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Spatial Analysis CenterThe Spatial Analysis Center (SAC) provides a
variety of GPS (global positioning system) and GIS(geographicinformationsystem)servicestoparkstaffand cooperators by “repackaging” technology andtechnicaldatatosuitavarietyofinformationneeds.
Highlights for 2006Improving GIS Data for Buildings, Roads, and
Trails. The Maintenance Division has entered alargeamountofinformationaboutparkassetsintoa database called FMSS (Facilities ManagementSoftware System). To link that information to thespatial representation of those assets, the correctFMSS number must be added to nearly every oneofthe1,975buildingfeatures,1,490roadsegments,and1,657trailsegmentsintheGIS.During2006weassignedFMSSnumberstomorethantwo-thirdsoftheseassets,andthetaskwillbecompletedduringsummer 2007. We have also linked 732 buildingswithFMSSnumberstorecordswithintheLCS(ListofClassifiedStructures)database.
Support for Planning Efforts. Wecreatedthree-dimensional computer models of the Lake, Tower,and Old Faithful developed areas, complete withrealisticbuildings,trees,andterrain.Allowinguserstoviewtheconsequencesofdifferentplanningsce-nariosonthelandscapeincreasesthelikelihoodthateveryonewillunderstandtheproposalsandnotbesurprised by the results. We also support the envi-ronmental analysis process by participating on ID
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Professional Support ProgramsThissectionsummarizesthe2006accomplishmentsofYCRstaffwhoprovideservicesforotherYCRbranchesandparkdivisions:
• SpatialAnalysisCenter• ResourceInformationTeam• ResearchPermitOffice• ServicewideBenefits-SharingEIS• FundingandPersonnelSupport
Teamsandsupplyingplannerswithnumerousmapandanalysisproducts.
Wildland Fire and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Support. EveryyeartheSACstaffdedicatesa significant portion of the summer to mappingYellowstone’s wildland fires and creating infor-mation products for fire crews, the Public AffairsOffice, and the public (via the park’s website). Wealso participate throughout the year in the WUIplanning efforts through analysis of data and cre-ationofinformationproducts.
Thermal Inventory.Summer2006wastheSAC’sninthfieldseasonofdigitallymappingYellowstone’sthermalfeatures.Withtemperature,pH,photos,andGPS locations collected from more than 500 addi-tional thermal features, the database now containsinformation about approximately 10,400 thermalfeaturesthroughoutthepark.Thisdataenablesparkstaff and outside researchers to identify individual
Three-dimensional computer model of Roosevelt Lodge and cabins.
Pelican Cone bear survey.
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thermal features with particular combinations oftemperature,pH,andlocation.
Archeological Sites. Using the 155 reports pro-videdbytheparkarcheologist,everyknownarcheo-logicalsitewasdigitizedand linkedtoanelectron-ic site form, the source archeological report, andthe Archeological Sites Management InformationSystem (ASMIS) number. Approximately 2,000polygons were created to represent every iterationofeverysite.
Computer and Software Support. One of theSAC’s main functions is to help users solve com-puter, network, printer, and GIS questions, whichrange from 10 to 50 per week, depending on theseason. Many of the problems are solved quickly,but more complicated issues can take half theday to resolve. In 2006 we responded to morethan 1,100 of these requests for help. DedicatingSAC staff time to these problems in Mammothallows the staff from Computer Support Servicesto provide more assistance to staff outside of theMammothareaandtospendtimeonhigherprior-ity,moretechnicalproblems.
Mapping Support. Throughout the year, werespondtohundredsofrequestsformapsanddata.About 60% of these requests are typically frompark staff. The other 40% come from NPS stafffromotherlocations;otherfederal,state,andlocalagencies; university faculty and students; and thegeneralpublic.
Research Permit OfficeYellowstone National Park is the proud host
of more than 200 research studies each year. TheResearch Permit Office is tasked with issuing per-mits to researchers who conduct scientific studiesin a variety of disciplines and monitoring theirfieldworktoensurethatitdoesnotnegativelyaffectparkresourcesorconflictwithotherparkgoalsormissions.NationalParkServicepolicyalsorequiresthat we promote research in the park, and collectand appropriately disseminate the results of park-relatedscientificinquirytothewidestpossibleaudi-ence. Our stakeholders include research scientists,park staff, land managers, and the public. We dothis through various means including schedulingresearch talks and disseminating journal articles,theses,andresearchreportstointerestedparties.
During 2006, Yellowstone’s Research PermitOfficeissued208researchpermitstoscientistsfrom35U.S.statesand9foreigncountries.Thesepermitsincluded 25 new projects that had been approvedby Yellowstone’s Research ReviewTeam as well asrenewalpermitsforongoingstudies.Thenumberofrequestsfornewpermitswasdown40%from2005.Anadditional24scientistsinquiredaboutconduct-ing research in Yellowstone, but did not pursueobtaining a research permit. Twenty-seven investi-gatorsreportedtheconclusionof theirstudiesandsubmitted their research findings and publicationstothepark.
We accompanied approximately 15% of theresearchersinthefield,enablingustobetterunder-stand their project’s needs as well as ensure thatnoparkresourceswereharmed.Duringthesefieldoutings our staff and the researchers usually dis-coverbetterwaystorecorddataorcollectsamplesas well as minimize any potential negative affectson resources. These ideas for “best practices” aredocumentedandtransferredtoourstaffandotherresearcherswhenapplicable.
Though Yellowstone is widely known for itsabundant wildlife and unique geothermal features,scientificresearchisconductedinavarietyofdisci-plines.Abreakdownofresearchstudies,bytopic,isasfollows:
Geology and Geochemistry 19%
Other 12%
Flora 16%
Archeology and Paleontology 3%
Fauna 13%
Fish and Aquatic Ecology 8%
TerrestrialEcology 7%
Microbiology 22%
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In addition to the above-mentioned tasks, theResearch Permit Office staff continues to providegeneral park information and logistical support toresearchersthroughouttheyear.
Benefits-Sharing EISA draft of the environmental impact statement
(DEIS)wascompletedandreleasedforpublicreviewSeptember22,2006,throughJanuary29,2007.ThekeyissueexaminedintheDEISiswhethertheNPSshould share in potential scientific and economicbenefits when researchers studying park resourcesdiscoverorinventsomethingcommerciallyvaluablefrom their research involving NPS specimens.TheDEISproposedtoclarifytherightsandresponsibili-ties of researchers and the NPS in these instances.Three alternatives for managing benefits-sharingwiththescientificcommunitywereconsidered:• ThePreferredAlternativewouldrequireresearch-
erswhostudyparkspecimenstoenterintoben-efits-sharing agreements with the NPS beforeusing their research results for any commercialpurpose. Engaging park researchers in benefits-sharing agreements could return scientific ben-efits, in-kind services, and sometimes royaltiesandothermonetarybenefitstoparksforconser-vation-relatedpurposes.
• Another alternative would prohibit scientificresearch involving NPS specimens if associatedwiththedevelopmentofcommercialproducts.
• TheNo-Actionalternativewouldallowresearchthat may lead to commercial products to con-tinueinparkswithoutanyobligationtoshareanyresultingbenefitswiththeNPS.Prior topublicrelease,briefingsontheEISwere
presented to the Department of the Interior (DOI)Secretary’sOffice,theNPSDirectorate,theMontanaand Wyoming Governor’s Office staff, and variousNPSregionalandcentralofficestaffgroups,non-gov-ernmentalorganizations,andotherexternalgroups.Over10,000notificationsweredistributedinavarietyof formats, including the Benefits-Sharing EIS web-site.TheDEISwasavailablefordownloadandcom-ment via the NPS’s web-based public involvementsystem,Planning,EnvironmentandPublicComment(PEPC).Followinganalysisofpubliccomments,thefinalEISanddecisiondocumentareexpectedtobereleasedin2007.
WithassistancefromtheAssistantU.S.Attorney’sOfficeandtheDOIOfficeoftheSolicitor,theNPScontinued a successful response to ongoing litiga-tion in Washington, D.C., federal court over docu-mentswithheldaspartofanOctober2002FreedomofInformationAct(FOIA)response.Todate,nearlya dozen court filings and personal declarationshave been prepared in response to the litigation.Late in the litigation, the plaintiff amended theirfilingtocontestafee-waiverdenialfortheirAugust2005FOIA,whichrequestedmorethanthreeyears’worth of project records. In November 2006, thejudge issuedaruling in favorofNPSonallcountsexceptforthefeewaiverdenial,whichwasgrantedtotheplaintiff.EffortshavebeguntoaddressfillingthemassiveAugust2005FOIArequest.
Resource Information TeamThemissionoftheResourceInformationTeamis
to translate, produce, and synthesize scientific andtechnicalinformationintolanguageandformatsthatareaccessibletoresearchers,otheragencyscientists,self-selectedmembersofthepublic,andparkman-agerswhoneedaccesstoresearchresultsinordertomake informed decisions. Through presentations,events, printed and electronic publications, andoutreach efforts, staff strive to promote discussionofparkissuesandpoliciesbyavarietyofinterestedparticipants; contribute to the scientific body ofknowledge about the park; and promote resourceconservation and visitor enjoyment through acces-sible dissemination of scientific knowledge aboutthepark.
Personnel worked toward those goals in 2006by producing four issues of Yellowstone Science magazine; planning and producing content forthe Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Centerwebsite with support from the Yellowstone ParkFoundationandCanonU.S.A.,Inc.;beginningplansfor the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference on theGreater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which will recog-nize the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Yellowstoneareafires;andproducingavarietyofothermaterialsinsupportofYCRandotherdivisions.
Yellowstone Science magazineIn2006,thequarterlyjournalYellowstone Science
entered its fourteenth year with issues and articles
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and compiled the YCR’s submission for the 2005Superintendent’sAnnualReport.FortheAquaticsSection,staffalsolaidouttheEffects of Snowmobile Emissions on the Chemistry of Snowmobile Runoff in Yellowstone National Park—Final Report;Bioassessment and Water Quality Sampling of
Middle Creek and Mammoth Crystal Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY 2002–2005; and pro-ducedaversionof the
aquatic nuisance spe-cies handout for use in
Grand Teton NationalPark.Staffalsocontinuedresearchandwritingon An
Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Ecological History
of Greater Yellowstone Wildlife, 1790–1882.
Talks and PresentationsResourceinformationstaff
gave talks at a winter guide training, a YellowstoneAssociation Institute grizzly bear class, an inter-agency forest carnivore class, and a keynote talkon the “narratives of Yellowstone” at the biennialresource management workshop in Grand TetonNational Park, as well as talks on wildlife manage-menthistory.
Greater Yellowstone Science Learning CenterThe Greater Yellowstone Science Learning
Center (GYSLC) is a partnership between theYellowstoneCenterforResources,theYellowstoneParkFoundation,andCanonU.S.A.,Inc.,andpartof the Eyes on Yellowstone is made possible byCanon program. Its primary purposes are to pro-mote mission-oriented research in the GreaterYellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network(Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks andBighornCanyonNationalRecreationArea);explaintheneedforandresultsofresearchinthenetworktoparkmanagers,researchers,students,andinter-ested public; and to help develop the network’sVitalSignsmonitoringplan.
