<div dir="auto">I don't think this guy is citing sources and he is a known pot stirrer who is erratic. Not sure this serves the community. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 10:16 AM John Meyer via Missoula-Community-News <<a href="mailto:missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org">missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><p class="MsoNormal">After being overturned by U.S. Senator Steve
Daines/Congress on my last three court wins for public lands/endangered
species, I've learned it is important to not only have the law and the science
on your side, but also public opinion. In order to win in the court of public
opinion, you have to ensure the public understands the issue. As Nelson Mandela
says, “<b>Education</b> is the most powerful <b>weapon</b> which
you can use to change the world.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This is the 3rd and final part of a series that is designed to
educate and promote conversation around management of Yellowstone bison.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black">Education</span></u><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the Yellowstone buffalo herd began
to migrate during the winter into Montana. The State of Montana sued the
Federal government because the buffalo were causing economic damage. After
several rounds of litigation involving Montana, the Feds, and environmental
groups, a district court ordered Montana and the Feds into a settlement
mediation.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In 2000, the Interagency Bison Management Plan “IBMP” was
born. The IBMP requires the state and federal agencies to work together to
contain YNP bison within the Park except as monitored and controlled by the
agency partners according to the overall wildlife plan.<u></u><u></u></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The IBMP does not allow buffalo to roam north
of Yankee Jim Canyon for fear of a buffalo passing brucellosis to a cow. The State of Montana and Federal Government historically hazed buffalo
back into Yellowstone with helicopters, four wheelers, and horses before the cows were released onto public land. In 2005, the
IBMP was adjusted to allow bison hunting in the State of Montana by licensed
hunters and American Indians with Treaty Rights.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Today, Native and non-Native American hunters line up and
wait for Yellowstone Buffalo to walk out of the Park and begin shooting. <span class="m_6191190621268610704apple-converted-space"> </span>For the most part, the State of
Montana and Federal Government no longer have to haze bison back into Yellowstone
because hunters kill them as soon as they leave the Park.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The “hunt” has become dangerous because too many people are
in too small of an area. Local residents are concerned somebody is going to get
killed. MT Fish, Wildlife, and Parks has stated the fear of a hunter being
killed is real. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Governor Bullock previously issued an order that allows buffalo to
travel farther out of Yellowstone on the west side of the Park. He can issue an
order allowing bison to travel farther out of Yellowstone onto public land on
the north side of Park also.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u><span style="color:black">In 2018, Cottonwood filed a lawsuit against Governor
Bullock and the Feds challenging the lack of analysis for the dangerous hunt
and failing to consider new science from the National Academy of Sciences that
says elk are the vector of disease, not buffalo. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cottonwood is now preparing to ask the Ninth Circuit to
postpone the dangerous buffalo hunt to protect human safety.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black">Conversation Starter</span><u></u><u></u></u><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Do you support postponing the dangerous
Yellowstone buffalo hunt?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u><span style="color:black">Do you support Governor Bullock issuing an order that
allows buffalo to migrate north of Yankee Jim Canyon to repopulate public lands
and disperse hunting pressure?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u>Next week</u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Next week we’ll tackle an issue that most public figures refuse to acknowledge: <b>overpopulation. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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