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Labeled cutaway illustration of the Little Park bison capture corral showing fencing, a loading chute, and livestock trailers in a mountain meadow

Little Park: the North Rim's Bison Capture Corral

A closed North Rim meadow hides a livestock corral built to catch wild bison descended from a 1906 failed cattle-crossbreeding scheme.

Illustrated canyon cross-section contrasts a North Rim bison corral with a fish weir in a creek and a condor overhead

Wildlife-management infrastructure: corrals, weirs and field tests

How Grand Canyon managers use bison corrals, fish weirs and research exclosures—and why the regional condor release pen is outside the park.