GREAT BEND –Bison are going to return to the Great Bend zoo.

Thanks a sizable donation from the Dorothy M. Morrison Foundation, the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo will reintroduce two bison to the zoo and extend the grizzly bear exhibit and add amenities to their home.

Dorothy Moses Morrison and her husband Wayne Morrison were third and fourth generation native residents of Great Bend and Barton County.

She died in 2008, but set up the foundation in 1993 to give back to the small town culture.

Foundation Director Katherine Opie said a grant of $130,000 would give the four grizzly bears much more room.

A second grant for $100,000 was also given to the zoo to revamp the existing bison exhibit the state animal once roamed.

A training wall and spectators viewing wall will also be added for the bear exhibit. Great Bend City Administrator Howard Partington said work to upgrade the exhibits would begin immediately.