In 2005, a proposal was developed and fund-ing secured for this extensive web-based project.During 2006, resource information staff developed
onawiderangeoftopics highlight-ing many aspectsof Yellowstone’snatural and culturalresources.Fourissueswere distributed toa subscription list ofnearly 2,600 individu-als and institutions.Among the highlightswere an interview withformer YCR DirectorJohn Varley, who retiredin February 2006; anentireissuedevotedtoYellowstonecutthroattrout conservation; two articles on NorrisGeyserBasin’sfracturesandfluids;andarti-cles on grizzly bear nutrition and ecology,microbial ecology and energetics, CharlesDoolittleWalcott,PantherCreekvolcano,andMoranandArtistPoints.
Other scientific publicationsOtherannualpublicationsincludedthe2005 YCR
Annual Report,2005 Wolf Project Annual Report,2005 Yellowstone Bird Report, 2005 Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report, Pronghorn Distribution in Winter 2006, and an issue of theBuffalo Chip newsletter, all of which were editedanddesignedbyresourceinformationstaff.Specialpublications included the editing, design, layout,and printing of the proceedings of the 8th BiennialScientific Conference on the Greater YellowstoneEcosystem, Greater Yellowstone Public Lands: A Century of Discovery, Hard Lessons, and Bright Prospects.
The Resource Information Team was alsoinvolved in the editing, layout, and printing of theServicewide Benefits-Sharing Draft Environmental Impact Statement, released for public comment inSeptember. The Historic Resource Study, VolumeIII,Managing the “Matchless Wonders”: A History of Administrative Development in Yellowstone National Park, 1872–1965,whichwasedited,designed,andlaidout by resource information staff, was also printedanddistributedin2006.Resourceinformationstaffedited Cretaceous Complexities: The Stratigraphic Intricacies of Mt. Everts for the cultural branch
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content for 11 resourcetopics for the websiteprototype in the formof resource almanacs,overviews, and atlaspages, and lists of ref-erences, links, laws,and other managementdocuments. In May,the GYSLC became thenewest member of the NPS Research LearningCenterprogram.InAugust,theGYSLCwasadoptedas the servicewide model for a website strategy forNPSResearchLearningCentersandInventoryandMonitoring Networks. The site can be visited atwww.greateryellowstonescience.org.
Assistance and SupportDuring 2006, resource information staff pro-
duced miscellaneous flyers, maps, and graphicsfor park staff; provided technical assistance andGovernment Printing Office guidance to parkstaff; reviewed publications for the Division ofInterpretation;draftedupdatesonthepark’sstatusasaWorldHeritagesite;andpulledtogethergraph-ics and information as requested for the Atlas of Yellowstoneproject.Resourceinformationstaffalsoconverted files from an outside contractor for theDivision of Planning, Compliance, and LandscapeArchitecture (PCLA)’s booklet: Access to Nature: The Evolution of Context-Sensitive Roadway Design in Yellowstone National Park.Thebookletwasrede-signedandrewrittenintofinaldraftformbytheendoftheyear,andstaffhopetogetitprintedin2007.Also for PCLA, staff helped with the creation ofa scoping map handout for Yellowstone’s Wireless Communication Services Plan Environmental Assessment, and edited the Restoration of Westslope Cutthroat Trout in the East Fork Specimen Creek Watershed Environmental Assessment.
Staff edited, laid out, and printed the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee 2005 Annual ReportfortheGYCC.ResourceInformationstaffalsolaidoutforprintabookletforaU.S.AnimalHealthAssociation(USAHA)convenedSpecialCommitteeonBrucellosisintheGreaterYellowstoneArea,The USAHA Laramie Agenda: A Roadmap for Improved Vaccine Delivery, and Testing for Brucellosis in Elk and Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Funding and Personnel
Base Operating Budget
The final base operating budget was $4,211,300for the Yellowstone Center for Resources in FY06.Thedecreaseof$152,800overFY05fundinglevelswasdueprimarilytothenewlyinstitutedparkpolicyofwithdrawingsalaryforpermanentandtermposi-tionsthatbecamevacantinthedivisionandshiftingthe allocation to a parkwide lapse fund. The baseoperatingbudgetaccountedfor63%ofYCR’stotalfor FY06.This compares to an average of 60% fortheperiodFY95–FY05.
Additional FundingRecreation Fee Demonstration Funds.InFY06,
the fee demo program provided $54,500 in fund-ing for two new resource management projects:improvingvisitoraccesslightingattheHeritageandResearch Center, and beginning the renovation ofandimprovementstointerpretiveexhibitsalongtheNezPercetrail.Visitorfeesalsoprovided$170,000tocontinuesomeongoingprojects:northernrangeriparian studies, a geothermal features inventory, awhirling disease survey, and two fisheries conser-vation projects. Since the YCR began receiving feedemo money in 1997, this program has allocatedabout$1.925millionfor20differentprojects.
Fishing Fee Program.TheYCRreceivedautho-rizationtouse$368,400fromfishingpermitfeerev-enuetocoverpartoftheestimated$925,000costoftheaquaticresourcesprograminFY06.
Federal Lands Highway Program. FederalHighways funded $427,700 for natural resourceinventories, archeological surveys, and resourcecompliance along the road corridors in the parkscheduledformajorrepairorreconstructioninthenearfuture.
Special Emphasis Program Allocation System. TheBranchofCulturalResourcessuccessfullycom-peted for a total of $466,900 in special emphasisprogramfunding thatwasused tostabilizehistoricbuildings (Fort Yellowstone and Lake); continueethnographic resource inventory, traditional use,andresearchstudies;andundertakethreecatalogingprojects. The special emphasis program also pro-vided$193,800fortheBranchofNaturalResourcesfor year two of a three-year study of the declining
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pronghorn antelope population, year two of threeforatrumpeterswanstatisticalanalysis,andtobegina study of the Norris Geyser Basis groundwatersystem.
Other Park Service Funds. YCR continuedworkontheBenefits-SharingEnvironmentalImpactStatement in FY06 with funds provided by theservicewide planning office of the National ParkService($249,000).
Other Federal Funds. Someofthesefundswereprovided by the Greater Yellowstone CoordinatingCommittee($11,800)tofundYellowstoneparticipa-tion in four Greater Yellowstone Area projects inFY06:developmentofafirehistoryandfuelmodelmappingprojectforwildlandfireapplications,pro-duction of a summary report of GYCC projects,production and printing of the proceedings of the8thBiennialScientificConferenceontheGYE,andan American Indian ethnographic resources sur-vey.Thebulkof the funding in thiscategory,how-ever, was provided by the U.S. Fish and WildlifeServiceforincreasedmonitoringofgrizzlybearsinpreparationfortheirremovalfromtheEndangeredSpecies List ($120,000), and the Bureau of LandManagement fora JointFireSciencesProgramfirebehaviorstudy($90,500).
Private Funds.Atotalof$340,400wasdonatedto the park by private organizations or individu-als in support of various YCR projects, includingwhirling disease surveys, restoration of westslopecutthroattrout,Yellowstonecutthroattroutconser-vationefforts,wolfrecoveryprogramoperations,anexperimentalelectronicdatacollectionproject(Eyeson Hayden), theTauck World Discovery volunteerprogramforhistoricstructuresconservation,cultur-al resource preservation projects, an ethnographicsurvey, the Atlas of Yellowstone project, a wolver-ine survey, and to launch the Greater YellowstoneScience Learning Center project. Most of thisfunding ($265,500) came through the YellowstonePark Foundation. The Montana Whirling DiseaseInitiativeprovided$44,100.
PersonnelManystaffingchangestookplaceinYCRduring
FY06,driveninpartbytheretirement,reassignment,and resignation decisions of some key employees,but also by the implementation of recommenda-tions based on the servicewide Core Operations
Analysis process. YCR’s management team beganto incorporatepositionmanagement strategies thatwouldallowforlong-termfinancialsolvency,whilerefocusing human resources on the highest parkpriorities.Thisprocesshelpedensurethatworkwasorganized and assigned among positions in a man-nerservingthepark’scoremissionmosteffectivelyandeconomically.
Ofthe254personnelactionsprocessedbyYCRinFY06,thesewereofspecialnote:• In November of 2005, Supervisory Interpretive
Ranger (Lake) Carol Shively accepted a tempo-rary reassignment to YCR’s new Heritage andResearchCenterinGardiner,Montana,tocoor-dinatefacilitymanagementandestablishapublicoutreachandvolunteerprogram.
• GISSpecialistShannonSavageresignedfromtheNational Park Service as of January 6, 2006, topursueherdoctoratedegreeinthefieldofspatialanalysis at Montana State University–Bozeman.Her workload was later backfilled on a trialbasiswithtwoCartographicTechniciansontermappointments.
• On February 3, 2006, John D. Varley, DirectoroftheYellowstoneCenterforResources,retiredfromtheNationalParkService. John’scareer inYellowstonespannedmorethan30years,thelast13 of which he spent guiding the park divisioncombiningnaturalandculturalresourcestaffthatheworkedtocreatein1993.Aproveninnovatorand servicewide leader of resource stewardshipwithin the National Park Service, John firmlyestablishedscienceandresearchasafoundationfor resource management in Yellowstone. Uponretirement, John and his wife Anita moved toBozeman,Montana,whereJohnindulgeshispas-sion for gardening and continues his work withnatural resources as the Director of MontanaStateUniversity’sBigSkyInstitute.
• OnFebruary5,2006,NaturalResourcesBranchChief Tom Olliff was appointed as the ActingDivision Chief for YCR, then successfully com-petedforandacceptedthepositionpermanentlyasofMay14,2006,vice-JohnVarley.
• Maurine Hinckley-Cole,Administrative SupportAssistant for the Branch of Cultural Resources,accepted a promotion within Yellowstone andmovedtothepositionofSecretaryfortheDivisionofInterpretationonFebruary19,2006.Herposi-
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tion with the YCR was discontinued as part ofan internal downsizing exercise. The seasonalAdministrativeSupportAssistantpositionfortheAquaticResourcesgroupatLakewasalsodiscon-tinuedwiththeresignationofMaryMcKinneyinMarch,whoacceptedafull-timepositioninCody,Wyoming,shortlyafterMaurine’sdeparture.
• GlennPlumbwasofferedatemporarypromotionattheendofFebruary2006toassumethedutiesof the vacant Natural Resources Branch Chiefposition, vice-Tom Olliff. He was the candidateselected and appointed to the position perma-nentlyonSeptember3,2006.HisformerpositionasSupervisoryWildlifeBiologistinchargeoftheWildlifeResourcesTeamwasbackfilledbyseniorstaff biologists through a series of temporarypromotions during the subsequent lapse anddeferredrecruitingprocess.
• TheleadpositionfortheVegetationManagementgroupwasre-classifiedandestablishedatasuper-visorylevelonparwiththeothernaturalresourc-es workgroups, and Resource ManagementSpecialist Mary Hektner was selected for thepromotion as of May 28, 2006, and her formerpositiondiscontinued.
• Likewise, the lead position for YCR’s ResourceInformation and Publications group, which hadbeen vacant since October 2004, was restruc-tured, reestablished, and filled by TechnicalWriter-Editor Tami Blackford on a temporarypromotionfromJuly2throughtheendofthefis-calyear.
• Budget Analyst Joy Perius, who had been withYCRsince1993invariouscapacities,acceptedapromotiontothepositionofparkBudgetOfficerand moved to the Division of Administrationas of July 2006. Joy’s position was backfilledfor the remainder of the fiscal year by MontanaLindstrom,ondetailfromtheFinanceOffice.
