Nation ‘Best chance we have’: Wild bison will return to the UK for the first time in 6,000 years July 10, 2020Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Best chance we have’: Wild bison will return to the UK for the first time in 6,000 years A small herd of the endangered species to be released in Kent during spring of 2022, with the "Wilder Blean" project. Bison are "ecosystem engineers."