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Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Subcommittee Meetings
Upcoming meetings
Please refer to the Meeting Calendar for upcoming meetings of the Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Subcommittee.
Meeting summaries
- Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Mtg. Summary 11/28/3016
- Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Mtg. Summary 5/24/2016
- Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Mtg. Summary 11/4/2015
- Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Mtg Summary 5/13/2015
- Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Mtg. Summary 12/3/2014
- Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Mtg. Summary 5/13/2014
Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems Subcommittee Membership
- Mary Farnsworth (Chair) Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Chris Savage (Co-Chair) Kootenai National Forest
- Gary Aitken, Jr. Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
- Neil Anderson Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
- Eric Besaw Idaho Department of Lands
- Holger Bohm BC Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations
- Linda Clark Bureau of Land Management
- Ben Conard US Fish & Wildlife Service
- Chip Corsi Idaho Department of Fish & Game
- Dan Dinning Boundary County Commissioner, County Commissioners Representative
- Ray Entz Kalispel Tribe of Indians
- Vacant US Fish & Wildlife Service
- Steve Pozzanghera Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
- Rodney Smolden Colville National Forest
- Dave Hattis Lolo National Forest
Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems I&E subcommittee membership
- Kim Annis (Co-chair) Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- John Gubel (Co-chair) Kootenai National Forest
Advisors to the IGBC Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystems subcommittee
- Wayne Kasworm US Fish & Wildlife Service
- Wayne Wakkinen Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Policy, Management and Research Reports
NEPA process and documents
The Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) extends the 2002 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Forest Plan Amendments for Motorized Access Management within the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Recovery Zones. It changes the Kootenai, Lolo, and Idaho Panhandle National Forests Land and Resource Management Plans (Forest Plans) by amending the objectives, standards, and guidelines that address grizzly bear management within these two Recovery Zones.
- Forest Plan Amendments for Motorized Access Management within the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Recovery Zones – Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- Forest Plan Appendix JJ. Motorized Access Management Direction Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Forest Plan Appendix Y. Motorized Access Management Direction Lolo National Forest
- Addendum to Forest Plan Appendix 8. Motorized Access Management Direction Kootenai National Forest Forest
- Record of Decision Forest Plan Amendments for Motorized Access Management within the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Recovery Zones
Research and management reports
- 2016 FALL Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk Mountains Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Update (Kasworm)
- 2015 SUMMER Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk Mountains Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Update (Kasworm)
- 2015 SPRING Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk Mountains Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Update (Kasworm)
- 2014 Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk Mountains Grizzly Bear Ecosystems FALL Update (Kasworm)
- 2014 Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem SPRING Update (Kasworm)
- 2014 Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Accomplishments
Research
- Proctor et al. 2012. Population Fragmentation and Inter-Ecosystem Movements of Grizzly Bears in Western Canada and the Northern United States, Wildlife Monographs 180:1–46; 2012
- Johnson, Wayne J. and Russ Gautreaux. 2008. Vegetation Management Prescriptions for Grizzly Bear Habitat Enhancement or Restoration in the Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem
- Canepa, S. et al. 2008. Public Opinion and Knowledge Survey of Grizzly Bears in the Cabinet Yaak Ecosystem
- Canepa, S. et al. 2008.Public Opinion and Knowledge Survey of Grizzly Bears in the Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem: Executive Summary
- Kasworm et al. 2006. Success of Grizzly Bear Population Augmentation in Northwest Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4). 1261-1266.
- Wakkinen W. and W. Kasworm. 2004. Demographics and population trends of grizzly bears in the Cabinet–Yaak and Selkirk Ecosystems of British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, and Washington. Ursus 15(1) Workshop Supplement: 65–75.
- Proctor, M. et al. 2004. A comparative analysis of management options for grizzly bear conservation in the U.S.-Canada trans-border area. Ursus 15(2): 145-160
- McClellan et al. 1999. Rates and Causes of Grizzly Bear Mortality in the Interior Mountains of British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Washington, and Idaho. Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 63, No. 3), pp. 911-920.
- Kasworm, W. et al. 1998. Grizzly Bear Recovery Efforts in the Cabinet/Yaak Ecosystem Wayne F. Ursus, Vol. 10, pp. 147-153.
- Walkinen, W. and W. Kasworm. 1997. Grizzly Bear and Road Density Relationships in the Selkirk and Cabinet – Yaak Recovery Zones
- Servheen, C. et al. 1995. Transplanting grizzly bears as a management tool- results from the cabinet mountains, Montana, USA. Biological Conservation 71 pp. 261 268.
- Kasworm. W. and T. Manley. 1990. Road and trail influences on grizzly bears and black bears in Northwest Montana Ursus, Vol. 8, pp. 79-84.
- Servheen, C. et al. 1987. Approaches to augmenting grizzly bear populations in the Cabinet Mountains of Montana. Ursus, Vol. 7, pp. 363-367.