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The Buffalo Chip Resource Management Newsletter Yellowstone National Park Fall-Winter 1999 The Buffalo Chip Resource Management Newsletter Yellowstone National Park Fall-Winter 1999 HIGHLIGHTS P.W. Norris'"Old Ruin" 4 New Data Layers (GIS) 10 Researchers Honored 22 FEDERAL AGENCIES MOVE FORWARD ON BISON PLAN Information from USDA News Release The federal agencies involved in the Yellow­ These zones would then be buffered by stone bison situation recently advised the state of additional zones into which no bison would be Montana that they are moving ahead to complete permitted. Cattle would be permitted back in the an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the zones 45 days after bison have returned to the management of the Yellowstone bison herd. park. Given that the brucella organism survives Because negotiations with Montana reached an for only approximately 17 days in spring condi­ impasse, agency officials decided to move for­ tions, this 45 day separation allows more than ward on their own to protect cattle and minimize ample time for the organism to expire. the lethal control of bison. Long-term, the agencies are committed to The agency proposal is designed to address developing and using a safe and effective vaccine both short-term and long-term goals of the EIS in the park until brucellosis is eradicated from the process, including the eventual eradication of herd. Safety studies for calfhood vaccination brucellosis from the Yellowstone ecosystem. In should be completed by the winter of 2000-2001. the short term, it would provide spatial and Studies on vaccine effectiveness should be com­ temporal separation of bison and cattle through a pleted by the fall of 2002, and a safe and effective zoned approach. The proposal would allow bison delivery mechanism should be developed by the outside of the park only in three very limited and summer of 2002. well-defined areas to the west and north. Only The Park Service, the Forest Service, and 100 would be allowed in the Horse Butte west Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service boundary area, 100 in the Reese Creek area, and (APHIS) are in agreement on the basic elements 200 in the Eagle Creek/Bear Creek area. Adjust­ of a sound, workable plan. The Park Service has ments would be made as needed. agreed to vaccinate inside the park. The Forest Service has adjusted grazing allotments to help lands north of the park has provided significant maintain critical separation between bison and additional potential for bison winter grazing. cattle. APHIS has clearly stated that the federal As the agencies move forward, they will plan will not jeopardize Montana's brucellosis-free continue working with Montana on daily bison status. Further, the recent $ 13 million purchase of management issues. WINTER BISON MONITORING PROJECTS CONTINUE By Gregg Kurz With the advent of the winter season, park ments and their surrounding corridors. A total of personnel are once again making preparations for eight automated camera systems in weatherproof monitoring bison use of the groomed road system. boxes will be located within the two monitoring For the past two years, as a result of a settlement areas. The cameras are programmed to photo­ agreement regarding winter use in Yellowstone graph the roadway at predetermined intervals and Grand Teton national parks and John D. throughout the entire monitoring season. Once a Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, the National month, an aerial survey of the road corridors and Park Service has been monitoring bison move­ surrounding areas will be conducted to monitor ments and road use in the Hayden Valley portion movement patterns and total numbers of bison. of Yellowstone. Last year, the monitoring pro­ Groomer operators will also assist the monitoring gram was expanded to include the road section effort by recording any encounters with bison from Mammoth south to Gibbon Falls. during groorning runs. Each of the road segments will be monitored During last year's monitoring period, a total from December 7 through mid March with a of 64 ground surveys were completed between combination of ground surveys, photo-points, and December 13,1998, and March 27,1999, in aerial surveys. Ground surveys are conducted by each study area. A total of 2,458 bison group two-person crews on randomly determined days observations were recorded during this period. and times to record bison numbers, location, Group sizes ranged from 1-135 in the Hayden behavior, movement, and use of the road seg­ study area, with an average of 14 animals per group. Group sizes in the Mammoth study area ranged from 1-62 and averaged 8 animals per group. Bison distances from the road ranged from 0-2.5 kilometers. Of the 2,458 observations, 5.8 percent (58) in Mammoth and 9.4 percent (137) in Hayden were documented on the roads, as compared to 2 percent (26) in Hayden in 1997— 98. Aerial survey results indicated that the num­ ber