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Thursday, December 11, 2014   

GARDINER, Mont. - It's the last day for Montanans to add their thoughts to the latest alternative for the year-round bison habitat plan. More than 100,000 people already commented on the initial proposal, but this new addition makes changes to range area and killing animals before allowing the herd to roam into the expanded regions.

Sabina Strauss owns the Yellowstone Basin Inn. She says while the alternative recognizes the public's desire to see bison outside of Yellowstone, she doesn't think the killing or new limits make ecological sense.

"I'm looking out of my office window right now, overlooking the Yellowstone River in the Gardiner Basin, I've got a bighorn sheep in my backyard," says Strauss. "There's elk across the river, there's pronghorn, why can't the bison be here as well?"

Concerns about bison numbers and range locations are connected to a risk of bison infecting cattle with brucellosis. There have been no reported cases of that happening, and several local groups, including the Sierra Club, have been working with landowners to install fencing to minimize the risk of disease transmission, as well as property damage.

Strauss says bison are a lure for tourists at her business, interested in seeing and photographing the animals.

"Tourists come here from all over the world, China, Israel, Palestine, and Spain. They come from all over because they don't have this. We do. We're the only place in the world that has this," she says.

There were several alternatives. One proposal called Alternative B garnered the most public support during initial comments. It would provide bison about 400,000 acres of year-round habitat, mostly on public lands, and without culling the animals before allowing them to roam into the new areas. Comments can be made through the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks website.


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