STL Post Dispatch:

The American bison has been designated the national mammal of the U.S. at a ceremony at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. Congress approved the designation in April, and it became official Nov. 2, the Rapid City Journal reported. Federal lawmakers have called the bison — North America’s largest land animal — the embodiment of American strength, resilience and the nation’s pioneer spirit. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, who has said he is a descendant of “buffalo soldiers” of the 19th-century U.S. Cavalry, was one of the supporters of the National Bison Legacy Act in April. Read more…

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