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Agenda: Yellowstone Grizzly Coordinating Committee (YGCC)
Dates: Wednesday, November 12
Location: Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, West Yellowstone, MT
Wednesday, November 12
0900 Welcome and Introductions Larry Timchak, Chair
0915 Annual incident summary and reports
- Wyoming Game and Fish Mark Brucsino
- Yellowstone NP Kerry Gunther
- Grand Teton NP Steve Cain
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Kevin Frye
- Idaho Fish and Game Bryan Aber
1000 Public Comment/Questions
1015 Break
1030 Grizzly Bear Genetic Study Chuck Schwartz
- Grizzly Bear Trapping Protocol
1100 Lawsuit Update and Other News Chris Servheen
- Open Space Conservation Strategy Larry Timchak
- Idaho MOU Steve Schmidt
- Succession planning/spring meeting Larry Timchak
- Roundrobin
1200 Lunch
Whitebark Pine Workshop
This workshop is directed at providing the most current information on the status and value of whitebark pine, with particular emphasis in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It is our objective to inform and educate members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Coordinating Committee, and interested publics regarding this important species in general to ecosystems, wildlife, and grizzly bears in particular.
Role and value of whitebark pine and the importance WardMcCaughey
of the species. Broad general overview of whitebark pine.
- As a high mountain conifer
- As a keystone species
- Its value to wildlife
- As a regulator of water runoff
- Current threats to WBP
- Consequences of loss
1330-1400 Blister rust in whitebark pine John Schwandt Prevalence in North America
- Short lesson on the biology of rust
1400-1430 Blister rust in the Great Yellowstone Ecosystem Cathy Jean
- Results for the whitebark pine health monitoring program
BREAK
1445-1515 Mountain pine beetle in whitebark pine Ken Gibson
- History
- Current status
- Level in GYE
1515-1545 Global climate change and whitebark pine Ron Neilson
- Implications and expected changes in distribution due to climate change
1545-1615 Importance of whitebark pine to grizzly bears Mark Haroldson
1615-1645 Whitebark pine restoration Bob Keane
- Natural regeneration
- Strategies for management
- Silvicultural
- Fire
- Plus trees
- Planting
1645-1700 Questions
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