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===North America=== * [[American bison]] to [[Maderas del Carmen|El Carmen Nature Reserve]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Reintroduction of American Bison |url=http://www.cemexnature.com/el-carmen-p/reintroduction-of-american-bison/|publisher=cemexnature|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203152009/http://www.cemexnature.com/el-carmen-p/reintroduction-of-american-bison/}}</ref> and [[Janos Biosphere Reserve]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Janos Biosphere Reserve, Northern Mexico |author=Rurik List |author2=Jesus Pacheco |author3=Eduardo Ponce |author4=Rodrigo Sierra-Corona |author5=Gerardo Ceballos |journal=The Journal of International Wilderness |date=August 2010 |volume=16 |number=2 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220048616 |access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> in [[Mexico]], [[American Prairie (nature reserve)|American Prairie]] and many National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and other [[Conservation of American bison|public lands]] in the [[United States]], [[Banff National Park]] in [[Canada]] ([[Alberta]]) (successful)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Banff National Park Bison Reintroduction Project |publisher=www.canada.ca |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2018/08/banff-national-park-bison-reintroduction-project.html |access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Bison Management in Yellowstone (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/bison-history-yellowstone.htm |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-03 |title=Interior Department Announces Significant Action to Restore Bison Populations as Part of New Restoration and Resilience Framework {{!}} U.S. Department of the Interior |url=https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-significant-action-restore-bison-populations-part-new |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.doi.gov |language=en}}</ref> * [[American flamingo]] to [[Anegada]], [[British Virgin Islands]] (successful)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theconservationagency.org/projects/flamingo-reintroduction-to-anegada-british-virgin-islands/|title=British Virgin Islands: Flamingo Reintroduction to Anegada - The Conservation Agency|website=The Conservation Agency|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-12}}</ref>[[File:Fisher Reintroduction 2015 at Cispus Learning Center, 065.jpg|thumb|A fisher leaps from its holding container and darts off into the [[Gifford Pinchot National Forest]].]] * [[Atlantic puffin]] to [[Eastern Egg Rock Island]], [[Maine]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=How the Puffin Returned to Eastern Egg Rock|url=https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/seabirds/how-puffin-returned-eastern-egg-rock|publisher=Smithsonian Ocean|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Bringing Puffins Back to Maine - With Stephen Kress|url=https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/bringing-puffins-back-maine-stephen-kress|publisher=BirdNote|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref> * [[Bald eagle]] to [[Channel Islands National Park]], [[California]]<ref name="NPCA"/> * [[Black-footed ferret]] in United States (successful), Canada and Mexico (failure)<ref name="NPCA"/><ref>{{cite web |title=''Black-Footed Ferret'' Reintroduction |url=http://blackfootedferret.org/reintroduction/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003100305/http://blackfootedferret.org/reintroduction/ |archive-date=2022-10-03}}</ref> * [[Blanding's turtle]] in Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=Blanding's Turtle Headstart Reintroduction |website=Urban Turtle Initiative |publisher=Toronto Zoo |url= http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/urbanturtleinitiative.asp |archive-date=2018-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525182812/http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/urbanturtleinitiative.asp}}</ref> * [[Blue-and-yellow macaw]] to [[Trinidad]] (successful)<ref>Plair, B.L., Lal, M., Ramadhar, A., and Ramsubage, S. 2013. Status of Blue-and-yellow Macaws (''Ara ararauna'') Reintroduced to the Nariva Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago. Living World, Journal of The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, 2013, 19-28.</ref> * [[California condor]] in United States ([[California]], [[Arizona]], [[Utah]], [[Oregon]]) and Mexico ([[Baja California]]) (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite web |title=California Condor Recovery Program {{!}} U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |url=https://www.fws.gov/program/california-condor-recovery |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=FWS.gov |language=en}}</ref> * [[Canada lynx]] to [[Colorado]] (successful),<ref>Vashon, J. 2016. ''Lynx canadensis''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12518A101138963. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12518A101138963.en. Accessed on 20 August 2023.