US Forest Service (light green)
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10,827,857 acres, 47.8% of the GYA
National Park Service (orange)
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2,488,691 acres, 11.0% of the GYA
Bureau of Land Management (dark green)
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1,591,932 acres, 7.0% of the GYA
US Fish and Wildlife Service (yellow)
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105,850 acres, 0.5% of the GYA
All other land management (pink)
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7,734,956 acres, 33.7% of the GYA
The twelve GYCC jurisdictions, and their managers are:
US Forest Service (Regions 1, 2, and 4)
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Supervisor, Cheri Ford
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Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor, Tricia O'Connor
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Caribou-Targhee National Forest Supervisor, Mel Bolling
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Custer Gallatin National Forest Supervisor, Mary Erickson
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Shoshone National Forest Supervisor, Lisa Timchak
Bureau of Land Management (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming)
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BLM Idaho, Idaho Falls District Manager Mary D'Aversa
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BLM Montana, Western Montana District Manager Katie Stevens
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BLM Wyoming, Wind River/Big Horn District Manager, Kim Liebhauser
US Fish and Wildlife Service (Mountain-Praire Region)
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National Elk Refuge Manager, Chris Dippel (Acting)
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Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Manager, Mike Bryant
National Park Service (Intermountain Region)
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Grand Teton National Park Superintendent, Gopaul Noojibail (Acting)
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Yellowstone National Park Superintendent, Cam Sholly (Chair)
David Diamond is the Executive Coordinator of the GYCC.
The GYCC Priorities are:
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Ecosystem Health; and
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Connecting People to the Land
The GYCC Near Term Focus Areas are:
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Visitor and Community Use; and
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Wildlife Migration
The GYCC Subcommittees are:
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Fire Management (since 1990)
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Hydrology (since 1990)
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Terrestrial Invasive Species (since 1991)
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Clean Air Partnership (since 1997)
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Whitebark Pine (since 2000)
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Sustainable Operations (since 2005)
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Aquatic Invasive Species (since 2006)
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Native FIsheries (since 2009)
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Climate Change Adaptation (since 2010)
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Wildlife (since 2012)
ABOUT
The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) is a unique and special place. The 15 million acres of federal lands of the GYA are geographically contiguous, ecologically interdependent, and unalterably linked. They are managed by four federal agencies, the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management, each with differing missions and organizational structures. The Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC) allows the federal land managers of the GYA to pursue opportunities for voluntary cooperation and coordination at the landscape scale. The GYCC is formed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that documents the desire of all parties to cooperate fully in matters relating to responsible land management throughout the GYA. The GYCC is not a regional decision-making body.