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Bison Quarantine Study Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced their intent to prepare an environmental assessment analyzing the environmental impacts associated with a proposed decision to implement Phase II and Phase III of a bison quarantine feasibility study. This action is being proposed pursuant to the state of Montana’s authority to manage publicly owned bison that enter Montana from Yellowstone National Park, APHIS’ regulatory authority relative to the National Brucellosis Eradication Program, and the provisions of the Interagency Bison Management Plan (...from MT FWP website).
Keith Aune, FWP Biologist, gave a presentation to the UYWB on April 7, 2005. Although the comment period has expired, click on the following link for more information.
Wolves A working group of Montana citizens and agencies agreed ... on a general framework that seeks to help livestock operators avoid problems caused by wolves and to reimburse them when damages occur.
The 30-member group, which met in Helena four times this spring, agreed to create a Livestock Loss Reduction and Mitigation Program aimed at decreasing wolf-damage risks through prevention, active management of the state’s wolf population, and through a program to reimburse livestock operators for losses caused by wolves.
The agreement in part fulfills a Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks commitment under Montana’s wolf conservation and management plan to help create a workable compensation program (from MT FWP website).
Two members of the UYWB are participating in this group, for more information, click on the following link:
Irrigation
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) NRCS Irrigation Page:
Montana State University Agronomic topics in Montana:
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) The Montana Rivers Project works with irrigators on a cooperative basis, providing tools and information that help them avoid overwatering, use water and energy more efficiently, maintain correct soil moisture, and reduce their pumping expenses.
Range
Society for Range Management http://www.rangelands.org/srm.shtml Gallatin National Forest The UYWB hosted an information meeting on April 21, 2005 (see minutes) about the Travel Plan. For more information:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin/?page=/projects/travel_planning
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) Soil Quality: Managing Soil for Today and Tomorrow
Stream Health
Montana Department of Environmental Quality For information about the TMDL (total maximum daily load) process, click here:
Environet - Watershed Information To view waterbodies listed in the MT DEQ Assessment Database, click on the following link.
http://maps2.nris.state.mt.us/scripts/esrimap. dll?name=TMDL2004&Cmd=INSTDepartment of Natural Resources and Conservation To view information about water rights, click on the following link to the DNRC Water Rights Query System:
UYR Cooperative Agreement Upper Yellowstone River Cooperative Agreement
http://upperyellowstonerivertaskforce.org/pdf /cooperativeagreement.pdf
Weeds
Montana Weed Control Association For more information about noxious weeds in Montana, including events, identification, impacts, weed news, and more, click on the following link:
Montana Department of Agriculture Montana Noxious Weeds List
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