• TechnicalWriter-EditorAliceWondrak-Biel,whohad been working remotely from her husband’sduty station at Bryce Canyon National Park,
resignedherYellowstonepositiononSeptember30, 2006, in conjunction with their relocationto Padre Island National Seashore in Texas andAlice’s acceptance of a position with the NPSIntermountain Regional Office. The TechnicalWriter-Editor position was then discontinuedbeginninginFY07.
AsoftheendofFY06,thefollowingYCRpositionshadbeendiscontinuedasresultofCoreOperationsrecommendations: a permanent full-time GISSpecialist, a permanent part-time AdministrativeSupport Assistant, a seasonal administrative assis-tant position, and a permanent full-time TechnicalWriter-Editor.Also,YCRendedtheyearwiththefol-lowingpositionseithervacantoroccupiedthroughtemporarydetailassignments:SupervisoryWildlifeBiologist,SeniorEditor,andBudgetAnalyst.
TotalemploymentonYCRactivitieswasequiva-lentto75full-timeemployeesforFY06(Appendix1). This was slightly less than the FTE count forFY05,butstillabovetheaverageFTEfortheperiodFY01–FY05(71FTE),mainlyduetothenumberofhours contributed by employees from other divi-sionsworkingonYCRprojects.
Other Administrative ActivitiesAssistance Agreements. Staff processed 64
assistance agreements and task orders in FY06,totaling obligations of $1,337,300, of which 37%wasusedforadministrationof theMontanaWaterCompact and geothermal monitoring plan. Othersignificant investments were made in ethnographicuse studies, aquatic resources studies, research insupportofwinterusestudies,wildliferesearch,andresearch related to fire ecology and vegetation onYellowstone’snorthernrange.
Procurement Actions.Staffprocessed702pro-curement actions in FY06, totaling approximately$514,900.
Clerical Support. Staff processed 1,147 pieces ofcorrespondenceand331travelauthorizationsinFY06.
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APPENDIX I
Personnel Roster, 2006
Professional Support Branch
Management and Administration YCRFTE Non-YCRFTE
1. Cline,Barbara DivisionSecretary 1.002. Deutch,Ann EnvironmentalProtectionAssistant 0.553. Hendrix,Christie EnvironmentalProtectionAssistant 1.004. Housley,Sara CenterClerk 0.045. Lindstrom,Montana BudgetAnalyst 0.136. McAdam,Melissa Sprv.BudgetAnalyst 1.007. Mills,Sue EnvironmentalProtectionSpecialist 1.008. Olliff,Tom DivisionChief 0.389. Perius,Joy BudgetAnalyst 0.65
10. Shively,Carol ProgramManager-HRC 0.8511. Smith,Christine EnvironmentalProtectionAssistant 0.7012. Varley,John Director 0.35
Maintenance&custodialassistance(LakeResearchDorm) - 0.02subtotalManagement&Admin: 7.65 0.02
Resource Information Team
13. Blackford,Tami TechnicalWriter-Editor 1.0014. Franke,MaryAnn TechnicalWriter-Editor 0.4315. Lawson,Cecilia EditorialAssistant 0.2116. Schullery,Paul ResourceNaturalist 0.4017. Stevenson,Sarah TechnicalWriter-Editor 0.1118. Warner,Virginia EditorialAssistant 0.9419. WondrakBiel,Alice TechnicalWriter-Editor 0.95
subtotalResourceInformation: 4.04 -
Spatial Analysis Center
20. Bone,Sarah CartographicTechnician 0.0221. Cater,Steve CartographicTechnician 0.3022. Dale,Jeffrey CartographicTechnician 0.3223. Friedel,Rob CartographicTechnician 0.2324. Guiles,Carrie CartographicTechnician 1.0125. Miller,Steve CartographicTechnician 0.3126. Rodman,Ann Sprv.GISSpecialist 1.0027. Savage,Shannon GISSpecialist 0.2728. Zawistoski,Mark CartographicTechnician 0.29
subtotalSpatialAnalysis: 3.75 -
Professional Support Branch FTE: 15.44 0.02
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Natural Resources BranchAdministration YCRFTE Non-YCRFTE
1. Cole,Stephanie AdministrativeSupportAssistant 0.282. Olliff,Tom ChiefofNaturalResources 0.623. Plumb,Glenn ChiefofNaturalResources 0.084. Wyman,Becky AdministrativeSupportAssistant 0.98
Horsehandler&packersupport(bison,fish,geologyprojects) - 0.51WinterUseMonitoringAssistance(wildlife,airquality,acoustic) - 1.26
subtotalNRAdminFTE: 1.96 1.77
Wildlife Resources Team
5. Blanton,Doug BiologicalScienceTechnician 1.026. Coleman,Louise BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.527. Coleman,Tyler BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.358. Davis,Troy BiologicalScienceTechnician 1.029. Geremia,Chris BiologicalScienceTechnician 1.01
10. Guernsey,Deb BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.9711. Gunther,Kerry WildlifeBiologist 1.0212. Holcomb,Sarah Clerk-Typist 0.2013. Jones,Jennifer BiologicalScienceTechnician 1.0114. Jones,Tildon BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.5015. McEneaney,Terry WildlifeBiologist 1.0016. McIntyre,Rick BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.4617. Miller,Steve CartographicTechnician 0.5818. Murphy,Kerry WildlifeBiologist 0.9819. Playter,Amanda BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.2720. Plumb,Glenn Sprv.WildlifeBiologist 0.9521. Roberts,Lori BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.1922. Robison,Hillary BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.1423. Smith,Doug WildlifeBiologist 1.0024. Smith,Jeremiah BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.3525. Stahler,Dan BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.7626. Stroud,Janice BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.1527. Tallian,Aimee BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.4228. Thompson,Derek BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.3129. Treanor,John BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.8930. Tubbs,Noelle Clerk-Typist 0.0731. Wallen,Rick WildlifeBiologist 1.0032. Wells,Kimberly BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.2733. White,PJ WildlifeBiologist 1.0034. Wyman,Travis BiologicalScienceTechnician 1.00
WildlifeProjectAssistance(wolverine,bison,wolf,&grizzlybearmonitoring) - 2.36
subtotalWildlifeFTE: 19.41 2.36
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Fisheries and Aquatic Resources YCRFTE Non-YCRFTE
35. Arnold,Jeff Ecologist 0.9836. Bigelow,Pat FisheryBiologist 0.9437. Billman,Hilary BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.1738. Bywater,Tim AdministrativeSupportAssistant 0.1539. Doepke,Phil BiologicalScienceTechnician 1.0040. Erickson,Jeremy BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.5541. Ertel,Brian BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.8942. Facendola,Joe BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.0843. Hutchinson,Hunter BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.1844. Keep,Shane BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.1645. Koel,Todd Sprv.FisheryBiologist 1.0046. Kreiner,RyanJ. BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.4247. Legere,Nicole BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.9048. Mahony,Dan FisheryBiologist 1.0049. McKinney,Mary AdministrativeSupportAssistant 0.1750. Olson,Kevin BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.0151. Olszewski,Brad BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.0852. Romankiewicz,Chris BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.3853. Schamberry,Nicole BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.0854. Sigler,Stacey BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.5455. Varian,Anna BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.0856. Wachter,Rebecca BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.4257. Wethington,Don SmallCraftOperator 0.4458. Wiggins,Justin BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.42
FisheriesProjectsAssistance(streamrestoration) - 0.07subtotalAquaticResourcesFTE: 11.04 0.07
Vegetation Management
59. Anderson,Heidi Botanist 0.8860. D’Imperio,Elizabeth BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.2661. Hektner,Mary Sprv.VegetationSpecialist 1.0062. Klaptosky,John BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.4663. Pecha,Vicki BiologicalScienceTechnician 0.2364. Renkin,Roy VegetationManagementSpecialist 1.0065. Whipple,Jennifer Botanist 0.81
subtotalVegetationFTE: 4.64
Geology and Physical Sciences
66. Eagan,Sean Hydrologist 0.5067. Gardiner,William PhysicalScienceTechnician 0.2968. Heasler,Hank Geologist 1.0069. Jaworowski,Cheryl Geologist 0.9670. Miller,Steve PhysicalScienceTechnician 0.12
Geothermalmonitoringassistance - 0.04subtotalGeologyFTE: 2.87 0.04
Natural Resources Branch FTE: 39.92 4.24
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Cultural Resources BranchYCRFTE Non-YCRFTE
1. Anderson,Roger ChiefofCulturalResources 1.002. Case,Bridgette MuseumTechnician 0.993. Curry,Colleen MuseumCurator 1.004. Dawson,Herb HistoricArchitect 1.005. Felton,Tasha CulturalResourcesTechnician 0.966. Hale,Elaine Archeologist 0.967. Hinckley-Cole,Maurine AdministrativeSupportAssistant 0.35 0.038. Housley,Harold Archivist 0.969. Housley,Sara CenterClerk 0.12
10. Johnson,Ann Archeologist 1.0011. Perkins,Jodine LibraryTechnician 0.2312. Reid,Charissa CulturalAnthropologist 0.1013. Saba,Meredith ArchivesTechnician 0.2114. Sucec,Rosemary CulturalAnthropologist 0.9215. White,Katie CulturalResourcesTechnician 1.0016. Whittlesey,Lee Historian 1.0017. Zirngibl,Wendy MuseumTechnician 0.39
HistoricStructuresPreservationProjectsAssistance - 2.91
Cultural Resources Branch: 12.19 2.94
115 YCR Employees TOTAL YCR FY06 FTE: 67.55 7.20
Wolf Project staff and November–December winter study volunteers. Standing, from left: Andy Shepard, Tim Hudson, Abby Nelson, Libby Williamson, Nicole Legere, Bill Bridgeland, Robin Rauch, Deb Guernsey, Douglas Smith (with Hawken and Sawyer Smith). Kneeling, from left: Erin Albers, Sarah Malick, Matt Metz.
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APPENDIX II
Publications, Reports, and Papers
Professional Publications
Borkowski, J.J., P.J. White, R.A. Garrott, T.D.Davis, A.R. Hardy, and D.J. Reinhart. 2006.Wildlife responses to motorized winter recre-ation in Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Applications16:1911–1925.
Bruggeman, J.E., R.A. Garrott, D.D. Bjornlie, P.J.White,F.G.R.Watson,andJ.J.Borkowski.2006.TemporalvariabilityinwintertravelpatternsofYellowstonebison:theeffectsofroadgrooming.Ecological Applications16:1539–1554.
Evans,S.B.,L.D.Mech,P.J.White,andG.A.Sargeant.2006.SurvivalofadultfemaleelkinYellowstonefollowing wolf restoration. Journal of Wildlife Management70:1372–1378.
Gogan,P.J.P.,T.O.Lemke,D.B.Tyers,andP.J.White.2006.ThenorthernYellowstoneelkherd—man-agement actions and natural regulation. Pages224–229 in D.R. McCullough, K. Kaji, and M.Yamanaka, editors. Wildlife in Shiretoko and Yellowstone National Parks: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Two World Heritage Sites.Shiretoko Nature Foundation and the AsahiShimbunCompany,Hokkaido,Japan.
Lynch, H.J., R.A. Renkin, R.L. Crabtree, and P.R.Moorecroft. 2006. The influence of previousmountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponder-osae) activity on the 1988 Yellowstone fires.Ecosystems9:1318–1327.
Murphy, K.M., T.M. Potter, J.C. Halfpenny, K.A.Gunther, M. Tildon Jones, P.A. Lundberg, andN.D. Berg. 2006. Distribution of Canada lynxinYellowstoneNationalPark.Northwest Science80(3):199–206.