</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]] (failure)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canada Lynx - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation|url=https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6980.html|access-date=2021-07-03|website=www.dec.ny.gov}}</ref> * ''[[Chloropyron maritimum]]'' in [[Western United States]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Helenurm |first1=Kaius |last2=Parsons |first2=Lorraine S. |date=1997-09-01 |title=Genetic Variation and the Reproduction of ''Cordylanthus maritimus'' ssp. ''maritimus'' to Sweetwater Marsh, California |journal=Restoration Ecology |language=en |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=236β244 |doi=10.1046/j.1526-100x.1997.09728.x |bibcode=1997ResEc...5..236H |issn=1526-100X |s2cid=86211874}}</ref> * [[Cougar]] to [[Eastern United States]] (proposed)<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Gilbert SL, Slivy KJ, Pozzanghera CB, DuBour A, Overduijn K, Smith MM, Prugh LR |date=10 June 2016 |publication-date=14 August 2017 |title=Socioeconomic Benefits of Large Carnivore Recolonization Through Reduced Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions |journal=Conservation Letters |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=431β439 |doi=10.1111/conl.12280 |doi-access=free}}</ref> * [[Bighorn sheep]] in Oregon (successful)<ref name="NPCA"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olson |first1=Zachary H. |last2=Whittaker |first2=Donald G. |last3=Rhodes |first3=Olin E. |date=2012 |title=Evaluation of experimental genetic management in reintroduced bighorn sheep |journal=Ecology and Evolution |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=429β443 |doi=10.1002/ece3.97 |doi-access=free |pmc=3298953 |pmid=22423334|bibcode=2012EcoEv...2..429O }}</ref> * [[Black-tailed prairie dog]] in Arizona and [[New Mexico]] (successful)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black-tailed Prairie Dog Reintroduction |publisher=Arizona Game and Fish Department |url=https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife/speciesofgreatestconservneed/blacktailedprairiedog/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Wildlife |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307213038/https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife/speciesofgreatestconservneed/blacktailedprairiedog/ }}</ref> * [[Desert pupfish]] to [[Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument]], Arizona<ref name="NPCA"/> * [[Elk]] to eastern [[Kentucky]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Brandon |title=Elk could be saving grace in coal country |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2021/11/03/kentuky-has-largest-elk-herd-east-of-mississippi-river |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=Spectrumnews1.com}}</ref> [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]], [[Pennsylvania]] ([[Allegheny National Forest]]), [[Texas]] ([[Big Bend National Park]]), [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] (all successful)<ref name="NPCA"/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Reintroducing Elk to the Great Smoky Mountains |publisher=American Forests |url=https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/reintroducing-elk-to-the-great-smokey-mountains/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929225638/http://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/reintroducing-elk-to-the-great-smokey-mountains/ |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |access-date=26 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elk |url=https://www.pgc.pa.gov:443/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/Elk/pages/default.aspx |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Pennsylvania Game Commission |language=en-US}}</ref> and to New York (failure)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Omohundro |first1=John |title=An environmental history of New York's north country : the Adirondack Mountains and the St. Lawrence River Valley: case studies and neglected topics |last2=Harris |first2=Glenn R. |date=2012 |publisher=Edwin Mellen Press |isbn=978-0-7734-2628-3 |edition=1 |location=Lewiston, N.Y. |pages=99β111}}</ref> * [[Fisher (animal)|Fisher]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] (successful)<ref name="NPCA"/><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/endangered/species/fisher.pdf |title=Threatened and Endangered Species in Washington: 2012 Annual Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329053609/http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/endangered/species/fisher.pdf |archive-date=2017-03-29}}</ref> (ongoing) * [[Geoffroy's spider monkey]] in [[Guatemala]]<ref>{{cite web |date=5 April 2020 |title=Into the wild: reintroduction of spider monkeys in Guatemala |publisher=Lifetime Projects |url=https://lifetime-projects.com/en/into-the-wild-reintroduction-of-spider-monkeys-in-guatemala/ |access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref> * [[Grey wolf]] to [[Yellowstone National Park]] in Wyoming,<ref name="NPCA"/><ref>Yellowstone National Park, [http://www.yellowstonepark.com/2011/06/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem/ "Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem"], 21 June 2011.</ref> [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], California, Oregon, Washington (successful),<ref name="NPCA"/> Colorado (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorado Parks and Wildlife |url=https://mailchi.mp/state/colorados-wolfenews4-24-342484 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=Colorado Parks and Wildlife |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Travis |date=December 18, 2023 |title=Colorado Parks and Wildlife successfully releases gray wolves on Colorado's Western Slope |url=https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=4003 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Colorado Parks and Wildlife |language=en}}</ref> * [[YucatΓ‘n black howler]] in [[Belize]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=A reintroduction program for the conservation of the black howler monkey in Belize|publisher=Conservation Evidence|url=https://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/6370|access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> * [[Mexican wolf]] in United States (Arizona, New Mexico), and Mexico ([[Sonora]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]) (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Mexican Wolf Numbers Soar Past 200 {{!