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Various subcommittees carry out the on-going coordination of management activities in the Greater Yellowstone Area. A brief summary of GYCC and related subcommittees follows:
GYA Clean Air Partnership - The GYA Clean Air Partnership consists of air resource program managers and specialists from the GYCC units as well as the Departments of Environmental Quality in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, USGS, and the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. The committee serves as a technical advisory group on air quality issues to the GYCC, and as a forum for communicating air quality information, regulatory issues, and coordinate monitoring between state and federal agencies in the GYA. Key contact - Mark Story, Gallatin NF. 406-587-6735. mtstory@fs.fed.us
View more GYA Clean Air Partnership documents at the GYACAP website.
GYA Hydrologist Team - The GYA Hydrologist Team is an ad hoc group of primarily national forest hydrologists, though all GYA unit representatives are invited to this forum on water and watershed management. The group meets annually to discuss and implement actions that support coordinated watershed dataset management, stream channel monitoring, restoration and management, water quality, quantity and rehabilitation programs. The team serves as technical advisors to the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee. Key contact – Mark Story, Gallatin NF. 406-587-6735. mtstory@fs.fed.us
GYA Fire Management Team - The GYA Fire Management Team includes fire management officers from each GYA unit, who meet each spring and fall to review fire management planning status and operational procedures. GYA fire managers provide peer review of individual unit fire management plans, and develop procedures for coordinated management of large and or complex fire incidents within the GYA. Key contact – Mike Gagen, Gallatin NF. (406) 587-6717. mgagen@fs.fed.us.
GYA Sustainable Operations Committee (SOS) - The GYA Sustainable Operations Committee includes representatives from each GYA unit and the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office. The committee facilitates overall coordination and collaboration of sustainable operations practices throughout the public lands of the GYA, such as water and energy conservation, fleet and transportation management, and waste prevention and recycling. The SOS meets at least once a year and conducts periodic conference calls. Key contacts – Jim Evanoff, Yellowstone NP. (307) 344-2311. Jim_Evanoff@nps.gov Deidre Witsen, Bridger-Teton National Forest. (307) 739-5434. dwitsen@fs.fed.us
GYA Weed Committee - The GYA Weed Committee includes invasive species coordinators from each GYA unit, county weed and pest staff, BLM and other state, county and federal weed managers who work together on common inventories, establishment of cooperative weed management areas, development of best management practices, creation of education and information materials and integrated management to manage and prevent the spread of noxious weeds. Key contact - Kevin Suzuki, Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF. (406) 682-4253. ksuzuki@fs.fed.us
Greater Yellowstone Whitebark Pine Cooperative - Whitebark Pine Cooperative partners include forests and parks in the GYA, Forest Service research, Forest Service State and Private Forestry, Forest Service tree nursery staff, university researchers, USGS, Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team and Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation members. The mission of the group is to help ensure the long-term viability and function of whitebark pine in the GYA. Key contact – Liz Davy, Bridger-Teton NF. (307) 739-5562. edavy@fs.fed.us.
Greater Yellowstone Recreation Visitor Use Group - representatives from forests, national parks and wildlife refuges work together on recreation related topics such as winter use monitoring, education and information programs, assessment of emerging issues, and they attempt to coordinate management practices that support a diversity of recreational activities around the GYA. Key contacts - Kimberly Schlenker, Gallatin NF. (406) 587-6743. kschlenker@fs.fed.us
Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee - a subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC website). The Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee (website) or YGCC consists of representatives from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming Wildlife departments, US Forest Service and the National Park Service. The subcommittee identifies and facilitates research, identifies and develops information and education programs and coordinates management practices that support the conservation of the GYA grizzly bear population. The committee was formely known as "YES". Key contact – Larry Timchak, Caribou-Targhee National Forest. ltimchak@fs.fed.us
Greater Yellowstone Tri-State Trumpeter Swan Working Group -The Tri-State Trumpeter Swan 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. This 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. Key contact – Susan Patla, Wyoming Game and Fish Department. (307) 733-2383 ext 229. Susan.Patla@wgf.state.wy.us
Northern Yellowstone Cooperative Wildlife Working Group - biologists from Yellowstone NP, Gallatin NF, USGS, and Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks are working together on issues concerning the northern elk herd winter range. The group coordinates and standardizes survey methodology, timing and reporting. They identify research priorities for antelope, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk using the Northern Range. Key contact – P.J. White, Yellowstone National Park. (307) 344-2442. PJ_White@nps.gov
Jackson Hole Elk Working Group - managers from the National Elk Refuge, Grand Teton National Park, Bridger Teton National Forest and Wyoming Fish and Game address issues such as population and habitat management, research priorities and habitat restoration primarily related to elk and bison inhabiting the Jackson Hole area. Key contact - Steve Kallin, National Elk Refuge. Steve_kallin@fws.gov
Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee - chartered by the Secretary's of Interior and Agriculture and the governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, the goal of the GYIBC (website) is to protect and sustain the free-ranging elk and bison populations in the GYA and protect the public interest and economic viability of the livestock industry in the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The committee meets three times a year.
Greater Yellowstone Bald Eagle Working Group – wildlife biologists from Yellowstone NP, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho have been coordinating management of bald eagles and their habitat in the GYA since 1982. The working group established management goals and objectives for the recovery of bald eagles and provide a forum for data collection and analysis for management purposes. They identify and facilitate research and provide technical assistance in planning and management of bald eagle habitat. The Working Group does not foresee issues a meeting in the near future. Key contact - Bob Oakleaf, Wyoming Game and Fish Department
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