Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

US Forest Service (light green)

• 10,827,857 acres, 47.8% of the GYA

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National Park Service (orange)

• 2,488,691 acres, 11.0% of the GYA

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Bureau of Land Management (dark green)

• 1,591,932 acres, 7.0% of the GYA

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US Fish and Wildlife Service (yellow)

• 105,850 acres, 0.5% of the GYA

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All other land management (pink)

• 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) 

• Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Supervisor, Cheri Ford

• Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor, Tricia O'Connor

• Caribou-Targhee National Forest Supervisor, Mel Bolling

• Custer Gallatin National Forest Supervisor, Mary Erickson

• Shoshone National Forest Supervisor, Lisa Timchak

Bureau of Land Management (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming)

• BLM Idaho, Idaho Falls District Manager Mary D'Aversa

• BLM Montana, Western Montana District Manager Katie Stevens

• BLM Wyoming, Wind River/Big Horn District Manager, Kim Liebhauser

US Fish and Wildlife Service (Mountain-Praire Region)

• National Elk Refuge Manager, Brian Glaspell (Chair)

• Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Manager, Bill West

National Park Service (Intermountain Region)

• Grand Teton National Park Superintendent, David Vela

• Yellowstone National Park Superintendent, Cam Sholly

David Diamond is the Executive Coordinator of the GYCC. 

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The GYCC Priorities are:

• Ecosystem Health; and

• Connecting People to the Land

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The GYCC Near Term Focus Areas are:​

• Visitor and Community Use; and 

• Wildlife Migration

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The GYCC Subcommittees are:

• Fire Management (since 1990)

• Hydrology (since 1990)

• Terrestrial Invasive Species (since 1991)

• Clean Air Partnership (since 1997)

• Whitebark Pine (since 2000)

• Sustainable Operations (since 2005)

• Aquatic Invasive Species (since 2006)

• Native FIsheries (since 2009)

• Climate Change Adaptation (since 2010)

• Wildlife (since 2012)

For more on the history of the GYCC, click here.