When the first settlers came, seventy-five million buffalo roamed the Great Plains. By 1900, there were almost none.

As the buffalo fell, nature lost its balance. The tough green grass did not grow, the larks did not sing, and terrible storms began to blow. The prairie was in trouble, and the buffalo was the key to it all.

Today, the buffalo and its home have made an incredible comeback. How did it happen? This stirring picture book tells the story, from the Plain Indians to the cowboys, Theodore Roosevelt to the Dust Bowl, and finally, to the grasslands and nature preserves that now protect America's heartland—where herds of buffalo roam once more.

A legendary naturalist and celebrated artist create a beautiful and inspiring story about the comeback of an endangered species, and the hope that still grows for America's wild places.

From the dust jacket