Schwartz,C.C.,andK.A.Gunther.2006.Grizzlybearmanagement inYellowstoneNationalPark, theheartofrecoveryintheYellowstoneEcosystem.Pages232–238in:D.R.McCullough,K.Kaji,andM.Yamanaka,editors.Wildlife in Shiretoko and Yellowstone National Parks: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Two World Heritage Sites.Shiretoko Nature Foundation and the AsahiShimbunCompany,Hokkaido,Japan.
Schwartz,C.C.M.A.Haroldson,K.A.Gunther,andD. Moody. 2006. Distribution of grizzly bearsin the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in 2004.Ursus17(1):63–66.
Smith, D.W. 2006. Coexisting with large carni-vores:LessonsfromGreaterYellowstone(bookreview).BioScience56(10):848–849.
. 2006. Re-introduction of gray wolves toYellowstoneNationalPark,USA.Re-Introduction News25:29–31.
Smith, D.W., D.R. Stahler, D.S. Guernsey, and E.Bangs. 2006. Wolf restoration in YellowstoneNationalParkin:D.R.McCullough,K.Kaji,andM.Yamanaka,editors.Wildlife in Shiretoko and Yellowstone National Parks: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Two World Heritage Sites.Shiretoko Nature Foundation and the AsahiShimbunCompany,Hokkaido,Japan.
Stahler,D.R.,D.W.Smith,andD.S.Guernsey.2006.Foraging and feeding ecology of the gray wolf(Canis lupus):lessonsfromYellowstoneNationalPark, Wyoming, USA. Journal of Nutrition 136:1923S–1926S.
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Wright,G.J.,R.O.Peterson,D.W.Smith,T.O.Lemke.2006. Selection of northern Yellowstone elkby gray wolves and hunters. Journal of Wildlife Management70(4):1070–1078.
Administrative Reports
Arnold,J.L.,andT.M.Koel.2006.Bioassessment and Water Quality Sampling of Middle Creek and Mammoth Crystal Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY, 2002–2005. National Park Service,YellowstoneCenterforResources,YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyoming,YCR-2006-06.
.2006.Effects of Snowmobile Emissions on the Chemistry of Snowmelt Runoff in Yellowstone National Park, Final Report. National ParkService, Yellowstone Center for Resources,YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyo.,YCR-2006-1.
. 2006. Evaluation of Stream Quality in the Greater Yellowstone Network Parks using Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities as Biological Indicators: Final Report to the Greater Yellowstone Network. National Park Service, YellowstoneCenter for Resources, Yellowstone NationalPark,Wyo.,YCR-2006-07.
Caslick, J. and E. 2006. Pronghorn distribution inwinter2006.NationalParkService,YellowstoneCenter for Resources, Yellowstone NationalPark,Wyo.,YCR-2006-05.
Gunther,K.A.2006.YellowstoneNationalParkrec-reational use. Page 47 in C.C. Schwartz, M.A.Haroldson, and K. West, editors. Yellowstone grizzly bear investigations: annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, 2005.U.S.GeologicalSurvey,Bozeman,Mont.,USA.
Gunther, K.A., M.T. Bruscino, S.L. Cain, K. Frey,Lauri Hanauska-Brown, M.A. Haroldson, andC.C.Schwartz.2006.Grizzlybear–humancon-flicts in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.Pages55–59inC.C.Schwartz,M.A.Haroldson,and K. West, editors. Yellowstone grizzly bear
investigations: annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, 2005.U.S.GeologicalSurvey,Bozeman,Mont.,USA.
Gunther,K.A.,andT.C.Wyman.2006.YellowstoneNational Park 2004 annual report of activitiesconducted under endangered species subper-mit #87-1. U.S. Department of the Interior,NationalParkService,BearManagementOffice,YellowstoneNationalPark.7pp.
Gunther,K.A.,T.Wyman,T.Coleman,L.Coleman,K. Loveless, L. Roberts, and S. Sigler. 2006.BearManagementOfficeadministrativeannualreportforcalendaryear2005.U.S.Departmentof the Interior, National Park Service, BearManagement Office, Yellowstone NationalPark.
Gunther,K.A.,T.Wyman,T.M.Koel,P.Perrotti,andE. Reinertson. 2006. Spawning cutthroat trout.Pages34–38inC.C.Schwartz,M.A.Haroldson,and K. West, editors. Yellowstone grizzly bear investigations: annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, 2005.U.S.GeologicalSurvey,Bozeman,Mont.,USA.
Koel,T.M., J.L. Arnold, P.E. Bigelow, P.D. Doepke,B.D.Ertel,D.L.Mahony,andM.E.Ruhl.2006.Yellowstone fisheries and aquatic sciences: annual report, 2005. NationalParkService,YellowstoneCenter for Resources, Yellowstone NationalPark,Wyo.,YCR-2006-09.
Maj, M. 2006. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee 2005 annual report. National ParkService, Yellowstone Center for Resources,YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyoming.
McEneaney, T. 2006. Yellowstone bird report 2005. YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyo.:NationalParkService, Yellowstone Center for Resources,YCR-2006-02.
National Park Service. 2006. Servicewide Benefits-Sharing Draft Environmental Impact Statement. National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for
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Resources,YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyo.
Podruzny S., and K. Gunther. 2006. Spring ungu-late availability and use by grizzly bears inYellowstoneNationalPark.Pages31–33inC.C.Schwartz,M.A.Haroldson,andK.West,editors.Yellowstone grizzly bear investigations: annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, 2005. U.S. Geological Survey, Bozeman,Mont.,USA.
Rydell, K.L., and M.S. Culpin. 2006. Managing the “Matchless Wonders”: A History of Administrative Development in Yellowstone National Park, 1872–1965.NationalParkService,YellowstoneCenterforResources,YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyo.,YCR-2006-03.
Smith,D.W.,D.R.Stahler,andD.S.Guernsey.2006.Yellowstone Wolf Project: annual report, 2005. National Park Service, Yellowstone Center forResources, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.,YCR-2006-04.
WondrakBiel,A.ed.2006.Greater Yellowstone Public Lands: A Century of Discovery, Hard Lessons, and Bright Prospects. Proceedings of the 8thBiennial Scientific Conference on the GreaterYellowstone Ecosystem. October 17–19, 2005,Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, YellowstoneNationalPark.YellowstoneNationalPark,Wyo.:YellowstoneCenterforResources.
Wondrak Biel, A. and D.W. Smith. 2006. Diseasesinvestigated as possible cause of wolf decline.Yellowstone Discovery21:6–7.
YellowstoneCenterforResources.2006. Yellowstone Center for Resources annual report 2005. NationalPark Service, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo.,YCR-2006-08.
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Standing Partnerships
YCR staff contribute to regional, national, andinternationalstewardshipeffortsbyparticipatinginthefollowingongoingpartnerships:
Absaroka Divide Cooperative Wildlife Working GroupPartners: Shoshone National Forest, WyomingGameandFishCommissionMission: toincreaseknowledgeofspeciesandhab-itats in the Absaroka Mountains along the eastboundary of Yellowstone National Park, promoteresource management activities, and encourage aninteragency approach to problem solving and datacollectionandsharingCommitment: Member agencies collaborate onwildlife monitoring and other projects inside andoutsidethepark.YCR representatives:P.J.White2006 highlights:Thegroupcollaboratedonbighornsheep,elk,moose,andwolverinesurveysandproj-ects.
Atmospheric Mercury Deposition MonitoringPartners:WyomingDepartmentofEnvironmentalQualityMission: tomonitorandquantifymercurylevelsinwetdepositionatYNPattheNationalAtmosphericMercuryDepositionNetworksiteatTowerRangerStationCommitment: YCR provides staff to retrieve andshiptheweeklywetdepositionsampleandprecipi-tation records and deploy new glassware and raingauge chart for the collection of the next week’ssample. YCR staff also troubleshoots problems toensure that the precipitation collector and raingaugeareworkingproperly.YCR representatives:MaryHektner
2006 highlights:YCRtookovertheoperationofthesite from the Ranger staff.The NPS and WyomingDepartment of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ)entered into a memorandum of understandingwherein WYDEQ agreed to pay for analytical, sitesupport, data validation and network coordinatingcosts which had previously been paid for by theEnvironmentalProtectionAgency.
Consultation with American Indian TribesPartners:26park-affiliatedAmericanIndiantribesandanadditional54tribesthatarespecificallyinter-estedinbisonmanagementissues.Mission: interagency consultation with the goal ofenablingtheparktomanageitsculturalandnaturalresourcesinaculturallyinformedmannerCommitment: Each spring, tribes are invited for afull day’s meeting to hear about the most pressingmanagementissuesinnaturalandculturalresourc-es.Awelcomingpotluck isheld,andfieldtripsareusuallyofferedYCR representative:RosemarySucec2006 highlights:YNPhostedaconsultationmeetinginpartnershipwithGrandTetononMay19.
Ethnographic Resources Inventory (ERI) National Data Standards and Implementation CommitteePartners: NPS members include the Chief Ethno-grapher; Archeology and Ethnography ProgramManager;representativesfromtheAlaska,Midwest,Northeast, and Southeast regions; the OlympicNationalParkethnographer
APPENDIX III
Partnerships
Sow and cub acquiring human foods at Sylvan Pass.
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Mission: to assess use of the ERI system, identifyany needed changes, consider interface with otherservicewide data systems, and address operationalandconceptualneedsastheyariseCommitment: telephone conference calls everyquarter and on an as-needed basis, attendance atNPSethnographers’annualmeetingYCR representative: RosemarySucec2006 highlights: Wecontinuedtotrynewbetaver-sionsofthesoftwareandworkedwiththecontractorwhodevelopedittomakethenecessarychanges.
Federal Highways Road TeamPartner:FederalHighwayAdministrationMission: to ensure context-sensitive design in thereconstructionofthepark’shistoricroadsandcom-pliancewiththeNationalEnvironmentalPolicyActandEndangeredSpeciesActCommitment: weekly conference calls, two 4-daysessions walking the road corridor along each seg-menttobereconstructed,wintermeetingsYCR representatives:MaryHektner,ElaineHale2006 highlights: The first phase of the reconstruc-tionoftheCanyonJunctiontoTowerJunctionseg-ment of the Grand Loop Road was chosen as thewinner of the prestigious “Excellence in HighwayDesign”bytheFederalHighwayAdministration.