}} U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |url=https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2023-02/mexican-wolf-numbers-soar-past-200 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=FWS.gov |language=en}}</ref> * [[Musk ox]] in [[Alaska]] (successful) * [[North American jaguar]] to Arizona and New Mexico (proposed)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Sanderson, Eric |author2=Beckmann, Jon |author3=Beier, Paul |author4=Bird, Bryan |author5=Bravo, Juan |author6=Fisher, Kim |author7=Grigione, Melissa |author8=Lopez Gonzalez, Carlos |author9=Miller, Jennifer |author10=Mormorunni, Cristina |author11=Paulson, Laura |author12=Peters, Rob |author13=Polisar, John |author14=Povilitis, Tony |author15=Robinson, Michael |author16=Wilcox, Sharon |date=June 2021 |title=The case for reintroduction: The jaguar (Panthera onca) in the United States as a model |journal=Conservation Science and Practice |volume=3 |issue=6 |doi=10.1111/csp2.392 |bibcode=2021ConSP...3E.392S |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351274005 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * [[North American river otter]] in [[Missouri]] (successful)<ref name="Mowry 196β206" /> * ''[[Pediocactus knowltonii]]'' in New Mexico<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maunder |first=Michael |date=1992-03-01 |title=Plant reintroduction: an overview |journal=Biodiversity & Conservation |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=51β61 |doi=10.1007/bf00700250 |bibcode=1992BiCon...1...51M |issn=0960-3115 |s2cid=23334255}}</ref> * [[Red wolf]] in Eastern North Carolina (ongoing), the Gulf Coast (failure), and Great Smoky Mountains National Park (failure)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Wolf Recovery Program {{!}} U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |url=https://www.fws.gov/project/red-wolf-recovery-program |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=FWS.gov |date=4 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[Ridgway's hawk]] to areas in the [[Dominican Republic]] where it is extirpated<ref name="rhawk">{{cite iucn|title=''Buteo ridgwayi''|page=e.T22695886A181707428|author=BirdLife International|date=2020|volume=2020|access-date=13 November 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22695886A181707428.en}}</ref> * [[Pseudophoenix sargentii|Sargent's cherry palm]] in [[Florida]] (successful)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Maschinski |first1=Joyce |last2=Duquesnel |first2=Janice |date=2007 |title=Successful reintroductions of the endangered long-lived Sargent's cherry palm, Pseudophoenix sargentii, in the Florida Keys |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=122β129 |doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2006.07.012|bibcode=2007BCons.134..122M }}</ref> * [[Scarlet macaw]] to [[Palenque]], Mexico<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Estrada |first1=Alejandro |year=2014 |title=Reintroduction of the Scarlet Macaw (''Ara macao cyanoptera'') in the Tropical Rainforests of Palenque, Mexico: Project Design and First Year Progress |journal=Tropical Conservation Science |publisher=journals.sagepub.com |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=342β364 |doi=10.1177/194008291400700301 |s2cid=89567234 |doi-access=free}}</ref> * [[Whooping crane]]s, including migratory population in the Eastern United States and non-migratory population in [[Louisiana]] (ongoing) * [[Wild turkey]] in [[South Carolina]]<ref name=postcourier>{{cite news|title=Herman 'Duff' Holbrook: Benefactor of S.C. wildlife |url=http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150723/PC1002/150729732/1022/herman-x2018-duff-x2019-holbrook-benefactor-of-sc-wildlife |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |date=2015-07-23 |access-date=2015-08-12}}</ref><ref name=outdoor>{{cite news|first=Andrew |last=McKean|title=A Farewell to Herman "Duff" Holbrook, the Father of Wild Turkey Rocket-Netting |url=http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hunting/2015/07/farewell-herman-duff-holbrook-father-wild-turkey-rocket-netting |work=[[Outdoor Life]] |date=2015-07-27 |access-date=2015-08-12}}</ref> * [[West Indian manatee]] in the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Bay, [[Guadeloupe]] (failure)<ref>{{cite web|title=First demonstration of reintroduction of West Indian Manatee in the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Bay, Guadeloupe|url=https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=5319|publisher=European Commission|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> * [[Wood bison]] in Alaska<ref>{{cite web|title=Wood bison reintroduced in Southwest Alaska see another year of loss, but with a silver lining|date=21 October 2020|url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/10/21/wood-bison-reintroduced-in-southwest-alaska-see-another-year-of-loss-but-with-a-silver-lining/|publisher=Alaska Republic Media|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
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