates to this story. Additional Reading: What's With the Bison in Golden Gate Park? Golden Gate Park Welcomes Five Young Bison Ahead of 150th Anniversary Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Julie Caine, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey and Don Clyde.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From K-QED. Here we are nearly two weeks into the shelter-in-place lifestyle and I for one have learned a few things.

0:10.0

Four days without showering, probably too many.

0:15.0

Doing dishes, it's basically my life now,

0:18.0

and I thought I was thankful for California's abundant parks before,

0:22.0

but I had no idea.

0:24.1

Being able to stroll six feet apart, of course, through our local parks,

0:29.2

lifts my spirits just every single time.

0:32.0

Now, one park in particular has been on my mind

0:34.4

because we're meant to be celebrating a big anniversary this week. That was

0:38.7

before everything got postponed of course, but Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, one of the finest urban parks in the world, is 150 years old.

0:49.0

I love this park because it has so many little worlds within it.

0:57.2

On one end you've got the Dutch windmills that kind of loom over a carpet of tulips.

1:04.0

At the other end, you hear disco beats blaring from a boombox

1:07.4

and people are roller skating,

1:08.8

showing off all of their moves.

1:11.1

But perhaps the most unexpected thing that you might find in this park is a herd of bison.

1:17.0

If you've seen them recently, you might have noticed five new baby bison were added this year.

1:25.4

That's a gift for the park's anniversary.

1:27.7

So today in honor of the park's birthday and those new baby bison, we're going to take a look back at an episode from reporter

1:35.2

Jessica Plachik, all about the bison paddock. I'm Olivia Ellen Price, sit back and relax,

1:41.1

it's Bay Curious.

1:44.0

Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company,

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