Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

PURPOSE/MISSION:

The GYA Clean Air Partnership (GYACAP) serves as a technical advisory group on air quality issues to the GYCC, and as a forum for communicating air quality information, regulatory issues, and coordinate monitoring between state and federal agencies in the GYA. The Committee consists of air resource program managers and specialists from the GYCC units as well as the Departments of Environmental Quality in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, USGS, and the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. 

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LEADERSHIP:

Chair - Lisa Devore, Air Quality Specialist, National Park Service, lisa_devore@nps.gov

Co-Chair - Jill McMurray, Air Quality Specialist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, jill.mcmurray@usda.com

 

CHARTER
 

PUBLICATIONS:

• Hoffman AS, Albeke SE, McMurray JA, Evans RD, Williams DG. Nitrogen deposition sources and patterns in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem determined from ion exchange resin collectors, lichens, and isotopes. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Sep 15;683:709-718. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.323. Epub 2019 May 22. PMID: 31150891.

• Long-Term Air Quality Monitoring within the Greater Yellowstone Area

• Nanus, L., J. A. McMurray, and T. F. Blett. 2022. Environmental management of air quality issues in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRSS/ARD/NRR—2022/2441. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

• Yellowstone Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan Air Quality Update – Ann Rodman, Yellowstone National Park (3.1 MB pdf)