Greater Yellowstone Area Clean Air PartnershipPartners: Grand Teton National Park; Gallatin,Custer, Beaverhead, Shoshone, Bridger-Teton, andTarghee national forests; Red Rock Lakes NationalWildlifeRefuge;IdahoNationalEnvironmentalandEnergyLaboratory;Montana,Idaho,andWyomingDepartmentsofEnvironmentalQualityMission: to advise the Greater YellowstoneCoordinatingCommitteeonairqualityissuesandtofacilitate air quality program coordination and theimplementation of consistent air quality manage-mentstrategiesCommitment:annualmeetingYCR representative:MaryHektner
Greater Yellowstone Bald Eagle Working GroupPartners: GYAstateand federalgovernmentagen-cies,andnon-governmentalorganizations
Mission: Established in 1982, this group monitorsbaldeagleproductivityandotherinformation.Commitment:communicationsviae-mailYCRrepresentative:TerryMcEneaney
Greater Yellowstone Peregrine Falcon Working GroupPartners: two peregrine falcon groups, the statesofMontanaandWyoming,andthePeregrineFundMission:tocontinuetofacilitatetherecoveryoftheperegrinefalconintheGYACommitment: Wyoming has an informal workinggroup, with coordination done over the telephone.Montanahasamoreformalizedworkinggroupwithanannualmeeting.YCR representative:TerryMcEneaney
Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee (GYIBC)Partners:USDAAnimalandPlantHealthInspectionService; states of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho;InterTribalBisonCooperativeMission: to facilitate the development and imple-mentation of brucellosis management plans thatwill sustain the free-ranging elk and bison popula-tionsintheGYAandprotectthepublicinterestsandeconomicviabilityofthelivestockindustryinIdaho,Wyoming,andMontanaCommitment:TheNPSisrepresentedontheexec-utivecommitteebytheAssociateRegionalDirectorfor Natural Resources and Science. YCR providesa representative for the technical subcommittee.Meetingsaretypicallyheldthreetimesayear.YCR representative:RickWallen2006 highlights:TheInterTribalBisonCooperativewas confirmed as a non-voting member of theExecutive Committee. Discussions continued toupdatetheMOUforanotherfive-yearperiod.
Greater Yellowstone Trumpeter Swan Working GroupPartner:GreaterYellowstoneAreaagenciesMission: to collect annual population and pro-duction data on trumpeter swans in the GreaterYellowstoneAreaCommitment: Management activities are commu-nicatedbetweenagenciesatmeetings.YCR representative:TerryMcEneaney
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Harlequin Duck Working GroupPartner:U.S.andCanadianstate,federal,andpro-vincialagenciesMission:toshareharlequinduckinformationYCR representative:TerryMcEneaney
Integrated Science in Central YellowstonePartners:MontanaStateUniversity,CaliforniaStateUniversity–MontereyBayMission: tobuildanintegratedandmultidisciplinaryresearch program with the goal of advancing ourknowledge of the central Yellowstone ecosystem,supporting sound natural resource management,andcommunicatingourknowledgeanddiscoveriesto the visiting public to enhance their experienceandenjoymentoftheparkCommitment: YCR is a full partner and has com-mittedresourcesandstafffortheprojectduration.YCR representative: P.J.White2006 highlights:Thegroupassembledanintegratedknowledgeoflargescalelandscapedynamics,wild-life responses, and interactions in the central por-tion of YNP and delivered products to the NPS attheirdirection, including imagery,maps, fielddata,and simulation model runs. The group also pro-vided this knowledge through novel visualizationtools combining computer animation and digitalvideoproductionintheformofaninteractiveDVDmediaforusebyparkmanagementingeneralplan-ning, management activities, and Visitor EducationCenterkiosks.
Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP)Partners: USDAAnimalandPlantHealthInspectionService; state of Montana Fish, Wildlife and ParksandDepartmentofLivestockMission: to carry out the provisions of the IBMP,signed in 2000, that is designed to maintaining awild,free-rangingbisonpopulationwhileminimiz-ing the risk of transmitting the disease BrucellosisfrombisontodomesticcattleonpublicandprivatelandsinMontanaadjacenttoYNPYCR representative: RickWallen,GlennPlumb
Interagency Grizzly Bear Study TeamPartners: USGS Biological Resources Discipline;USFS;statesofIdaho,Montana,andWyoming
Mission: to conduct research needed to provideinformation for immediate and long-term manage-mentofgrizzlybearsinhabitingtheGYECommitment: twotosixmeetingsannually,whichtypicallyrangefromonetotwodayseachYCR representative:KerryGunther2006 highlights:IGBSTmembersprovidedmanag-erswithpertinentinformationongrizzlybearsurviv-al,mortality,cubproduction,populationestimates,keyfoods,habitat,andconflictswithhumans.
McLaren Mill Mine TailingsPartner: Montana Department of EnvironmentalQualityMission:toaddressthepotentialreclamationoftheMcLarenMillandMinetailingssites intheCookeCity,Montana,areaCommitment:meetingparticipationYCR representative:MaryHektner2006 highlights:TheStateiscontinuingtomonitorgroundwaterlelvelsintheproposedrepositorysite.
Mid-sized Carnivore Inventory and ResearchPartner: U.S. Forest Service, Rocky MountainResearchStation–MissoulaMission:toimprovebasicandmanagement-relatedinformationonmid-sizedcarnivoresintheGreaterYellowstoneEcosystemCommitment:20workdaysYCR representative:KerryMurphy2006 highlights:Twowolverineswerecapturedandmonitoredaspartofa5-yearstudy.Theparkiscon-tributingDNAsamples(hair)fromredfoxcapturedincidentallyinwolverinelivetraps.
Montana Bird Records CommitteePartners:variousgovernmentagenciesMission:toreviewnewandrarebirdrecords,andtokeepcurrentonadvancesinornithologyYCR representative:TerryMcEneaney
Montana Compact Technical Oversight CommitteePartners:MontanaWaterRightsCompactCommis-sion,NPSWaterResourcesDivisionMission:tooverseeadministrationoftheMontanaWater Rights Compact, which was established in
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1994 to protect geothermal features by limitinggroundwaterwithdrawalinadesignatedareanorthoftheparkYCR representative:HankHeasler2006 Highlights: In 2005, the committee success-fully lobbied Congress for funding to implementa comprehensive geothermal monitoring plan forYellowstone and in 2006, the committee reviewedprogressoftheplan.
Montana Cutthroat Trout Steering CommiteePartners: MontanaFish,WildlifeandParksandseveralfederalagencies,tribes,andprivateadvo-cacyorganizationsconcernedwithcutthroattroutinMontanaMission: to ensure the long term self-sustainingpersistenceofcutthroattroutacrosstheirrespectivehistoricalrangesCommitment: a two-day meeting each year andseveral days reviewing documents and/or updatingdatabasesYCRrepresentative: ToddKoel2006 highlights: CompleteddraftMemorandumofUnderstandingandConservationagreement.
Montana Fluvial Arctic Grayling WorkgroupPartners: MontanaFish,WildlifeandParksMission:Thisgroupdevelopsshort-andlong-termgoals and works toward the restoration of popula-tionsintheupperMissouribasin.Commitment:aone-daymeetingeachyearplusanyrequiredfieldactivitiesYCRrepresentative: ToddKoel2006 highlights: YellowstoneNationalParkcontin-uesresearchtodeterminethestatusoffluvialarcticgraylingwithintheGibbonRiversystem.
National Partnership for the Management of Wild and Native Coldwater FisheriesPartners: federalandstateagencies,professionalassociations,andprivateadvocacyorganizationsconcernedwiththestatusofwildandnativefisher-iesintheUnitedStatesMission: to provide leadership and recommenda-tions for the Whirling Disease Initiative and theMontanaWaterCenterCommitment:one3-daymeetingeachyear
YCR representative:ToddKoel2006 highlights:TheWhirlingDiseaseInitiativewillcontinue to fund research projects with a focus onthe development of tools to mitigate the effects ofthedisease.
Natural Resources Advisory GroupPartners: The group includes representativesfrom each NPS region, the central office, and fieldresources,andasuperintendent.Mission:toadvisetheAssociateDirectorforNaturalResources,MikeSoukup,onservicewideissuesCommitment: annual meeting and between-meet-ingassignmentsYCR representative: TomOlliff
Neotropical Migrant Working GroupsPartners: Partners in Flight of Montana, Partnersin Flight of Wyoming, Western Working GroupPartnersinFlightMission: They are currently focused on priori-tizing species and developing conservation plans.YCR representative:TerryMcEneaney
New World Mining District Response and Restoration ProjectPartners:USFS,EPAMission:todevelopandimplementcertainresponseandnaturalresourcerestorationactivitiesintheNewWorldMiningDistrictinconjunctionwiththestatesofMontanaandWyomingandpublicparticipationCommitment: public and agency meetings relatedtotheongoingrestorationworkandreviewofUSFSquarterlyprogressreportstoCongressYCR representative:MaryHektner2006 highlights:Environmentalcleanupofthemin-ingimpactsisproceeding
Northern Yellowstone Cooperative Wildlife Working GroupPartners:MontanaFish,WildlifeandParks;GallatinNational Forest; USGS-Northern Rocky MountainScienceCenterMission: to protect the long-term integrity of thenorthern Yellowstone winter range by increasingknowledge of its species and habitats, promotingprudentlandmanagementactivities,andencourag-
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inganinteragencyapproachtosolvingproblemsCommitment:bi-annualmeetingsandworkassign-ments on wildlife surveys and reports. Memberssharecostsandduties formonitoringungulatesonthenorthernrangeinsideandoutsideYNP.YCR representatives:GlennPlumb,P.J.White2006 highlights:Thegroupcompletedcooperativecountsandclassificationsofbighornsheep,elk,andpronghorn,theresultsofwhichweresummarizedinanannualreport.
Northwest Level 1 Streamlining GroupPartners: federal land management agencies inNorthwestWyoming;U.S.FishandWildlifeServiceMission: to provide an expedited technical reviewoftheeffectsofproposedagencyprojectsonlisted,proposed,andcandidatespeciesthatareprotectedunderthe1973EndangeredSpeciesActCommitment:twotofourmeetingsperyearYCR Representative: KerryMurphy2006 Highlights:MurphyattendedfourmeetingsinnorthwestWyoming.
Rocky Mountain Cluster Natural Resource Managers GroupPartners:RockyMountainClusterNPSunitsMission: todiscussclusterresourceissuesandfund-ing initiatives and receive updates on servicewideissuesCommitment: atwo-dayannualmeetingYCR representative: TomOlliff
Snow SurveyPartner:NaturalResourcesConservationServiceMission:tocollectsnowpackandrelatedclimateinformationinordertomonitorandhelpmanagesurfacewatersupplyderivedfromsnowmeltinthehighermountainousareasoftheWestYCR representative:MaryHektnerCommitment: Ranger staff collect monthly snowdepth and water content data January–May atfive manual snow courses and 7 of 10 automatedSNOTELsites.YCRconductsresource inventorieswhen site modificationsareneeded to installaddi-tionalequipment.
Tauck Volunteer ProgramPartners:TauckWorldDiscovery/TauckBridgesMission:togiveTauckguestsanopportunitytopro-vide volunteer help on infrastructure preservationand maintenance projects, and to enable the parkto complete projects that otherwise would not bedoneCommitment:approximatelyoneweekpermonthduring spring through fall, plus several days eachmonthduringwinterYCR representative:HerbDawson2006 highlights: Volunteers prepared and stainedfive vehicle bridges including Fishing Bridge; andhauledover3,000 lbs.ofbrokenasphaltpavingforrecycling. The Tauck Volunteer program receivedthe Preserve America Presidential Award in May,2006, “for exemplary accomplishment in the pres-ervation and sustainable use of America’s heritageassets, which has enhanced communtiy life whilehonoringtheNation’shistory.”
Virginia City National Historic Landmark District Stabilization PartnershipPartner:MontanaHeritageCommission(MHC)Mission: to administer the expenditure of a $1.7millionNPSgranttotheMHCandprovidetechni-calassistanceandcoordinationwiththeMHC,theNationalParkService,privateconsultants,contrac-tors, and the Montana State Historic PreservationCommissionCommitment: threedayspermonthYCR representative:HerbDawson2006 highlights:The YCR representative reviewedplansforstructuralstabilizationandfireandelectri-cal improvements for historic buildings in VirginiaCity.
