History of the Bison

In this assignment I would need the history of
conservation researched for the Yellowstone Bison
and Brucellosis. Please list all references that you may use.

Notes:

The
bison (Bison bison)
population (American buffalo) has sharply declined in the nineteenth century
due to overhunting. By 1902 the bison population was down to only two dozen
individuals in the Yellowstone area. Through remarkable conservation efforts by
the National Park Service and other agencies, the bison population has fully
recovered. This is a wonderful success story of biology conservation, but? with
a twist. The bison population is growing rapidly and because this is a
migratory species in the winter there are now issues related to their migration
on private and state land outside the national park boundaries.

This may mean that bison
compete with local livestock for grass and damage properties but, still, this
is not the full story! The Greater Yellowstone Area is the only area in the U.S.
where brucellosis (bacteria that can cause cows to abort or deliver stillborn
calves and can also be transmitted to humans) still infects wild animals (bison
and elk) and can be transmitted to cattle.

Thus, by law bison are not
allowed to migrate outside the national park like other animals that live in
the park (including elk which can also carry brucellosis). A management plan
for this recovered species had to be developed and since 2000 there is an
Interagency Bison Management Plan which includes several agencies (including
five federal and state agencies and three Native American tribes), but there
are still other stakeholders to be considered (bison advocacy groups, livestock
producers, ranchers, hunters, etc.)
as the management plan needs revision and updates to deal with the expanding
bison population.