The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded $302,799.70 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025) to the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission for a Cooperative Agreement titled "CATTLE INITIATIVE - BRUCELLOSIS MANAGEMENT IN WY BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND LANDER REGION TO ERADICATE IN ELK AND PREVENT CONTACT BETWEEN ELK AND CATTLE SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL ERADICATION PROGRAM." The award period is April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022.
Under this cooperative agreement, the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission will work to eradicate brucellosis in elk and prevent contact between elk and cattle in specific regions of Wyoming. This supports the broader federal effort under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious animal diseases through national eradication programs.
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