Trader’s Dispatch, November 2012 — Page A12
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Maggie Nutter, President of the Marias Livestock Association. Photo courtesy of Helen Brown.
Marias River Livestock Association meeting
Marias River Livestock Association had a great line up of speakers Thursday, September 20 at the Elk’s Club / Coyote Event Center’s downstairs meeting room in Shelby, Montana. Quentin Kujala, Sections Coordinator, Wildlife Bureau FWP, presented the Elk Management Guidelines in Areas with Brucellosis Working Groups suggestions for the FWP Commission. The Working Group was formed in the fall of 2011 in response to the increased seroprevalence of Brucellosis in the Elk of the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA). In the 1980 & 90’s the seroprevalence in the GYA Elk was below 2%, but in 2007 elk associated with feeding programs in the southern GYA climbed to between 7–37% seroprevalence. There were also cases where cattle had contracted the disease from the wild elk. In order to protect the Brucellosis Free Status of the State action was needed and the Working Group was formed in the Fall of 2011. The group of 12 citizens attended 6 meetings the last of which was held in June of this year. During the 6 meetings their focus was to come up with guidelines for elk management that reduce the risk of brucellosis transfer from Elk to cattle and would be acceptable to a large variety of people with different values and life experiences. Because the elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area live in three states, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, and in mulitlple parks and Wildlife management areas it needs to be understood that the Montana FWP has limited authority and the cooperation of different agencies and states will also affect the success of reducing the seroprevalence in the GYA. The Working Group’s Guidelines will be presented to the FWP Commission during the October 12 and November 8, monthly Commission meetings in Helena for their consideration and adoption. A draft of the guidelines will then be put out for a public comment period thru December. The guidelines will include hunting to reduce winter herd size/density develop a late hunting season, use of season structure to address harboring of elk on private property. Steps to alter the habitat would include: Preform/suggest landscape alterations that will promote spatial and temporal separation of elk and livestock during critical brucellosis risk periods, the use of livestock for high intensity/short duration grazing of underused areas of native vegetation on Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) which causes ideal grazing conditions for wildlife when the grass grows back, planting of forage that will attract the elk to it, water developments.
Tobin Arnold, Conrad and Buster Brown discuss livestock issues during the Marias River Livestock Association meeting. Photo courtesy of Helen Brown. CONTINUED ON PAGE A13