| Documents on this web page were divulged through requests made under Montana's constitutional right to know, in court filings, Freedom of Information Act requests, and by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Viewed together, the documents shed some light on how:
*The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture APHIS is a funding conduit of American taxpayer dollars that backs Montana's statute outlawing wild migratory buffalo in the state and placing the indigenous species under the jurisdiction of the Montana Dept. of Livestock (MCA 81-2-120).
*Millions of taxpayer dollars are flowing unscrutinized annually to support the Interagency Bison Management Plan, to destroy thousands of wild buffalo and harass the species off public lands - and private lands where they are welcome - while cattle continue to be infected with brucellosis from species other than wild buffalo. This public disclosure also implicates
*Yellowstone National Park in systematically preventing buffalo from inhabiting Montana year-round by harassing the species off habitat the population needs to survive and capturing the migratory giants in pens for shipment to U.S.D.A. approved slaughter houses.
Please contact your members of Congress and ask them to redirect wasteful and costly taxpayer funding away from the Interagency Bison Management Plan to initiatives that conserve, protect and restore habitat for America's wild buffalo to freely roam.
AMERICAN TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES OUTLAWING MIGRATORY BISON IN MONTANA
Adopted in 2000, the Interagency Bison Management Plan is estimated to cost American taxpayers over $3,000,000 annually based on U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates. The GAO reports the bison management plan is nearly completely paid for by American taxpayers with total U.S. Treasury expenditures of $3,304,817 in 2006. To date, the plan has cost American taxpayers over $30,000,000.
(Download AMERICAN TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES TO MONTANA FOR IMPLEMENTING STATE LAW GOVERNING MIGRATORY BISON, March 2012, PDF, 53k)
U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE AND MONTANA DEPT. OF LIVESTOCK COOPERATIVE FUNDING AGREEMENTS, WORK PLANS, AND MOUs
From 2001 to 2010, nearly $6,000,000 in American taxpayer funding was given to the Montana Department of Livestock to enforce MCA 81-2-120 fully funding the livestock agency's role in the Interagency Bison
Management Plan.
APHIS MDOL request for advance 2000 (PDF 1MB)
APHIS MDOL revision to cooperative agreement 2000 (PDF 1.2 MB)
APHIS MDOL revision to cooperative agreement 2003 (PDF 1.6 MB)
APHIS MDOL revision to cooperative agreement 2004 (PDF 6 MB)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2005-2006 (PDF 6 MB)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2006-2007 (PDF 2.2 MB)
APHIS MDOL notice of cooperative agreement 2006 (PDF 3.5 MB)
APHIS MDOL notice of cooperative agreement 2007 (PDF 4.3 MB)
APHIS MDOL revision to cooperative agreement 2009 (PDF 1.4 MB)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2008 (PDF 6.1 MB)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2008 (all records) (PDF 6 MB)
APHIS MDOL revision to cooperative agreement 2009 (PDF 2.7 MB)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2009 (all records) (PDF 8.6 MB)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2010 (PDF 410 kb)
APHIS MDOL notice of cooperative agreement 2010 (all records) (PDF 8.5 MB)
APHIS MDOL notice of cooperative agreement 2010 (PDF 180 kb)
APHIS MDOL revision of cooperative agreement 2010 (PDF 3.8 MB)
APHIS MDOL work plan 2010 (PDF 627 kb)
APHIS MDOL cooperative agreement 2011 (PDF 2.8 MB)
APHIS MDOL amendment to work plan 2011 (PDF 381 kb)
MDOL application for APHIS assistance 2007-2008 (PDF 4.9 MB)
MDOL application for APHIS assistance 2010 (PDF 279 kb)
MDOL Bridger email cooperative agreement 2003 (PDF 442 kb)
MDOL MFWP Memorandum of Understanding 2002 (PDF 147 kb)
MDOL MFWP Memorandum of Understanding 2011 (PDF 385 kb)
MDOL MFWP Memorandum of Understanding 2001/2010 (PDF 1.3 MB)
MFWP MDOL Invoice 2008 (PDF 180 kb)
SPBM MDOL Procurement Policy USDA Administrative and Financial Review of Brucellosis Bison Operations Management Program Findings 2011 (PDF 455 kb)
WS MDOL Trust Fund and Cooperative Agreement 2007 (1.2 MB)
MONTANA DEPT. OF LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, LEASES AND INVOICES
Central Copters Invoice 2008-2011 (PDF 406 kb)
Central Copters Invoice 2008 (PDF 1.3 MB)
Central Copters Invoice 2009 (PDF 668 kb)
Central Copters Invoice May 2009 (PDF 545 kb)
Central Copters Invoice June 2010 (PDF 1.1 MB)
Central Copters Invoice May 2010 (PDF 655 kb)
Central Copters Invoice 2011 (PDF 799 kb)
Dell Invoice 2007 (PDF 741 kb)
Bison Program Equipment Purchase List and Assignments 1996-2009 (PDF 2.6 MB)
Central Copters Invoice 2001-2008 (PDF 139 kb)
Dale Koelzer Ranch Estate Verbal Lease Agreement - Rankin email 2007 (PDF 152 kb)
