Provide monitoring and survey activities to prevent the spread of brucellosis among wildlife and domestic animals

The following activities will be performed with the listed outcomes (1) provide hunter harvested ELK surveillance with the fabrication of at least 8000 blood collection kits: priority surveillance areas include the eastern and western slope of the bighorn mountains and outside the border of the DSA. (2) distribution and surveillance of ELK utilizing GPS collars (20 collars). (3) continue to increase surveillance activities in the lander region by providing temporary personnel to assist with brucellosis program development while continuing to collaborate with the wind river indian reservation by increasing hunter-harvested sample submission. Provide fencing for ranchers stored feed 9 new areas and increase work on damage mitigation efforts. The cattle livestock industry in wyoming is the expected beneficiary of this agreement, preventing the spread of brucellosis from wildlife to cattle.