of bison remained fairly stable in both study areas between December and February. Bison numbers changed substantially, however, during the month of March, more than doubling in the 2 Mammoth study area and decreasing by nearly 25 ters resulted in bison running. On three occasions percent in the Hayden study area. bison moved off the road, and on one occasion The eight cameras located along the survey bison showed no discernible reaction. routes were programmed to record an image at In addition to the monitoring in Hayden one and one-half hour intervals during daylight. Valley and along the Gibbon to Mammoth road As was the case last year, cold temperatures in the segment, researchers from Montana State Univer­ evenings and on certain days caused severe sity (MSU) and ranger staff from Madison will battery drain, occasionally interrupting the pro­ also be monitoring bison use of the groomed cess. A total of 2,299 pictures were taken, 8 roads. Graduate students from MSU will be percent (184) recording bison. Of the 184 documenting bison movements and road use along sightings, 8 percent (14) were of bison on the the roads from the West Entrance to Madison groomed road surface. Junction and from Madison Junction to Old Canyon and Lake trail groomer operators Faithful as a part of their winter field season. provided data, date, and time for any bison Ranger staff from Madison will be monitoring encounter on the trail during each grooming run. bison movements along the road corridor while on A total of 185 grooming runs occurred during the patrol and coordinating administrative activities study period, and on 14 (7.5%) occasions bison with other staff. If you would like more informa­ were observed on the road. Ten of these encoun­ tion, please call Gregg Kurz at 344-2213. PARKS JOIN TOGETHER IN HOLIDAY TOY AND BOOK COLLECTION FOR OGLALA INDIAN CHILDREN By Laura Joss In June, tornados struck the remote village of National Monument and Wind Cave National Oglala on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Park so that they could join Yellowstone National South Dakota. As winter sets in, many Oglala Park in a holiday collection of toys and books for families are still struggling to recover from the loss the Oglala children. of homes or property. The Oglala Lakota/Sioux Thanks to generous donations fromNPS are one of the American Indian tribes culturally and concessions staff at all seven parks, a total of affiliated to many parks in the Intermountain and five vehicles full of toys and books were taken to Midwest regions. Oglala, South Dakota on Saturday, December 11, To assist the Oglala during this difficult time, 1999. Some employees from Yellowstone drove Laura Joss contacted employees from Agate personal vehicles as far as 1,200 miles round trip Fossil Beds National Monument, Badlands to make the delivery. Upon their arrival, all were National Park, Fort Laramie National Historic pleased to see about 75 extremely happy children Site, Jewel Cave National Monument, Scotts Bluff and their families receive these holiday gifts. 3 RECONNAISSANCE OF P.W. NORMS' "OLD RUIN" By Lee H. Whittlesey On September 9,1999, a party of six, with did long ago occasionally visit portions of the park special permission, hiked into the bear-closure for trapping or concealment, and perhaps both" area at the head of Antelope Creek northeast of (1878, p. 983). Mount Washburn in order to survey a potential In his 1880 report, Norris elaborated on this cultural site. According to Kerry Gunther, this building that he thought was 40-50 years old at area has been closed since 1983 for the protec­ that time. Under the heading "Habitations of tion of grizzly bears. Members of the party were White Men Within the Park," he stated: Lee Whittlesey, archivist; Kerry Gunther, bear biologist; Paul Schullery, writer/editor; Frankie "An earth-roofed, loop-holed cabin, 16 by Collins, archival VIP; Kathryn Lancaster, library 20 feet in diameter, discovered by [my friend technician; and Carolyn Duckworth, Gardiner the hunter] Frederick Bottler, and visited and area writer/researcher. described by me in 1878, was almost entirely The group was attempting to survey a site on destroyed by the great fire of 1879. It was the western edge of the Grand Canyon of the situated between Antelope Creek and the Yellowstone River, located on the river some five Grand Canon, below Mount Washburn. to six miles above the mouth of Antelope Creek. Nothing is certainly known of its age, or of The site that we believe is Norris' "Old Ruin" is a the character of its builders, but the advanced prominent, bare knoll on the edge of the canyon decay of the timber of which it is constructed, that stands well above the surrounding landscape. its fallen roof and generally dilapidated Norris first mentioned his Old Ruin in 1878 condition, indicate that it was the work of ("Report on the Yellowstone National Park," Hudson Bay or other trappers forty or fifty 1878, p.
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