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The herd has helped boost biodiversity by allowing more light into the forest through grazing, bark stripping and trampling.<\/p>\n

Conservationists said they hope the herd can expand its range from 50 to 200 hectares, with the creation of the UK’s first bison bridge<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Selected bison will be moved to other rewilding sites to support genetic diversity and help establish further herds across the country, they added. <\/p>\n

“The matriarch’s legacy goes far beyond this herd,” said Heidi Aguirregoicoa, Bison Ranger at Kent Wildlife Trust. <\/p>\n

She said the Blean Bison project has created a blueprint for new approaches to conservation across the UK. <\/p>\n

“Every change we’ve documented here – from woodland structure to species recovery to the regulatory changes we’re driving – now serves as a proven model for future rewilding efforts,” Ms Aguirregoicoa added. <\/p>\n

The herd now consists of nine bison – five calves and four adults – with a new lead female emerging naturally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The herd has helped boost biodiversity by allowing more light into the forest through grazing, bark stripping and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-248020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}