Wyoming Important Bird Area Technical Review Committee (WIBATRC)Partner:WyomingAudubonMission:The WIBATRC is responsible for review-ing, designating, and implementing important landtractsinWyomingforbirdconservation.Commitment:meetingsviaconferencecallYCR representative:TerryMcEneaney
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Wyoming Rare Plant Technical CommitteeMission: to coordinate activities between govern-ment agencies with rare plant responsibilities, andpromoteawarenessofrareplantsstatewideCommitment:threedaysperyearYCR representative:JenniferWhipple(chair)Highlights:AthreatenedandendangeredplantsofWyoming poster for the four listed vascular plantspecieswasproducedbytheBLMandtheWyomingNational Diversity Database in cooperation withotherorganizationsandagencies.
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Interstate WorkgroupPartners: Montana,Idaho,Wyoming,andseveralfederalagenciesandtribesMission:provideaframeworkforcooperationandcollaboration between those concerned with theconservationofYellowstonecutthroattroutCommitment: a two-day meeting each year plusseveral days reviewing documents and/or updatingdatabasesYCRrepresentative: ToddKoel2006 highlights: Completed 2006 Yellowstone cut-throattroutrange-widestatusassessment.
Yellowstone Wildlife Health ProgramPartners:YellowstoneParkFoundation,MontanaStateUniversity,UniversityofCalifornia–DavisMission:TheYWHPhasbeenestablishedtounderstandandaddressprioritywildlifediseaseandecosystemhealthproblemsatYellowstoneNationalParkbydesigningandimplementinga
long-termwildlifehealthassessmentprogramtomonitorandevaluatewildlifediseasesandhealthindicatorsasasubcomponentoftheGreaterYellowstoneNetworkVitalSignsMonitoringProgram.Commitment:TheYWHPwilldevelopinforma-tionandmechanismstounderstandandaddresspresentorfuturediseases,includingbrucellosisinbisonandelk,WestNilevirusinbirds,whirlingdiseaseintrout,andhantavirusinsmallmammals,becausetheyhavethepotentialtoaltertheout-comeofYNP’smission.YCR representative:GlennPlumb2006 Highlights:AnexploratorymeetingamongsttheprincipalpartnerswasheldinJuly2006,andaMemorandumofUnderstandingwassignedinOctober2006.
Yellowstone Volcanic ObservatoryPartners: U.S.GeologicalSurvey,UniversityofUtahMission: to monitor Yellowstone for volcanic haz-ardsandearthquakesusinganetworkofseismicandGPSstationsandprovidereal-timedatatoscientistsand other interested persons at http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvoYCR representative:HankHeasler2006 Highlights:YVOpublishedatenyearvolcanoandearthquakemonitoringplanfortheYellowstonevolcano (available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5276/). YVO scientists gathered data atHotSpringsBasintodocumentchangesassociatedwithrapidgrounduplift(about16cmfrom2004to2006).
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eas
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ober
t D
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ent,
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t, Y
PF, U
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NPS
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e
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Man
agem
ent
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ice
USG
S-BR
D (I
GBS
T),
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
Dr.
Kim
Kea
ting,
Dr.
Stev
e C
herr
y, D
r. C
harle
s Sc
hwar
tz, (
YC
R: K
erry
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ther
)M
odel
ing
habi
tat-
spec
ific
prob
abili
ty o
f oc
curr
ence
for
griz
zly
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s in
the
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PS B
ase
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agem
ent
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ice/
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f Pr
ojec
t O
ffic
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ringi
a So
uth,
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D (I
GBS
T)D
r. H
owar
d Q
uigl
ey, D
r. C
harle
s Sc
hwar
tz,
Mar
k H
arol
dson
, (Y
CR:
Dr.
Dou
g Sm
ith,
Ker
ry G
unth
er)
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ntai
n Li
on, W
olf,
Griz
zly
Bear
, & B
lack
Be
ar In
tera
ctio
nsBe
ringi
a So
uth,
YPF
, U
SGS,
ON
PS B
ase
Biso
n Ec
olog
y an
d M
anag
emen
tRu
ssia
n Fe
dera
tion
Min
istr
y of
Hea
lth,
USD
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RS, T
exas
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M
Uni
vers
ity
Drs
. Ale
xand
er D
enis
ov, G
lenn
Plu
mb
(YC
R), S
teve
n O
lsen
, and
Gar
y A
dam
sC
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rativ
e st
udie
s of
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unob
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l ch
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teris
tics
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rner
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ndat
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eat
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ativ
e
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y an
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nive
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of
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gary
, U
nive
rsity
of
Mon
tana
Drs
. Cor
mac
k G
ates
, Len
Bro
berg
, Gle
nn
Plum
b (Y
CR)
Biso
n m
ovem
ent
and
disp
ersa
lN
PS
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n Ec
olog
y an
d M
anag
emen
tM
onta
na S
tate
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vers
ity
(Eco
logy
)D
r. Ro
bert
Gar
rott
, Dr.
P.J.
Whi
te (Y
CR)
, Ri
ck W
alle
n (Y
CR)
, Jas
on B
rugg
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Spat
ial d
ynam
ics
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he c
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rdM
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ityO
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on (p
aid
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n Ec
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d M
anag
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onta
na S
tate
Uni
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ity
(Eco
logy
)Ja
son
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gem
an, D
rs. R
ober
t G
arro
tt
and
P.J.
Whi
te (Y
CR)
, Ric
k W
alle
n (Y
CR)
Biso
n de
mog
raph
y in
rel
atio
n to
gro
omed
ro
ads
durin
g w
inte
rO
NPS
-Win
ter
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M
onito
ring
(pai
d ou
t in
FY
04)
Biso
n Ec
olog
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d M
anag
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tU
SDA
-APH
IS
Rick
Wal
len
(YC
R), D
r. Ry
an C
lark
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te o
f br
ucel
losi
s ex
posu
re in
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llow
ston
e bi
son
USD
A-A
PHIS
, ON
PS-B
ison
M
anag
emen
t
Biso
n Ec
olog
y an
d M
anag
emen
tU
nive
rsity
of
Ken
tuck
yPh
ilip
Cro
wle
y (Y
CR:
Joh
n Tr
eano
r, Ri
ck
Wal
len)
Aff
ects
of
vacc
inat
ion
on b
ruce
llosi
s pr
eval
ence
Uni
vers
ity o
f K
entu
cky
(pai
d ou
t in
FY
04)
ON
PS-B
ison
Biso
n Ec
olog
y an
d M
anag
emen
tU
nive
rsity
of
Mon
tana
Fred
Alle
ndor
f, F
lo G
ardi
pee
(YC
R: R
ick
Wal
len)
Con
serv
atio
n ge
netic
s of
bis
onU
nive
rsity
of
Mon
tana
(p
aid
out
in F
Y04
)O
NPS
-Bis
on
Ethn
ogra
phy
Bear
Cre
ek C
ounc
ilRo
sem
ary
Suce
c (Y
CR)
Supp
ort
for
the
potlu
ck w
elco
min
g A
mer
ican
Indi
an t
ribes
to
Yello
wst
one
Bear
Cre
ek C
ounc
il,
Yello
wst
one
NP
Ethn
ogra
phy
Nez
Per
ce N
atio
nal
His
toric
Tra
il,
Con
fede
rate
d Tr
ibes
of
the
Col
ville
In
dian
Res
erva
tion,
C
onfe
dera
ted
Trib
es
of t
he U
mat
illa
Indi
an
Rese
rvat
ion,
Nez
Per
ce
Trib
e
Sand
i McF
arla
nd (N
PNH
T), L
inda
You
ng
(Div
isio
n of
Inte
pret
atio
n)(Y
CR:
Ros
emar
y Su
cec)
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ning
for
200
6 m
eetin
g w
ith t
ribal
re
pres
enta
tives
and
sch
olar
s to
iden
tify
inte
rpre
tive
them
es f
or Y
ello
wst
one
segm
ent
of t
he t
rail
Nat
iona
l End
owm
ent
for
the
Hum
aniti
es v
ia
the
Yello
wst
one
Park
Fo
unda
tion
66 Appendix III: Partnerships 2006 Annual Report 6766 Appendix III: Partnerships 2006 Annual Report 67
Ben
efit
tin
gPr
og
ram
Co
op
erat
or/
Part
ner
Co
nta
ct/
Prin
cip
al In
vest
igat
or
Pro
ject
Fun
d S
ou
rce
Ethn
ogra
phy
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
onta
naG
reg
Cam
pbel
l, (Y
CR:
Ros
emar
y Su
cec)
Doc
umen
t th
e Bu
ffal
o W
alk
and
its
mea
ning
for
the
Nez
Per
ce a
nd L
akot
aRM
-CES
U
Geo
grap
hic
Info
rmat
ion
Syst
ems
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
(T
herm
al B
iolo
gy
Inst
itute
), W
este
rn
Ore
gon
Uni
vers
ity,
USG
S, P
ortla
nd S
tate
U
nive
rsity
, Ida
ho
Nat
iona
l Eng
inee
ring
& E
nviro
nmen
tal
Labo
rato
ry, U
nive
rsity
of
New
Mex
ico
Drs
. Will
iam
Insk
eep,
Sar
ah B
oom
er,
Dar
rell
Nor
dstr
om, A
nna-
Loui
se
Reye
nbac
h, F
rank
Rob
erto
, Cris
tina
Taka
cs-V
esba
ch, A
nn R
odm
an (Y
CR)
Cre
ate
a re
sear
ch c
oord
inat
ion
netw
ork
for
geot
herm
al b
iolo
gy a
nd g
eoch
emis
try
in Y
ello
wst
one
Nat
iona
l Sci
ence
Fo
unda
tion
Geo
grap
hic
Info
rmat
ion
Syst
ems
Uni
vers
ity o
f N
ew
Mex
ico,
Por
tland
Sta
te
Uni
vers
ity, U
SGS
Drs
. Cris
tina
Taka
cs-V
esba
ch, A
nna-
Loui
se
Reys
enba
ch, &
Kirk
Nor
dstr
om, A
nn
Rodm
an (Y
CR)
A m
icro
bial
inve
ntor
y of
Gre
ater
Ye
llow
ston
e Ec
osys
tem
fea
ture
sN
atio
nal S
cien
ce
Foun
datio
n
Geo
logy
Uni
vers
ity o
f U
tah
(Geo
logy
and
G
eoph
ysic
s)
Dr.
Robe
rt S
mith
(YC
R: D
r. H
enry
Hea
sler
)Se
ism
ic a
nd G
PS m
onito
ring
of
Yello
wst
one
ON
PS-G
eolo
gy
Geo
ther
mal
M
onta
na S
tate
Uni
vers
ityD
r. Ri
ck L
awre
nce
(YC
R: D
r. C
hery
l Ja
wor
owsk
i)D
etec
tion
of r
adia
tive
ther
mal
flu
x ch
ange
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
Geo
ther
mal
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
onta
naC
arl S
eiel
stad
(YC
R: D
r. C
hery
l Ja
wor
owsk
i)Th
erm
al r
emot
e m
onito
ring
of N
orris
G
eyse
r Ba
sin
ON
PS-G
eolo
gy
Geo
ther
mal
USG
S-M
enlo
Par
k,
Yello
wst
one
Volc
ano
Obs
erva
tory
Jake
Low
enst
ern
(YC
R: D
r. H
enry
Hea
sler
)G
eoth
erm
al g
as m
onito
ring
ON
PS-G
eolo
gy
Geo
ther
mal
Uta
h St
ate
Uni
vers
ityC
hris
toph
er N
eale
(YC
R: C
hery
l Ja
wor
owsk
i)M
appi
ng t
herm
al s
prin
gs in
gey
ser
basi
nsO
NPS
-Geo
logy
Geo
ther
mal
/Mon
tana
W
ater
Com
pact
Stat
e of
Mon
tana
(B
urea
u of
Min
es a
nd
Geo
logy
)
Edm
ond
Dea
l (Y
CR:
Dr.
