No bison on Spotted Dog, says FWP

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is shelving the idea for placing quarantined bison on the Spotted Dog and Marias River wildlife management areas, but is recommending that 68 quarantined bison be relocated to two northern Montana Indian reservations. 

The final decision about the relocation of the bison — which migrated out of Yellowstone National Park, and were rounded up, quarantined and tested since 2004 as part of a brucellosis study — is expected to be made by the FWP Commission at its Dec. 9 meeting in Helena. However, the recommendation was part of a Record of Decision signed Wednesday by FWP Director Joe Maurier.

If the commission approves the recommendation, the 68 bison could be moved as early as this winter to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation near Harlem and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation near Wolf Point.

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