Dale Koelzer Ranch Estate Verbal Lease Agreement - Rankin hand notes 2007 (PDF 160 kb)
Vehicle Purchase 2008 (PDF 139 kb)
Vehicle Purchase 2007 (PDF 430 kb)
MONTANA DEPT. OF LIVESTOCK FINANCIAL REPORTS
GAO request for bison related financials - Harris email 2007 (PDF 2 MB)
MDOL quarterly financial status report 2007 (PDF 3.6 MB)
MDOL 1st quarter report 2006 (PDF 1.2 MB)
MDOL 1st quarter report 2007 (PDF 782 kb)
MDOL 1st quarter report 2009 (PDF 1.9 MB)
MDOL 1st quarter report 2011 (PDF 1.8 MB)
MDOL 2nd quarter report 2007 (PDF 1.2 MB)
MDOL 3rd quarter report 2007 (PDF 1.4 MB)
MDOL 3rd quarter report 2010 (PDF 4.6 MB)
MDOL 4th quarter report 2005 (PDF 1.1 MB)
MDOL 4th quarter report 2008 (PDF 1.7 MB)
MDOL expense report 2001-2006 (PDF 1.8 MB)
MDOL expense report 2007 (PDF 1 MB)
MDOL expense report 2006-2007 (PDF 5.3 MB)
MDOL expense report emailed to GAO 2001-2007 (PDF 1.1 MB)
MDOL final report 2005 (PDF 2.8 MB)
MDOL financial status report 2006-2007 (PDF 856 kb)
MDOL final report 2007 (PDF 2.3 MB)
MDOL final report 2008 (PDF 1.7 MB)
MDOL final report 2009 (PDF 1.4 MB)
MDOL final report 2010 (PDF 4.9 MB)
U.S. Government Accountability Office Estimated Annual Bison Management Expenditures (Unadjusted for Inflation) Fiscal Years 2002-2007. (Image)
MDOL FY 2000 Bison Fiscal Report (PDF 600kb)
MDOL Budget FY 2002 (PDF 32kb)
MDOL Summary of Bison Expenditures 1996-2000 (PDF 100kb)
MDOL Summary of Bison Expenditures 1996-2002 (Image)
MONTANA DEPT. OF LIVESTOCK and YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BISON HAZING REPORTS
APHIS Aircraft use report 2007/2009 (PDF 893 kb)
APHIS Wildlife Services pilot use 2007/2009 (PDF 274 kb)
MDOL Bison hazing operations northern boundary 2007 (PDF 332 kb)
MDOL Bison hazing operations western boundary 2007 (PDF 1MB)
YNP Bison relocation summary 2010 (PDF 655 kb)
YNP Bison relocation summary 2011 (PDF 672 kb)
YNP helicopter hazing incident 2009 (PDF 86 kb)
YNP Bison Hazing and Capture Operations Winter 2007 - 2008 (PDF 360 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities April-May 2001 (PDF 258 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities April-May 2002 (PDF 283 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities April-May 2005 (PDF 279 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities April-May 2006 (PDF 398 kb)
YNP Interagency Bison Management Plan – Assumptions and Realizations July 2008 (PDF 274 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities July 2008 (PDF 303 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities June 8-14 2001 (PDF 251 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities June 15-30 2001 (PDF 248 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities June 2002 (PDF 263 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities June 2007 (PDF 342 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 4-10 2001 (PDF 257 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 11-17 2001 (PDF 249 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 18-24 2001 (PDF 258 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 25-31 2001(PDF 246 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 4-17 2002 (PDF 535 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 18-31 2002 (PDF 272 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities April May 2003 (PDF 273 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 2003 (PDF 265 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 2004 (PDF 247 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 2005 (PDF 290 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May 2009 (PDF 284 kb)
YNP Bison Population Management Activities May June 2006 (PDF 713 kb)
YNP Lessons Learned from 2007 West Bison Operations (PDF 351 kb)
YNP P.J. White, Rick L. Wallen, Chris Geremia, John J. Treanor, Douglas W. Blanton. 2011. Management of Yellowstone bison and brucellosis transmission risk – Implications for conservation and restoration. Biological Conservation 144: 1322–1334. (PDF 582 kb)
U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE AND MONTANA DEPT. OF LIVESTOCK BRUCELLA INFECTION INCIDENT REPORTS
APHIS brucella genotyping test report - Ellis (PDF 426 kb)
APHIS brucella genotyping final report - Confidential - Flying D (PDF 840 kb)
APHIS brucella genotyping final report - Confidential - Ragsdale (PDF 348 kb)
MDOL Preliminary Epidemiology Report Montana Brucellosis (PDF 1.5 MB)
MDOL reimbursement CUT cow 2007 - email correspondence (PDF 332 kb)
APHIS brucella genotyping test report - Pray (PDF 42 kb)
Albano Beja-Pereira, Betsy Bricker, Shanyuan Chen, Claudia Almendra, P. J. White, and Gordon Luikart. 2009. DNA Genotyping Suggests that Recent Brucellosis Outbreaks in the Greater Yellowstone Area Originated from Elk. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(4): 1174-1177. (PDF 361 kb)
MT Brucellosis 2008 - Traces Overview (PDF 60 kb)
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