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