August 3, 2017
Location: Best Western Gran Tree; Bozeman MT 59715
Meeting host and Lead Partner: Custer-Gallatin National Forest

• August 2, 2017 -- Field trip up Taylor Fork, hosted by CGNF and MFWP, to discuss bison distribution on the West Side of YNP:
    **Field trip itineray and map
    **Map showing expanded West Side tolerence area. That expanded area resulted form the Montana Governor Bullock's 2015 environmental assessment decision, as described on the adaptve management page of this website (see bullet there titled, "Year-Round Habitat for Yellowstone Bison Environmental Assessment Decision Notice.").
    **List of questions for IBMP Partners, as provided by local landowner Daphne White (via 8/7/17 email) of the Elkhorn Ranch


• August 3, 2017 -- Final agenda for the IBMP meeting
• Final meeting report
• Report on increasing IBMP Partner effectiveness, including priority areas of agreement
• Meeting materials and presentations:
    **Two presentations from Ryan Clark of APHIS: Charge to and results from (May 2017) the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) regarding revisiting brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
    **Presentation from Dr. Clayton Marlow of Montana State University titled "Ecological Sustainability in the Gardiner Basin."