Hen
ry H
easl
er)
Con
trol
led
grou
ndw
ater
are
a •
Mon
itorin
g•
Dat
abas
e ad
min
istr
atio
nO
NPS
-Geo
logy
ON
PS-G
eolo
gy
Geo
ther
mal
/Mon
tana
W
ater
Com
pact
Stat
e of
Mon
tana
(N
atur
al R
esou
rces
and
C
onse
rvat
ion)
Bud
Clin
ch (Y
CR:
Dr.
Hen
ry H
easl
er)
Yello
wst
one
cont
rolle
d gr
ound
wat
er a
rea
wat
er r
ight
s ad
min
istr
atio
nO
NPS
-Geo
logy
Geo
ther
mal
/Mon
tana
W
ater
Com
pact
USG
S-W
RD (M
onta
na
Dis
tric
t)D
r. Ro
bert
Dav
is (Y
CR:
Dr.
Hen
ry H
easl
er)
Ass
ess
wat
er d
isch
arge
and
sel
ecte
d ch
emic
al a
nd p
hysi
cal p
aram
eter
s of
w
ater
s in
Yel
low
ston
e N
P
USG
S-W
RD, O
NPS
-G
eolo
gy
Geo
ther
mal
/Mon
tana
W
ater
Com
pact
USG
S-W
RD (U
tah
Dis
tric
t)D
avid
Sus
ong
(YC
R: D
r. H
enry
Hea
sler
)H
ydro
logi
c as
sist
ance
in a
dmin
iste
ring
the
com
pact
and
with
oth
er is
sues
USG
S-W
RD, O
NPS
-G
eolo
gy
66 Appendix III: Partnerships 2006 Annual Report 6766 Appendix III: Partnerships 2006 Annual Report 67
Ben
efit
tin
gPr
og
ram
Co
op
erat
or/
Part
ner
Co
nta
ct/
Prin
cip
al In
vest
igat
or
Pro
ject
Fun
d S
ou
rce
His
toric
Bui
ldin
gsM
onta
na P
rese
rvat
ion
Alli
ance
Che
re J
iust
o (Y
CR:
Her
b D
awso
n)St
abili
zatio
n of
his
toric
bui
ldin
gs in
Ye
llow
ston
e N
PH
isto
ric S
truc
ture
s St
abili
zatio
n Fu
nds,
C
RPP,
Cul
tura
l Cyc
lic
Mai
nten
ance
Mid
-siz
ed C
arni
vore
sA
Nat
ural
ist’s
Wor
ldD
r. K
erry
Mur
phy
(YC
R), D
r. Ja
mes
H
alfp
enny
, Ker
ry G
unth
er (Y
CR)
Dis
trib
utio
n of
Can
ada
lynx
in Y
ello
wst
one
YPF
Mid
-siz
ed C
arni
vore
sRo
cky
Mou
ntai
n Re
sear
ch S
tatio
n,
Gal
latin
and
Sho
shon
e N
atio
nal F
ores
ts,
Mon
tana
Fis
h, W
ildlif
e an
d Pa
rks,
Wyo
min
g G
ame
and
Fish
, Roc
ky
Mou
ntai
n C
oope
rativ
e Ec
osys
tem
s St
udie
s U
nit
Dr.
Jeff
Cop
elan
d, D
r. K
erry
Mur
phy
(YC
R)C
onse
rvat
ion
of W
olve
rine
at Y
NP:
an
swer
ing
mis
sion
-crit
ical
que
stio
nsY
PF, G
alla
tin a
nd
Shos
hone
Nat
iona
l Fo
rest
s, R
ocky
Mou
ntai
n C
oope
rativ
e Ec
osys
tem
s St
udie
s U
nit,
Wyo
min
g G
ame
and
Fish
Mid
-siz
ed C
arni
vore
sU
nive
rsity
of
Briti
sh
Col
umbi
a, U
nive
rsity
of
Mon
tana
Dr.
Kar
en H
odge
s, D
r. Sc
ott
Mill
s, D
r. K
erry
M
urph
y (Y
CR)
Abu
ndan
ce a
nd d
istr
ibut
ion
of s
now
shoe
ha
res
in Y
ello
wst
one
NP
Rock
y M
ount
ain
Coo
pera
tive
Ecos
yste
ms
Stud
ies
Uni
t, U
nive
rsity
of
Mon
tana
Mus
eum
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
St
anfo
rd U
nive
rsity
Mic
hael
Car
y (Y
CR:
Col
leen
Cur
ry)
Inte
rnsh
ip p
rogr
am f
or m
useu
m t
echs
Yello
wst
one
Park
Fo
unda
tion
Rese
arch
Uni
vers
ity o
f W
yom
ing-
NPS
Res
earc
h C
ente
rD
r. H
enry
Har
low
, Dr.
Gle
nn P
lum
b (Y
CR)
Coo
pera
tive
rese
arch
pro
gram
sup
port
ON
PS-R
esea
rch
Spat
ial A
naly
sis
Cen
ter
Gre
ater
Yel
low
ston
e I&
M
Net
wor
kA
nn R
odm
an (Y
CR)
NPS
PEC
IES
data
base
: Inv
erte
brat
esN
PS I&
M
Vege
tatio
nG
reat
er Y
ello
wst
one
Coo
rdin
atin
g C
omm
ittee
, Int
erag
ency
G
rizzl
y Be
ar S
tudy
Tea
m
Cat
hie
Jean
(GRY
N),
Dan
Rei
nhar
t (Y
NP)
Inte
rage
ncy
Whi
teba
rk P
ine
Mon
itorin
gN
PS I&
M
Vege
tatio
nG
reat
er Y
ello
wst
one
I&M
N
etw
ork
Jenn
ifer
Whi
pple
(YC
R)A
lpin
e pl
ant
inve
ntor
yN
PS I&
M
Vege
tatio
nM
onta
na S
tate
Uni
vers
ity
(Bio
logy
)D
r. Ta
d W
eave
r, K
en A
ho (Y
CR:
Mar
y H
ektn
er)
Cha
ract
eriz
atio
n of
alp
ine
vege
tatio
n on
th
e no
rthe
ast
corn
er o
f Y
NP
ON
PS-V
eget
atio
n
Vege
tatio
nO
rego
n St
ate
Uni
vers
ity,
Uni
vers
ity o
f W
isco
nsin
at
Ste
vens
Poi
nt
Drs
. Will
iam
Rip
ple,
Eric
Lar
sen
(YC
R: D
r. D
oug
Smith
, Roy
Ren
kin
Asp
en r
egen
erat
ion
on Y
ello
wst
one’
s no
rthe
rn r
ange
ON
PS
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efit
tin
gPr
og
ram
Co
op
erat
or/
Part
ner
Co
nta
ct/
Prin
cip
al In
vest
igat
or
Pro
ject
Fun
d S
ou
rce
Vege
tatio
nRM
-CES
U, C
olor
ado
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
Drs
. Dav
id C
oope
r, To
m H
obbs
(YC
R: R
oy
Renk
in)
Pers
iste
nce
of w
illow
s on
Yel
low
ston
e’s
nort
hern
ran
geO
NPS
-Veg
etat
ion,
O
NPS
-Wild
life,
Fee
D
emon
stra
tion
Vege
tatio
nRM
-CES
U, C
olor
ado
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
Dr.
Dav
id C
oope
r, Jo
sh R
ose
(YC
R: R
oy
Renk
in)
Her
bivo
ry a
nd h
ydro
logy
in c
otto
nwoo
d es
tabl
ishm
ent
and
pers
iste
nce
Fee
Dem
onst
ratio
n
Vege
tatio
nRM
-CES
U, M
onta
na
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
Dr.
And
rew
Han
sen,
Lis
a Ba
ril (Y
CR:
Roy
Re
nkin
, Ter
ry M
cEne
aney
, Dr.
Dou
g Sm
ith)
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rep
onse
to
will
ow r
elea
se o
n Ye
llow
ston
e’s
nort
hern
ran
geFe
e D
emon
stra
tion
Vege
tatio
nU
nive
rsity
of
WY,
C
olor
ado
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
, Uni
vers
ity o
f W
I - M
adis
on
Drs
. Dan
Tin
ker,
Will
iam
Rom
me,
Mon
ica
Turn
erRe
cipr
ocal
inte
ract
ions
bet
wee
n ba
rk
beet
les
and
wild
fire
in s
ubal
pine
for
ests
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t fir
e sc
ienc
es
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tatio
nU
SGS-
BRD
, Brig
ham
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ung
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vers
ityD
r. D
on D
espa
in, D
r. Re
x C
ates
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R: R
oy
Renk
in)
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pera
ture
influ
ence
on
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ow g
row
th
and
phen
olic
pro
duct
ion
ON
PS-V
eget
atio
n,
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S Pa
rk-O
rient
ed
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ogic
al S
uppo
rt, F
ee
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onst
ratio
n
Vege
tatio
nU
SGS-
BRD
Robe
rt S
tott
lem
eyer
, Lin
da Z
eige
nfus
s (Y
CR:
Dr.
P.J.
Whi
te,
Dr.
Dou
g Sm
ith, R
oy
Renk
in)
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ow p
ersi
sten
ce a
nd d
istr
ibut
ion
follo
win
g w
olf
rein
trod
uctio
nU
SGS-
BRD
, NRP
P
Vege
tatio
nYe
llow
ston
e Pa
rk
Foun
datio
n, C
anon
USA
Dr.
Judy
Har
pell
(YC
R: J
enni
fer
Whi
pple
)Br
yoph
yte
Inve
ntor
yYe
llow
ston
e Pa
rk
Foun
datio
n, C
anon
USA
, In
c.
Wild
life
Idah
o St
ate
Uni
vers
ity;
USG
S A
mph
ibia
n Re
sear
ch a
nd M
onito
ring
Initi
ativ
e
Dr.
Chu
ck P
eter
son;
Ste
ve C
orn
Am
phib
ian
Mon
itorin
gN
PS I&
M
Wild
life
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
(E
colo
gy)
Dr.
Robe
rt G
arro
tt (Y
CR:
Dr.
P.J.
Whi
te)
Col
labo
rativ
e un
gula
te h
abita
t an
d po
pula
tion
mon
itorin
gO
NPS
-Ung
ulat
es, W
inte
r U
se, B
ison
Wild
life
Uni
vers
ity o
f Id
aho
YER
C
Drs
. P.J
. Whi
te (Y
CR)
, Joh
n By
ers,
Ker
ey
Barn
owe-
Mey
er, R
ober
t C
rabt
ree,
Jen
ny
Shel
don
Con
serv
atio
n of
the
dec
linin
g Ye
llow
ston
e pr
ongh
orn
popu
latio
nRM
-CES
U
Wild
life
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
inne
sota
(F
ishe
ries
and
Wild
life)
, U
SGS-
BRD
Dr.
P.J.
