From the National Park Service
Has the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) been successful at accomplishing its goals?
- Yes, since the Record of Decision for the IBMP was signed in December of 2000, the average annual abundance of Yellowstone bison has been about 3,940. The State of Montana has enhanced the conservation of bison by enlarging the area where they are tolerated north and west of Yellowstone National Park during winter and spring.
- In addition, there have been no incidents of Yellowstone bison infecting cattle with brucellosis, while more than 20 incidents of elk infecting cattle have occurred in the greater Yellowstone area since 2002.
- What is the current bison population?
- Why are bison being removed from the population?
- How will the bison be removed from the population?
- Why are bison being shipped to meat processing facilities?
- Why can’t you harvest bison through hunting instead of shipping them to meat processing facilities?
- Why don’t you just keep all the bison within Yellowstone National Park?
- Are the bison leaving Yellowstone National Park because it is overgrazed?
- Why don’t you just let the bison roam freely outside Yellowstone National Park?
- Why don’t you allow native predators to control bison numbers?
- Why can’t you ship bison to other areas or quarantine facilities rather than meat processing facilities?
- What happens to all the meat, hides, horns, etc. from bison shipped to meat processing facilities?
- Why are bison managed differently from other wildlife and not allowed to move freely into Montana and disperse to new areas?
- Are removals of bison and shipments to meat processing facilities precedent setting for national parks?
- What are the economic costs of bison removals from Yellowstone National Park?
- Has the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) been successful at accomplishing its goals?
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