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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%


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


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


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


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-


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

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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


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


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-


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

62 Appendix III: Partnerships 2006 Annual Report PB

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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