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Yellowstone National Park has been working to update their Bison Management Plan. The opportunity to comment on the proposal is currently open.
"The park’s plan will manage the herd for 3,500-6,000 animals, a modest expansion from the status quo alternative based on the 24-year-old existing plan. The park says the new plan will “facilitate bison recovery; improve hunting opportunities outside the park; enhance local, regional, and tribal economies; and enrich the experiences of tribal members, residents, and visitors.” A third alternative the park analyzed but didn’t select would take a more laissez-faire approach to bison management, treating them more like elk and allowing natural selection and bison dispersal to play a larger role in herd distribution and size."
"A spokesperson for Gianforte criticized the EIS, calling it “yet another insult to the state of Montana. It is not based in science, fails to incorporate any comments from our agency professionals, and reflects a total disregard for the rule-making process,” Gianforte Press Secretary Katilin Price wrote in an email to MTFP. “In the coming weeks, the governor will be submitting a formal response.”
montanafreepress.org
The FEIS solidifies the significant progress made over the past two decades by the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) partners and continues Yellowstone National Park's commitment to the IBMP objectives which include: 1) maintain a wild, free-ranging bison population; 2) reduce the risk of brucellosis transmission from bison to cattle; 3) manage bison that leave Yellowstone National Park and enter the State of Montana; and 4) maintain Montana's brucellosis-free status for domestic livestock
Alternative 2-Preferred Alternative: Bison would be managed within a population range of about 3,500 to 6,000 animals after calving with an emphasis on using the Bison Conservation Transfer Program to restore bison to Tribal lands and Tribal treaty harvest, and public hunting outside the park to regulate numbers.
parkplanning.nps.gov
"The park’s plan will manage the herd for 3,500-6,000 animals, a modest expansion from the status quo alternative based on the 24-year-old existing plan. The park says the new plan will “facilitate bison recovery; improve hunting opportunities outside the park; enhance local, regional, and tribal economies; and enrich the experiences of tribal members, residents, and visitors.” A third alternative the park analyzed but didn’t select would take a more laissez-faire approach to bison management, treating them more like elk and allowing natural selection and bison dispersal to play a larger role in herd distribution and size."
"A spokesperson for Gianforte criticized the EIS, calling it “yet another insult to the state of Montana. It is not based in science, fails to incorporate any comments from our agency professionals, and reflects a total disregard for the rule-making process,” Gianforte Press Secretary Katilin Price wrote in an email to MTFP. “In the coming weeks, the governor will be submitting a formal response.”
Yellowstone National Park calls for more bison in new plan
The park’s new plan emphasizes hunting and transfers to tribes.
montanafreepress.org
The FEIS solidifies the significant progress made over the past two decades by the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) partners and continues Yellowstone National Park's commitment to the IBMP objectives which include: 1) maintain a wild, free-ranging bison population; 2) reduce the risk of brucellosis transmission from bison to cattle; 3) manage bison that leave Yellowstone National Park and enter the State of Montana; and 4) maintain Montana's brucellosis-free status for domestic livestock
Alternative 2-Preferred Alternative: Bison would be managed within a population range of about 3,500 to 6,000 animals after calving with an emphasis on using the Bison Conservation Transfer Program to restore bison to Tribal lands and Tribal treaty harvest, and public hunting outside the park to regulate numbers.
