Denver Parks and Recreation will open all currently operating recreation centers to the public as cooling centers during regular business hours.
Denver presented 13 American Bison to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, located in Oklahoma and one bison to the Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado
The donation of surplus bison to Tribal Nations is the first gift of its kind from the City of Denver to return wild bison to their native homes and help reintroduce bison and support conservation efforts on tribal lands
Denver shares a common vison with our tribal partners to return and restore wild bison back to historical habitats and ancestral lands
Donated bison will travel to their new home on Cheyenne and Arapaho land in Oklahoma
Travel blessing ceremony and celebration of bison from Denver's herd being donated to Tribal Nations
DPR staff serve as caretakers of Denver's conservation herds year-round
Adult bison in pasture
Bison her near scenic overlook of the Continental Divide
Bison calf in the spring
Bison at Genesee Park
Bison visible from I-70
Large adult bison
Herd in the snow
Mayor Hancock on a mountain parks tour
Female bison with her calf
Two adults with a calf
Bison herd hanging out in the trees
Closeup of an adult bison