American Bison - Buffalo Field Campaign
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ABS <strong>American</strong> <strong>Bison</strong> Society<br />
ABSG <strong>American</strong> <strong>Bison</strong> Specialist Group, a division of<br />
the IUCN BSG<br />
ADFG Alaska Department of Fish and Game<br />
AGFD Arizona Game and Fish Department<br />
ALCES® A Landscape Cumulative Effects Simulator,<br />
FOREM Technologies<br />
ANPP Herbaceous above ground net primary<br />
productivity<br />
APF <strong>American</strong> Prairie Foundation<br />
APFRAN Animal Plant and Food Risk Assessment<br />
Network, Canada<br />
APHIS U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and<br />
Plant Health Inspection Service<br />
BLU Bluetongue<br />
BNP Badlands National Park, South Dakota<br />
BRCP <strong>Bison</strong> Research and Containment Program,<br />
Northwest Territories<br />
BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy<br />
BSG IUCN <strong>Bison</strong> Specialist Group<br />
BTB Bovine tuberculosis<br />
BVD Bovine viral diarrhoea<br />
CAMP Conservation Action Management Plan<br />
process, IUCN Captive Breeding Specialist<br />
Group<br />
CATG Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments,<br />
Alaska<br />
CBA Canadian <strong>Bison</strong> Association<br />
CBD International Convention on Biological<br />
Diversity<br />
CBSG IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist<br />
Group<br />
CDOJ Canadian Department of Justice<br />
CFIA Canadian Food Inspection Agency<br />
CITES Convention on International Trade in<br />
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora<br />
CMN Canadian Museum of Nature<br />
CONANP Comision Nacional De Areas Naturales<br />
Protegidas, Mexico<br />
COSEWIC Committee on the Status of Endangered<br />
Wildlife in Canada<br />
CSP Custer State Park, South Dakota<br />
CWS Canadian Wildlife Service<br />
Acronyms<br />
CWCS Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy<br />
DNDC The Department of National Defence, Canada<br />
EHD Epizootic hemorrhagic disease<br />
EINP Elk Island National Park, Alberta<br />
EIS Environmental Impact Statement<br />
ESA U.S. Endangered Species Act<br />
ESU Evolutionarily significant unit<br />
FAD Foreign Animal Disease<br />
FEARP Federal Environmental Assessment Review<br />
Panel, Canada<br />
FMD Foot-and-mouth disease, or heartwater<br />
FNNWR Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge,<br />
Nebraska<br />
GEU Geminate evolutionary unit<br />
GTNP Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming<br />
GWBE Greater Wood <strong>Buffalo</strong> Ecosystem, Canada<br />
GWBNP Greater Wood <strong>Buffalo</strong> National Park, Canada<br />
GYA Greater Yellowstone Area<br />
HMSP Henry Mountains State Park, Utah<br />
HOAA Health of Animals Act, Canada<br />
InVEST Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services<br />
and Tradeoffs<br />
ITBC Intertribal <strong>Bison</strong> Cooperative<br />
IUCN SSC IUCN Species Survival Commission<br />
IUCN SUSG IUCN Sustainable Use Specialist Group<br />
JD Johne’s disease<br />
MBS Mackenzie <strong>Bison</strong> Sanctuary, Northwest<br />
Territories<br />
MCA Montana Code Annotated<br />
MCF Malignant catarrhal fever<br />
MDOL State of Montana Department of Livestock<br />
MFWP State of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife<br />
and Parks<br />
MLVA Multiple locus, variable number, tandem repeat<br />
analysis<br />
MtDNA Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid<br />
N Population size<br />
<strong>American</strong> <strong>Bison</strong>: Status Survey and Conservation Guidelines 2010 xiii