Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee
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Meeting Summary - October 2007

Agenda:  Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee (YGCC)

Dates:  Wednesday, October 24 & Thursday, October 25

Location:  Snow King Inn,         Meeting Room, Jackson WY

Wednesday, October 24

1:00- 1:15   Welcome and Introductions  Larry Timchak, Chair

1:15- 2:00 Review and Approval of Charter Lynn Ballard, Facilitator

  Election of vice chair
  FY 07 Accomplishments
  1 and 5 Year Workplans

2:00- 2:45 Annual report from IGBST  Chuck Schwartz

2:45- 3:05 Break

3:05- 3:20 Public Comment period

3:20- 4:30 Open Space Strategy for GYA

   Forest Service                                                   Larry Timchak
   Sonoran Institute                                               Dennis Glick
   The Nature Conservancy                                   Paul Hansen

4:30- 5:00 Bear Wise Project- Jackson  Melissa Harrison

       Jackson Wildlife Foundation

Adjourn

Thursday, October 25

08:00- 08:15 New business, follow up from Wed

08:15-09:15 Incident Reports, Sanitation Efforts

   Wyoming   
   Yellowstone NP
   Grand Teton NP
   Idaho   
   Montana

9:15-9:30 Break

9:30- 10:15 Habitat Monitoring Update and role             Kim Barber
                  of habitat monitoring team

10:15-10:30 I&E Committee update                               Greg Losinski

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45- 11:00 Public Comment

11:00-11:30 Federal/State/Local communication plans    Steve Schmidt

11:30-12:00 Hot topics, wrap up, critique