In this assignment I would need the history ofconservation researched for the Yellowstone Bisonand Brucellosis. Please list all references that you may use.

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Thebison (Bison bison)population (American buffalo) has sharply declined in the nineteenth centurydue to overhunting. By 1902 the bison population was down to only two dozenindividuals in the Yellowstone area. Through remarkable conservation efforts bythe National Park Service and other agencies, the bison population has fullyrecovered. This is a wonderful success story of biology conservation, but… witha twist. The bison population is growing rapidly and because this is amigratory species in the winter there are now issues related to their migrationon private and state land outside the national park boundaries.

This may mean that bisoncompete with local livestock for grass and damage properties but, still, thisis 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 stillborncalves and can also be transmitted to humans) still infects wild animals (bisonand elk) and can be transmitted to cattle.

Thus, by law bison are notallowed to migrate outside the national park like other animals that live inthe park (including elk which can also carry brucellosis). A management planfor this recovered species had to be developed and since 2000 there is anInteragency Bison Management Plan which includes several agencies (includingfive federal and state agencies and three Native American tribes), but thereare still other stakeholders to be considered (bison advocacy groups, livestockproducers, ranchers, hunters, etc.)as the management plan needs revision and updates to deal with the expandingbison population.