DRAtT KIS GLOSSARY OK lEKMS AND ABBUKVIATIONS 



USFWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



WMA: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wildlife Management Area 



wolf-human conflict: where a public safety problem develops; a situation where an MFWP employee 

 reasonably determines that the continued presence poses a threat to human safety, an attack has resulted 

 in the loss of livestock or personal pets, or that a human has been physically injured or killed. 



wolf-livestock conflict: where a wolf or wolves are loitering, testing, worrying, or otherwise disrupting 

 livestock; also, a situation where a wolf is suspected to have killed or injured livestock or guarding 

 animals 



worrying: to disrupt, cause anxiety, make uneasy, or harass repeatedly or over a period of time; also, to 

 seize, especially by the throat, with the teeth and shake or mangle 



WS: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; 

 federal work unit with responsibility to address and resolve damage caused by wildlife; examples include 

 bird concentrations at airports or depredation on livestock 



YNP: Yellowstone National Park 



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