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Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (2020)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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Appendix B

Open Session Meeting Agendas

FIRST MEETING AGENDA

July 1-2, 2015
Montana State University
Strand Union Building
Ballroom A

WEDNESDAY, July 1
1:00–1:15 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
1:15–1:30 p.m. National Academy of Sciences Study Process and Committee’s Statement of Task
Peggy Yih, Study Director
(15-minute presentation)
1:30–2:15 p.m. Charge to the Committee from the Sponsor; Regulatory Oversight of Brucellosis Under USDA Jurisdiction
P. Ryan Clarke, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS)
(10-minute to discuss Statement of Task + 5-min Q&A, 15-min presentation on USDA mandate + 15-min Q&A)
2:15–3:15 p.m. Overview of Previous Work Conducted by the National Park Service on Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area; Status of Ongoing and Future Activities
Superintendent Dan Wenk and P.J. White, National Park Service
(40-minute presentation, 20-min Q&A with committee)
3:15–3:30 p.m. Break
3:30–5:00 p.m. Montana’s State and Regional Efforts on Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area

Perspective from the Department of Livestock
Christian MacKay and Eric Liska, Montana Department of Livestock
(30-minute presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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Perspective from the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Quentin Kujala, Kelly Proffitt, and Jennifer Ramsey, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
(30-minute presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)
5:00–5:25 p.m. Public Comments
Please register ahead of time
5:25–5:30 p.m. Chair’s Closing Remarks for Day 1
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
5:30 p.m. Adjourn Meeting for Day 1
THURSDAY, July 2
8:30–8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
8:45–9:15 a.m. A Genomic Assessment of Brucellosis Transmission Dynamics in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Pauline Kamath, U.S. Geological Survey
9:15–9:45 a.m. Environmental Persistence of Brucella abortus in the Greater Yellowstone Area, and Wildlife Management and Conservation Practices
Keith Aune, Wildlife Conservation Society
9:45–10:15 a.m. Elk Ecology and Elk-Wolf Dynamics in Northern Yellowstone
Dan MacNulty, Utah State University
10:15–10:30 a.m. Break
10:30–11:00 a.m. Native American Bison Management and Practices
Jim Stone, Inter Tribal Buffalo Council
11:00–11:30 a.m. Impact of Brucellosis on Montana Livestock Production
Errol Rice, Montana Stockgrowers Association
11:30–11:55 a.m. Public Comments
Please register ahead of time
11:55 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Chair’s Closing Remarks
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
12:00 p.m. Adjourn Open Session

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK FIELD TRIP
September 14, 2015

8:30 a.m. Meet at the Carbella Boat Launch
NAS staff to check photo IDs of confirmed participants
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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8:45 a.m. Depart via bus
8:45–9:00 a.m. Carbella
Scale of management issue; Elk populations and migration patterns; Risk of elk comingling with livestock; Northern management area for bison
9:30–10:00 a.m. Stephens Creek
Bison migration to northern boundary; Culling, testing, and vaccination
10:30–10:45 a.m. Mammoth
Bathroom Break at Yellowstone Center for Resources
11:00–11:15 a.m. Blacktail Deer Plateau
Bison seasonal use patterns
12:00–1:15 p.m. Buffalo Ranch
Lunch/Bathroom
History of bison management; Importance of Yellowstone bison; Importance of wildlife viewing and tourism to area
2:45–3:15 p.m. Corwin Springs
USDA-APHIS bison pens and fertility control study
3:30 p.m. Return to Carbella
Conclude tour

SECOND MEETING AGENDA
September 15-16, 2015
Jackson Lake Lodge
Moran, WY
Grizzly Room

TUESDAY, September 15
9:15–9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions, Summary of Yellowstone Field Trip
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
9:30–9:45 a.m. National Academy of Sciences Study Process and Committee’s Statement of Task
Peggy Yih, Study Director
9:45–10:15 a.m. A Century of Supplemental Feeding on the National Elk Refuge, Implications for Brucellosis Management in Elk and Bison
Eric Cole, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
10:15–10:45 a.m. Resource Management and Brucellosis in Grand Teton National Park
Sue Consolo-Murphy, National Park Service
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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10:45–11:00 a.m. Break
11:00–11:30 a.m. USDA-APHIS Brucellosis Research Efforts
Jack Rhyan, USDA-APHIS
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. B. abortus Vaccination and Diagnostics in Cattle, Bison, and Elk
Steven Olsen, USDA Agricultural Research Service
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
12:00–12:30 p.m. Brucellosis Surveillance
Don Herriott for Brian McCluskey, USDA-APHIS
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
12:30–1:45 p.m. Lunch on your own
(Committee working lunch in closed session)
Doors will close at 12:45 p.m. for committee’s closed session.
Doors will reopen at 1:30 p.m. for the public.
1:45–2:15 p.m. Cattle Grazing Allotments and Potential Impact of Intervention Strategies in the Bridger-Teton National Forest
Tricia O’Connor, U.S. Forest Service
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
2:15–3:45 p.m. Wyoming’s State and Regional Efforts on Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area

