Photo credit Frank T. van Manen/IGBST
NOTICE: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s June 30, 2017 final rule delisting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear population was vacated and remanded by the court on September 24, 2018. Therefore, grizzly bears throughout the lower 48 States are listed as threatened except where designated as an experimental population. For more information, visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery page.
Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee Membership
- Tricia O’Conner (Chair) Bridger Teton National Forest, Jackson, WY
- Mike Volesky Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, MT
- Kim Liebhauser BLM-Wyoming, Cody, WY
- Melany Gossa Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest, Dillon, MT
- Derek Ibarguen Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho Falls, ID
- Lee Miller Idaho Association of Counties
- Lisa Timchak Shoshone National Forest, Cody, WY
- David Vela Grand Teton National Park 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
- Lee Livingston Wyoming Park County Commission, Cody, WY
- Leander Watson Shoshone Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, ID
- Mary Erickson Custer-Gallatin National Forest, Bozeman MT
- Rick Hotaling BLM – Montana Dillon, MT
- Mary D’Aversa BLM – Idaho Falls, ID
Information, Education & Outreach Subcommittee
- Danielle Oyler (Chair) Wildlife Management Institute
- Morgan Warthin Yellowstone National Park
- Dustin Lasseter Wyoming Game and Fish Department
- Denise Germann Grand Teton National Park
- Kimberly Johnston People and Carnivores
- Laurie Wolf Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Advisors
- Dan Tyers USFS Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Mgmt Coordinator, Bozeman, MT
- Frank van Manen Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, Bozeman, MT
- Hilary Cooley USFWS Liaison
- Kelsie Dougherty Administrative Coordinator, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Bozeman, MT
Subcommittee Meetings
Refer to the Meeting Calendar for upcoming meeting information.
Meeting Summaries
Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee (2018-2019)
- YES Spring Meeting: 4/2/2019 & 4/3/2019
- 2018 WGFD Conflict Report
- 2018 MFWP Conflict Report
- 2018 IDFG Conflict Report
- 2018 Grand Teton NP Conflict Report
- 2018 Yellowstone NP Conflict Report
- IEO Committee Report
- Wind River Presentation
- Reducing Grizzly Bear Mortalities 2009-2019 – Mary Erickson, Custer Gallatin NF
- Conservation Strategy: Concept for proposed revisions to 2016 document
Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee (2017-2018)
Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee (2016-2017)
- YES Subcommittee Meeting Summary 3/29/17
- Information & Education Update
- IGBST 2016 Update
- YNP Perspectives on Habitat Standards
- Grizzly Bear Management in Idaho
- WY Grizzly Bear Management Plan
- 2016 Wind River Reservation Conflicts
- IDFG 2016 Conflict Report
- 2016 Yellowstone NP Conflicts
- 2016 WGFD Conflicts
- 2015 -2016 Montana Conflicts
- 2016 Grand Tetons NP Conflicts
- YES Subcommittee Conservation Strategy Mtg. Summary 11/4/2016
- YES Subcommittee Conservation Strategy Mtg. Summary 10/28/2016
- YES Subcommittee Conservation Strategy Mtg. Summary 10/3/2016
- YES Subcommittee Conservation Strategy Mtg. Summary 9/8/2016
- YES Subcommittee Conservation Strategy Mtg. Summary 8/2/2016
- Conservation Strategy Steering Committee Meeting Summaries
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 4/20/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 4/28/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 5/12/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 5/31/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 6/10/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 6/24/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 7/06/2016
- Conservation Strategy SC Mtg. Summary 7/12/2016
- Conservation Strategy Steering Committee Themes 7/29/2016
- Conservation Strategy Steering Committee Meeting Summaries
- YES Subcommittee Mtg. Summary 4/14/2016
- Proposed Rule to Delist Grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (PDF of presentation by Chris Servheen)
Policy and Research Reports
Final Signed Conservation Strategy
- Conservation Strategy (Final)
- Appendices: Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
NEPA Documents
Policy
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery
- Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee Charter
- 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
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.
- 2018 Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Research and Monitoring Summary
- Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team. 2013. Response of Yellowstone grizzly bears to changes in food resources: a synthesis. Report to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee and Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee. Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
- Climate change impacts on grizzly bears and wolverines in the Northern U.S. and Transboundary Rockies: Strategies for conservation