Overview

The Greater Yellowstone Trumpeter Swan Working Group formed to bring attention to trumpeter swans on federal land and to coordinate monitoring, annual surveys, and habitat management and restoration objectives and implementation.   

The Working Group consists of state fish and wildlife departments for Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and federal land managers working together to maintain and restore trumpeter swans in the Greater Yellowstone.

Key contact

Jeff Knetter, Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

(208) 287-2747.

Jeff.Knetter@idfg.idaho.gov

 

Working Group Products

2009 GYTSWG Annual Report

2008 GYTSWG Annual Report    

2007 GYTSWG Annual Report

Select Publications

• Proffitt, K M., T P. Mceneaney, P. J. White, R.A. Garrott. 2009. Trumpeter Swan Abundance and Growth Rates in Yellowstone National Park.  The Journal of Wildlife Management. 73(5) 728:736
• Oyler-McCance, S.J., F. A. Ransler, L. K. Berkman,  T. W. Quinn.  2007.  A Rangewide  Population Genetic Study of Trumpeter Swans,   Conservation Genetics 8:1339–1353
• Yellowstone NP Trumpeter Swan Conservation Assessment 2008