. Draft environmental impact statement for the interagency bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. American bison; American bison; American bison; Brucellosis in animals; Brucellosis in animals. SUMMARY PROPOSED ACTION NEED EOR ACTION This environmental impact statement analyzes impacts of several different means (alternatives) for the interagency, long-term management (assumed for purposes of analysis to be 15 years) of Yellowstone area bison to ensure domestic cattle in portions of Montana adjacent to Yellowstone National Park are protected from brucello
. Draft environmental impact statement for the interagency bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. American bison; American bison; American bison; Brucellosis in animals; Brucellosis in animals. SUMMARY PROPOSED ACTION NEED EOR ACTION This environmental impact statement analyzes impacts of several different means (alternatives) for the interagency, long-term management (assumed for purposes of analysis to be 15 years) of Yellowstone area bison to ensure domestic cattle in portions of Montana adjacent to Yellowstone National Park are protected from brucellosis, a disease some of these bison carry, and to ensure the viability of the bison herd. Each alternative requires the cooperation of the Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS), the state of Montana, and the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USFS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), as all have jurisdiction over a portion of the management effort, either directly or indirectly. At this time alternative 7, main- taining a specific bison population range, is the agencies' preferred means of management. PROJECT LOCATION The analysis area is a part of what is often described as the Greater Yellowstone Area, the largest and most nearly intact ecosystem in the contiguous United States (Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee 1991). The portion specifically subject to analysis includes those areas in Yellowstone National Park habitually occupied by bison (approximately million acres) and adjacent federal, state, and private lands outside the park in southwestern Montana (parts of Park and Gallatin Counties) that have been periodically occupied by Yellowstone bison over the past 12 years. The area outside the park includes approxi- mately 568,994 acres, of which about 97% is managed by Gallatin National Forest, 1% by state or local government, and 2% by private owners. Bison are an essential component of Yellowstone Nati
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