Minimizing Potential Brucellosis Exposure A Struggle For Agencies
US - Bison management in the Greater Yellowstone Area, surrounding the Yellowstone National Park has been and continues to be a frustrating issue for the Montana Board of Livestock as it and four other agencies struggle to minimize potential brucellosis exposure.The struggle, which has been going on for 40 years, has included litigation recognizing Montana was caught between a conflict of agencies - the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) - and that of the state and federal agencies, said according to John Mundinger, a private contractor in Helena, Mont., who began working on the issue in 1989 when he worked for FWP.
Mundinger and attorney John Bloom-quist of Helena explained the history behind the issue to the new Board of Livestock members during a meeting on May 7 in Helena.
To help ease the struggle of power, the three federal and two state agencies collaborated on an environmental impact statement and a plan, called the Interagency Bison Management Plan, to manage the bison migration and reduce brucellosis transmission opportunities.
For more information on Brucellosis, click here.
TheCattleSite News Desk