Draft environmental impact statement for Draft environmental impact statement for the interagency bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park draftenvironment09unit Year: 1998 THE ALTERNATIVES along the west side of the park in the general vicinity of the town of West Yellowstone. Two additional boundary areas are mentioned in the alternatives. One is the combined Monument Mountain Unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Cabin Creek Wildlife and Recreation Management Area on the west side of the park and north of West Yellowstone (generally north of Grayling C
Draft environmental impact statement for Draft environmental impact statement for the interagency bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park draftenvironment09unit Year: 1998 THE ALTERNATIVES along the west side of the park in the general vicinity of the town of West Yellowstone. Two additional boundary areas are mentioned in the alternatives. One is the combined Monument Mountain Unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Cabin Creek Wildlife and Recreation Management Area on the west side of the park and north of West Yellowstone (generally north of Grayling Creek/Fir Ridge). Land use in this area emphasizes wildlife and precludes domestic livestock. The other, which includes Hellroaring Creek and Slough Creek drainages in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness lies along the northern boundary of the park to the east of the Eagle Creek/Bear Creek drainage. Both Hellroaring Creek and Slough Creek drainages are geographically isolated from areas with permitted cattle. In most alternatives, bison are allowed into Lee Metcalf/Cabin Creek and Hellroaring and Slough drainages, although very few are able to traverse the rugged terrain and deep snow in the winter. BISON CAPTURE The agencies have included capture facilities to help keep bison from moving across the boundaries in all alternatives except alternative 2. Bison are either herded into the facility with fences and hazing, or they are baited to enter. Captured bison are card tested for exposure to B. abortus, and either slaughtered, quarantined, or released depending on serological status, pregnancy status, population numbers, and the alternative. The size of the capture facility would vary with location, but siting criteria always include at a minimum the following: • Holding pastures, corrals, handling equipment, and wing fences would be temporary structures. • Capture facilities would use existing roads inside the park and to the extent practicable outside the park. Brucellosis
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