Whi
te (Y
CR)
, Dr.
Dav
id M
ech,
Sh
anno
n Ba
rber
Mon
itorin
g el
k ca
lf m
orta
lity
NRP
P N
atur
al R
esou
rces
M
anag
emen
t, U
SGS
Park
-Orie
nted
Bio
logi
cal
Supp
ort
Wild
life
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
inne
sota
(E
colo
gy)
Dr.
Gle
nn P
lum
b (Y
CR)
, Dr.
Cra
ig P
acke
r, D
an M
cNul
tyC
ondu
ct w
ildlif
e re
sear
ch in
con
junc
tion
with
rem
ote
Can
on c
amer
as (C
anon
Eye
s on
Hay
den
Proj
ect)
Yello
wst
one
Park
Fo
unda
tion/
Can
on,
U.S
.A.,
Inc.
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Ben
efit
tin
gPr
og
ram
Co
op
erat
or/
Part
ner
Co
nta
ct/
Prin
cip
al In
vest
igat
or
Pro
ject
Fun
d S
ou
rce
Wild
life
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
onta
na
(Eco
nom
ics)
Dr.
John
Duf
field
(YC
R: D
r. G
lenn
Plu
mb)
Wha
t pr
ice
Yello
wst
one?
The
rol
e of
w
olve
s in
the
reg
iona
l eco
nom
yYe
llow
ston
e Pa
rk
Foun
datio
n
Wild
life
Uni
vers
ity o
f W
yom
ing-
Wyo
min
g N
atur
al
Div
ersi
ty D
atab
ase
Gar
y Be
auva
is a
nd D
ougl
as K
eina
thA
na B
at d
ata
anal
ysis
NPS
I&M
Wild
life
Uni
vers
ity o
f W
yom
ing-
Wyo
min
g N
atur
al
Div
ersi
ty D
atab
ase
Gar
y Be
auva
is a
nd D
ougl
as K
eina
thN
PSPE
CIE
S da
taba
se: c
ertif
icat
ion
NPS
I&M
Wild
life
USG
S-N
PWRG
Jay
Hes
tbec
k (Y
CR:
Dr.
Gle
nn P
lum
b)Tr
umpe
ter
swan
dat
a an
alys
isN
PS-N
RPP,
GY
CC
Win
ter
Use
M
onta
na S
tate
Uni
vers
ity
(Eco
logy
)D
r. P.
J. W
hite
(YC
R), D
r. Jo
hn B
orko
wsk
i, D
r. Sc
ott
Cre
el, D
r. Ro
bert
Gar
rott
, A
man
da H
ardy
Mot
oriz
ed w
inte
r re
crea
tion
and
gluc
ocor
ticoi
d st
ress
res
pons
es in
elk
ON
PS-W
inte
r U
se
Mon
itorin
g
Win
ter
Use
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
(E
colo
gy)
Dr.
Robe
rt G
arro
tt (Y
CR:
Dr.
P.J.
Whi
te)
Eval
uatin
g th
e ab
unda
nce,
dis
trib
utio
n,
and
stre
ss h
orm
ones
of
ungu
late
s in
re
latio
n to
win
ter
hum
an u
se in
wes
t-ce
ntra
l Yel
low
ston
e N
P
ON
PS-W
inte
r U
se
Mon
itorin
g
Win
ter
Use
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
(M
athe
mat
ical
Sci
ence
s)D
rs. J
ohn
Bork
owsk
i, P.
J. W
hite
(YC
R), a
nd
Robe
rt G
arro
ttEv
alua
ting
wild
life
resp
onse
s to
mot
oriz
ed
win
ter
use
in Y
ello
wst
one
NP,
199
8–20
04O
NPS
-Win
ter
Use
M
onito
ring
Win
ter
Use
Stat
e of
Mon
tana
(D
epar
tmen
t of
En
viro
nmen
tal Q
ualit
y)
Elto
n Er
p (Y
CR:
Mar
y H
ektn
er)
Air
qual
ity m
onito
ring
at W
est
Entr
ance
ON
PS-W
inte
r U
se
Mon
itorin
g
Win
ter
Use
U
SGS-
WRD
(Cen
tral
Re
gion
, Den
ver)
Geo
rge
Inge
rsol
l, Je
ff A
rnol
d (Y
CR)
Cor
rela
tion
of h
eavy
met
als
depo
sitio
n in
sn
owpa
ck a
nd s
now
mac
hine
use
ON
PS-W
inte
r U
se
Mon
itorin
g
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tBe
ringi
a So
uth
How
ard
Qui
gley
, Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
, D
anie
l Sta
hler
(YC
R)W
olf–
carn
ivor
e in
tera
ctio
nsN
PS, Y
PF, B
erin
gia
Sout
h
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tC
olor
ado
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
, Ore
gon
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
, Uni
vers
ity o
f A
lber
ta, U
SGS
Dav
id C
oope
r, D
on D
espa
in, T
om H
obbs
, Ev
elyn
Mer
rill,
Roy
Renk
in (Y
CR)
, Will
iam
Ri
pple
, Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
Wol
f ef
fect
s on
will
ow r
egen
erat
ion
NPS
, YPF
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tM
ichi
gan
Tech
nolo
gica
l U
nive
rsity
, Uni
vers
ity o
f A
lber
ta, U
nive
rsity
of
Min
neso
ta, U
SGS
Mar
k Bo
yce,
L. D
avid
Mec
h, R
olf
Pete
rson
, D
an M
acN
ulty
, Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
, Dan
iel
Stah
ler
(YC
R), N
atha
n Va
rley
Wol
f ef
fect
s on
tro
phic
cas
cade
sN
PS, Y
PF
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tM
ichi
gan
Tech
nolo
gica
l U
nive
rsity
, Uni
vers
ity o
f M
inne
sota
Tom
Dru
mm
er, D
an M
acN
ulty
, Rol
f Pe
ters
on, D
oug
Smith
(YC
R), D
anie
l St
ahle
r (Y
CR)
, Joh
n Vu
cetic
h
Wol
f pr
edat
ion
NPS
, YPF
, Mic
higa
n Te
chno
logi
cal U
nive
rsity
, U
nive
rsity
of
Min
neso
ta
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efit
tin
gPr
og
ram
Co
op
erat
or/
Part
ner
Co
nta
ct/
Prin
cip
al In
vest
igat
or
Pro
ject
Fun
d S
ou
rce
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tM
onta
na S
tate
Uni
vers
ityM
att
Beck
er, B
ob G
arro
tt, C
laire
Gow
er,
Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
, Dan
iel S
tahl
er (Y
CR)
, D
r. P.
J. W
hite
(YC
R)
Wol
f–el
k re
latio
nshi
ps, M
adis
on-F
ireho
le
wat
ersh
edN
PS, Y
PF, M
onta
na S
tate
U
nive
rsity
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tM
onta
na S
tate
Uni
vers
ityLi
sa B
aril,
And
y H
anse
n, D
oug
Smith
(Y
CR)
Wol
ves,
will
ows,
and
son
gbird
sN
PS, Y
PF, M
onta
na S
tate
U
nive
rsity
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tO
rego
n St
ate
Uni
vers
ity,
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
onta
na,
Uni
vers
ity o
f W
isco
nsin
at
Ste
vens
Poi
nt
Mat
t K
auff
man
, Eric
Lar
sen,
Roy
Ren
kin
(YC
R), W
illia
m R
ippl
e, D
oug
Smith
(YC
R),
Dan
iel S
tahl
er (Y
CR)
Wol
f ef
fect
s on
asp
enN
PS, Y
PF, O
rego
n St
ate
Uni
vers
ity, U
nive
rsity
of
Mon
tana
, Uni
vers
ity o
f W
isco
nsin
at
Stev
ens
Poin
t
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tTr
ent
Uni
vers
ityD
enni
s M
urra
y, D
oug
Smith
(YC
R), D
anie
l St
ahle
r (Y
CR)
Wol
f su
rviv
alN
PS, Y
PF, T
rent
Uni
vers
ity
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tU
nive
rsity
of
Cal
iforn
ia,
Dav
isD
anie
l Sta
hler
(YC
R), C
hris
Wilm
ers
Wol
f–sc
aven
ger
inte
ract
ions
NPS
, YPF
, Uni
vers
ity o
f C
alifo
rnia
, Dav
is
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tU
nive
rsity
of
Cal
iforn
ia,
Los
Ang
eles
John
Pol
linge
r, D
anie
l Sta
hler
(YC
R),
Brid
gett
von
Hol
dt, R
ober
t W
ayne
W
olf
popu
latio
n ge
netic
sN
PS, Y
PF, U
nive
rsity
of
Cal
iforn
ia, L
os A
ngel
es
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tU
nive
rsity
of
Idah
oK
erey
Bar
now
e-M
eyer
, Joh
n By
ers,
Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
, Dr.
P.J.
Whi
te (Y
CR)
Wol
f ef
fect
s on
coy
ote–
pron
ghor
n pr
edat
ion
NPS
, YPF
, Uni
vers
ity o
f Id
aho
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tU
nive
rsity
of
Min
neso
ta,
USG
SEm
ily A
lmbe
rg, L
. Dav
id M
ech,
Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
, Dan
iel S
tahl
er (Y
CR)
Wol
f di
seas
es a
nd p
aras
ites
NPS
, YPF
, Uni
vers
ity o
f M
inne
sota
, USG
S
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tU
SFW
S, U
SGS,
Wyo
min
g G
ame
and
Fish
Mik
e Jim
enez
, Dou
glas
McW
hirt
er, L
. D
avid
Mec
h, D
oug
Smith
(YC
R), D
anie
l St
ahle
r (Y
CR)
Wol
f m
ovem
ents
/dis
pers
alN
PS, Y
PF, U
SFW
S, U
SGS,
W
yom
ing
Gam
e an
d Fi
sh
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tW
ildlif
e C
onse
rvat
ion
Soci
ety
Toni
Rut
h, D
oug
Smith
(YC
R), D
anie
l St
ahle
r (Y
CR)
Wol
f–co
ugar
inte
ract
ions
NPS
, YPF
, Wild
life
Con
serv
atio
n So
ciet
y
Wol
f Pr
ojec
tYe
llow
ston
e Ec
olog
ical
Re
sear
ch C
ente
rRo
bert
Cra
btre
e, J
enni
fer
Shel
don,
Dou
g Sm
ith (Y
CR)
, Dan
iel S
tahl
er (Y
CR)
Wol
f–co
yote
inte
ract
ions
NPS
, YPF
, Yel
low
ston
e Ec
olog
ical
Res
earc
h C
ente
r
Yello
wst
one
Cen
ter
for
Reso
urce
sC
alifo
rnia
Sta
te
Uni
vers
ity–M
onte
rey
Bay,
M
onta
na S
tate
Uni
vers
ity
(Eco
logy
)
Drs
. Fre
d W
atso
n, R
ober
t G
arro
tt, S
usan
A
lexa
nder
(YC
R: D
r. P.
J. W
hite
and
Ric
k W
alle
n)
Inte
grat
ed n
atur
al s
cien
ce r
esea
rch
prog
ram
for
the
cen
tral
Yel
low
ston
e ec
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tem
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SA
Yello
wst
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ter
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Reso
urce
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nive
rsity
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gon
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And
rew
Mar
cus,
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Mea
cham
, Ann
Ro
dman
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tlas
of Y
ello
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one
proj
ect
Yello
wst
one
NP,
Uni
vers
ity
of O
rego
n
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