Photo credit Frank T. van Manen/IGBST

Final Signed Conservation Strategy

Draft Conservation Strategy

Yellowstone Subcommittee Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

Please refer to the Meeting Calendar for upcoming meetings of the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee

Meeting Summaries

Yellowstone Subcommittee Membership

  • Mary Erickson (Chair) Custer-Gallatin National Forest, Bozeman MT
  • Sam Sheppard (Co-Chair) Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Bozeman MT
  • Tricia O’Conner Bridger Teton National Forest, Jackson, WY
  • Melany Gossa Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest, Dillon, MT
  • Garth Smelser Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho Falls, ID
  • Joe Alexander Shoshone National Forest, Cody, WY
  • David Vela Grand Teton National Par,k Jackson, WY
  • Dan Wenk Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Nat’l Park, WY
  • Jim White Idaho Dept of Fish and Game, Idaho Falls, ID
  • Brian Nesvik Wyoming Dept of Game and Fish, Cheyenne, WY
  • Tom Rice Montana Association of Counties, Beaverhead County, Dillon, MT
  • Loren Grosskopf Wyoming County Commission, Park County Cody, WY
  • Leander Watson Shoshone Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, ID
  • Ben Snyder (Acting) Wind River Tribal Fish and Game Dept., Lander, WY
  • Tyler Abbott USFWS – Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY
  • Jodi Bush USFWS – Montana Helena, MT
  • Matt Hogan USFWS Prairie Mountain Region, Denver
  • Sandi Fisher USFWS – Idaho Chubbuck, ID
  • Cornie Hudson BLM – Montana Dillon, MT
  • Delissa Minnick BLM – Wyoming Cody, WY
  • Mary D’Aversa BLM – Idaho Falls, ID

Yellowstone Ecosystem Information & Education Subcommittee

  • Gregg Losinski (Chair) Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Falls, ID

Advisors to the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee

  • Dan Tyers USFS Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Management Coordinator, Bozeman, MT
  • Wayne Kasworm USFWS Grizzly Bear Recovery Acting Coordinator, Missoula, MT
  • Frank van Manen Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Bozeman, MT
  • Jennifer Fortin-Noreus USFWS Liaison
  • Sue Rupert Secretary, Custer Gallatin National Forest

Policy and Research Reports

NEPA Documents

Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan: Draft Supplement: January 29, 1982 and Revised Plan September 10, 1993
Draft 2016 Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Policy

  • 2006 Forest Plan Amendment for Grizzly Bear Habitat Conservation for the Greater Yellowstone Area National Forests
    In April 2006, the Forest Service amended six forest plans on six Greater Yellowstone Area national forests (Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bridger-Teton, Caribou-Targhee, Custer, Gallatin, and Shoshone National Forests) to incorporate the habitat standards and other relevant provisions in the Final Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Area. The Record of Decision (ROD) presents the three principal reasons officials selected Alternative 2-Modified. In addition, the decision document describes the public involvement process and issues, and other alternatives considered. The amendment to the six forest plans is contained in the appendix of the decision document.

Research

NOTE: The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and biologists responsible for long-term monitoring and research efforts on grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The full list of their publications can be found on the IGBST website.

Yellowstone Ecosystem Description