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 Back to Chapter 7: Collaboration and Public Participation Articles Public involvement at Blue Ridge Parkway By Bambi Teague and Chris Ulrey Russian scientists help seek brucellosis solutions for Yellowstone By Glenn Plumb, Wayne Brewster, and Margaret Wild Park Flight Program protects migratory birds beyond the United States By Carol Beidleman Technology and collaboration improve interagency fire planning By Anne Birkholz and Pat Lineback Work group initiated by National Park Service gains permanent support from county government By Kathleen Kodish Reeder Partners in plant protection at Capitol Reef National Park By Tom O. Clark Mountain of partnerships elevates North Cascades’ monitoring capabilities By Bruce L. Freet Other Developments A photographic mushroom survey Joint conservation plan for the Potomac Gorge Geologists-in-the-Parks program expands in scope Public participation and personal watercraft Award-winner Profile - Facility Manager Chris Case recognized with award Superfund cleanup at Grant Kohrs Ranch Progress developing the National Cave and Karst Research Institute International fisheries management plan for the Amistad Reservoir |
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 During the 1980s and 1990s, when bison that left Yellowstone National Park were killed as a control measure, a national debate began over the objectives that should guide stewardship of this treasured resource. In December 2000 the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and the USDA Forest Service completed the Record of Decision on the Joint Management Plan for Bison in Yellowstone National Park and Montana. The plan is designed to preserve the largest wild, free-ranging population of bison in the United States while minimizing the risk of brucellosis disease transmission between bison and cattle. The plan reflects a commitment on the part of federal and state agencies to limit the killing of bison outside Yellowstone National Park by allowing some bison to use some winter range on public lands adjacent to the park. Through adaptive management, the plan progresses to management steps during the next several years that will eventually allow limited numbers of untested bison on public land outside the park during the winter when cattle are not present. Key management elements include monitoring and hazing bison, capture of bison at or outside the park boundary when hazing is unsuccessful, shipment to slaughter of captured bison that test positive for the disease, and holding or releasing healthy bison in management zones outside the park during the early stages of the plan. Another important element is the eventual vaccination of free-ranging bison in the park with a safe and effective brucellosis vaccine (see accompanying article). |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2001, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2001 (publication D-2255) /YearInReview/yir/yir2001/07_collaboration/07_2_od.html Last Updated: |