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Table 8.1 (continued) Country/ State Province Animal Classification Wildlife Domestic Nevada No Yes Oklahoma No Yes South Dakota Yes, partially Yes Texas Yes Yes Utah Yes Yes Protected and/or Wildlife Status Wild bison are considered extirpated in Nevada and are not classified by the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife; Bison are classified by Nevada Dept. of Agriculture. Classified as domesticated animals; Protected on two preserves (one federal and one private). Identified as “Wildlife” only in the confines of National Park System; Bison are contained within Custer State Park. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department considers wild bison extirpated; Found only in Caprock State Park and on one TNC preserve. Free roaming populations are found in the Henry Mountains and on Antelope Island; Utah just completed a reintroduction to the Book Cliffs. Long Term Conservation Goal 70 American Bison: Status Survey and Conservation Guidelines 2010 No Only for Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge and TNC preserve. Yes; Only within the State and National Park System and one TNC preserve. Only within one state park and one TNC preserve. Herd management plan being developed for the Henry Mountains population and Book Cliffs. Key Statutes or Policies Affecting Conservation Bison not referenced in wildlife regulations (Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 502, 503 or 504); Regulations note that possession of bison does not require a permit; Regulations pertaining to domestic bison are described in NAC 571. There are no references to bison in the Game and Fish regulations in Title 29; Title 800-25-25-3 lists species of wildlife exempt from wildlife permits or license; Regulations pertaining to domestic bison are described in Title 2 (Agriculture) and Title 4 (Animals) of Oklahoma Code. South Dakota statutes Title 41 do not mention bison anywhere in the wildlife regulations; State laws identify bison as livestock. No longer considered a game animal in Texas - Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 43; Texas Agriculture Code (chap. 2.005) recognises bison as wild animals indigenous to the state but can be raised for commercial purposes to preserve the species. Wild bison are managed under regulations in Title 23 of Utah Code; Regulations pertaining to domestic bison are described in Title 4 of Utah Code. Proposals for Restoration No No No No Yes; Recent introduction to Book Cliffs. Major Legislative and/or Policy Obstacles Agriculture and forestry conflicts; Regulatory status. Agriculture and forestry conflicts; Small parcels of public or private conservation land; Regulatory status. Status of bison is livestock outside the National Park System; Management under captivity; Agriculture and forestry conflicts; Regulatory status. Agriculture conflicts; Small parcels of public or private conservation land; Regulatory status. Agriculture conflicts.
Table 8.1 (continued) Country/ State Province Wyoming Animal Classification Wildlife Domestic Yes, partially Yes Canada Yes Yes Alberta British Columbia Yes for wood bison; No for plains bison. Yes Yes Yes Protected and/or Wildlife Status “Wildlife” within national forest and national parks of Park and Teton counties in the GYA; Are classified as domestic animals in the remainder of the state. The General Status of Species for plains bison is Sensitive; Plains bison petitioned for endangered status denied-Current Status Threatened; Wood bison are listed as Threatened; Both subspecies are managed as native wildlife on some Canadian Parks and in some provinces Consider plains bison as extirpated; Plains bison are not listed under the Alberta Wildlife Act; Plains bison listed at risk in 2000 status report; Lists wood bison as endangered in the Hay-Zama wood bison protection area in NW Alberta. For plains bison the General Status of Species=Sensitive. General Class is “Big Game” and “Wildlife”; Listed as Vulnerable; Wood bison are on the Provincial Red List-Imperiled subspecies. Long Term Conservation Goal Yes, in NER and GTNP Management Plan and EIS; Yellowstone population conserved though Interagency Bison Management Plan with Montana No, plains bison; Yes, wood bison, in National Recovery Plan. No for plains bison; Yes for wood bison, with National Recovery Plan. No for plains bison; Yes –for wood bison, with National Recovery Plan Key Statutes or Policies Affecting Conservation WY (Wyoming Fish and Game Commission regulation) 11-6-32 vi classifies bison as livestock unless otherwise designated by Livestock Board and Wildlife Commission; WY 23-1-302 xxvi gives authority to designate individual bison or herds as wildlife; Management Plan and EIS for bison and elk on NER and Grand Teton National Park. 1996 Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk in Canada; Species at Risk Act, 2002; COSEWIC designated plains bison threatened in May 2004; Wood bison were classified as endangered in 1978 moved up to Threatened in 1988 (COSEWIC); Canada National Parks Act (2001); Wood bison are on The Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife (RENEW) priority list. 1985 Policy for the Management of Threatened Wildlife in Alberta; Alberta Wildlife Act (1998) 2000 Status of Alberta Wild Species. British Columbia Wildlife Act (1996) General Status of Species in Canada (CESCC 2001); Provincial Blue List and Provincial Red List (British Columbia Conservation Data Centre 2000). Proposals for Restoration Yes; Northern Arapaho reintroduction to the Wind River Reservation. Yes, in Banff National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park, Grasslands National Park for plains bison; National Recovery Plan for wood bison. Yes; in Banff and Waterton National Parks. No for plains bison; Wood bison under National Recovery Plan. Major Legislative and/or Policy Obstacles Status of bison outside of designated areas in statute (Park and Teton Counties); Disease status of YNP and Jackson- Grand Teton bison; Agriculture and forestry conflicts; Regulatory status outside of Parks. Absence of strategic planning for plains bison; Multiple jurisdictions and coordination of agencies; Agriculture and forestry conflicts; Disease transmission to cattle: Diseased status of some existing wild bison; Management in captivity Legal status of plains bison is “livestock”; Agricultural and forestry conflicts; Conservation status of hybrid bison in WBNP. Agricultural and forestry conflicts; Plains bison outside their original range. American Bison: Status Survey and Conservation Guidelines 2010 71
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements
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6.3 Demographics ..................
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9.6 Active Management: Handling, He
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This manuscript is the product of m
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ABS American Bison Society ABSG Ame
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The publication of this IUCN Americ
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and foothills. Bison have a profoun
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Chapter 1 Introduction: The Context
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composition and function, as well a
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Chapter 2 History of Bison in North
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Figure 2.1 Original ranges of plain
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Charles Alloway (Manitoba), Charles
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nomadic “Plains Indian Culture”
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Chapter 3 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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demonstrate that Bison and Bos were
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from their original habitat near th
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Joern, A. 2005. Disturbance by fire
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Matthews, S.B. 1991. An assessment
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Possingham, H.P., Davies, I., Noble
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Shaw, J.H. 1995. How many bison ori
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van Zyll de Jong, C.G. 1986. A Syst
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Appendix A North American conservat
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Plains bison (continued) State/Prov
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