08 OCTOBER 2020 - PRAIRIE CITY, IOWA: American bison (genus: Bison species B. bison) grazing in the bison area at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge has an 800 acre bison enclosure. Bison were once common in Iowa, but they were hunted to near extinction in the early 1800s, as European settlers moved in the territory. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