'Incredible creatures': Lincoln's Pioneers Park Nature Center acquires six more bison

The six honorees at Tuesday’s news conference seemed unimpressed with the mayor and the microphones, ignored the cameras and speeches, content instead to graze in their new, still-frozen surroundings. They arrived last month to Lincoln’s Pioneers Park and joined the park’s six other bison that live on the 32 acres near the Nature Center on the west end of the sprawling park. Friends of Pioneers Park raised money to double the size of the park’s herd, getting the six female bison from the Crane Trust near Alda. The trust has...