Perspective from the Wyoming Livestock Board
Jim Logan, Wyoming Livestock Board
(30-minute presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)

Perspective from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department
Hank Edwards and Brandon Scurlock, Wyoming Game & Fish Department
(30-minute presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)
3:45–4:00 p.m. Break
4:00–5:30 p.m. Idaho’s State and Regional Efforts on Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area

Perspective from the Department of Agriculture
Debra Lawrence for Bill Barton, Idaho Department of Agriculture
(30-minute presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)

Perspective from the Department of Fish and Game
Duston Cureton for Mark Drew, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
(30-minute presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)
5:30–5:55 p.m. Public Comments
Please register ahead of time
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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5:55–6:00 p.m. Chair’s Closing Remarks for Day 1
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
6:00 p.m. Adjourn Meeting for Day 1
WEDNESDAY, September 16
8:15–8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
8:30–9:00 a.m. Efforts by the Wyoming Brucellosis Coordination Team and the Consortium for the Advancement of Brucellosis Science
Frank Galey, University of Wyoming
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
9:00–9:30 a.m. Brucellosis Diagnostics and Risk Assessment for Wildlife and Livestock
Brant Schumaker, University of Wyoming
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
9:30–10:00 a.m. Economic Costs of Brucellosis Prevention and Management in the Greater Yellowstone Area
Dannele Peck, University of Wyoming
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
10:00–10:15 a.m. Break
10:15–10:45 a.m. Applicability of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s AHEAD Program Approach for the Greater Yellowstone Area
Mark Atkinson, Wildlife Conservation Society
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
10:45–11:15 a.m. Challenges of Brucellosis Management for Wyoming Cattle Producers
James Magagna, Wyoming Stock Growers Association
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
11:15–11:40 a.m. Public Comments
Please register ahead of time
11:40–11:45 a.m. Chair’s Closing Remarks
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
11:45 a.m. Adjourn Open Session
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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THIRD MEETING AGENDA
November 10, 2015
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Room 120

8:30–8:45 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Goals for the Meeting
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
8:45–9:00 a.m. National Academy of Sciences Study Process and Committee’s Statement of Task
Peggy Yih, Study Director
9:00–10:00 a.m. Brucellosis Disease Modeling for Management of Bison and Elk
N. Thompson Hobbs, Colorado State University
(40-min presentation, 20-min Q&A with committee)
10:00–10:30 a.m. Bison Conservation Genetics and Genomics
James Derr, Texas A&M University
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
10:30–10:45 a.m. Break
10:45–11:30 a.m. Valuation of Elk Hunting and Viewing
John Duffield, University of Montana
(30-min presentation, 15-min Q&A with committee)
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. History and Current Status of RB51
Gerhardt Schurig, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
(20-min presentation, 10-min Q&A with committee)
12:00–12:15 p.m. Public Comments
Please register ahead of time
12:15–12:30 p.m. Chair’s Closing Remarks
Terry McElwain, Committee Chair
12:30 p.m. Adjourn Open Session
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24750.
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Brucellosis is a nationally and internationally regulated disease of livestock with significant consequences for animal health, public health, and international trade. In cattle, the primary cause of brucellosis is Brucella abortus, a zoonotic bacterial pathogen that also affects wildlife, including bison and elk. As a result of the Brucellosis Eradication Program that began in 1934, most of the country is now free of bovine brucellosis. The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA), where brucellosis is endemic in bison and elk, is the last known B. abortus reservoir in the United States. The GYA is home to more than 5,500 bison that are the genetic descendants of the original free-ranging bison herds that survived in the early 1900s, and home to more than 125,000 elk whose habitats are managed through interagency efforts, including the National Elk Refuge and 22 supplemental winter feedgrounds maintained in Wyoming.

In 1998 the National Research Council (NRC) issued a report, Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area, that reviewed the scientific knowledge regarding B. abortus transmission among wildlife—particularly bison and elk—and cattle in the GYA. Since the release of the 1998 report, brucellosis has re-emerged in domestic cattle and bison herds in that area. Given the scientific and technological advances in two decades since that first report, Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area explores the factors associated with the increased transmission of brucellosis from wildlife to livestock, the recent apparent expansion of brucellosis in non-feedground elk, and the desire to have science inform the course of any future actions in addressing brucellosis in the GYA.

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