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This section summarizes the 2005 accomplish- ments of YCR staff who provide services for other YCR branches and park divisions: • Spatial Analysis Center • Resource Information Team • Research Permit Office • Servicewide Benefits-Sharing EIS Former Yellowstone Superintendent Bob Barbee at the • Funding and Personnel Support 8th Greater Yellowstone Biennial Scientific Conference.
Spatial Analysis Center Research Permit Office The Spatial Analysis Center (SAC) is responsible The Research Permit Office carries out four pri- for the park’s geographic information systems (GIS), mary responsibilities consistent with National Park global positioning systems (GPS), image analysis Service policies: systems, soil information support, and a resource • responds to inquiries about and issues permits database. The main tasks are the acquisition, analy- for research projects that include fieldwork in sis, organization, storage, maintenance, and presen- Yellowstone tation of data, especially concerning Yellowstone’s • monitors the fieldwork associated with scientific cultural and natural resources. The goals are to studies in a variety of disciplines to ensure that it maintain an up-to-date GIS lab, provide GPS equip- does not negatively affect park resources or con- ment and expertise to park staff and improve their flict with other park goals or missions GPS and GIS skills, and repackage technology and • encourages research in Yellowstone and provides technical data to meet internal and external needs. logistical support where possible In 2005, staff enhanced the role of service pro- • collects and appropriately disseminates the viders by participating on intra-divisional teams results of park-related scientific studies to the focused on specific priorities. This included working widest possible audience on the park’s three major search and rescue efforts during the year; mapping water, sewer, and electric During 2005, staff issued 221 research permits to systems; contributing to the power line right-of-way; scientists from 40 of the United States and 9 foreign participating on the Tower ID team; and working countries. In addition to permits issued as renew- with GYA partners to create fire history and fire fuel als of ongoing studies, 43 requests for new projects maps for the area. were approved by Yellowstone’s Research Review The summer of 2005 was the eighth field season Team, which was 30% more new projects than in of digitally mapping the park’s thermal features. With 2004. An additional 30 scientists inquired about data collected from an additional 994 features, the conducting research in Yellowstone but did not pur- database now contains information about approxi- sue obtaining a permit. mately 9,900 thermal features in areas throughout Staff accompanied approximately 10% of the the park. This database provides the only way for researchers during their fieldwork, which not only park staff and outside researchers to identify indi- helps prevent harm to park resources, but enhances vidual thermal features that have specific combina- understanding of the scientists’ research needs. tions of temperature and pH. Working with the researchers, staff often discover 50 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report 51 better ways to record data or collect samples, while research findings and publications to the park. minimizing any potential negative affects on resourc- To disseminate the results of research studies to es. These ideas for “best practices” are documented research scientists, park employees and managers, and passed on to park staff and other researchers and the public, during 2005 staff scheduled five when applicable. presentations on research projects and distributed Although Yellowstone is widely known for its more than 500 journal articles, theses, and research abundant wildlife and unique geothermal features, reports to interested parties. scientific research is conducted in a wide range of Here is a more detailed breakdown of topics subject areas, as shown in the pie chart below. addressed by research projects in 2005. Staff received reports from 42 investigators who Air quality 1 had concluded their project and submitted their Archeology 4 Climate/Weather 2 Ecology-Aquatic 5 Ecology-Terrestrial 13 Entomology 8 Exotic Plants and Animals 7 Microbiology 21% Geology and Fisheries 8 Geochemistry 18% Forestry/Fire Ecology 9 Geochemistry 17 Geography/GIS 7 Terrestrial Geology 22 Ecology 6% Other 16% Herpetology 2 Fish and Aquatic Mammalogy 25 Ecology 9% Microbiology 49 Natural Soundscapes 1 Fauna 13% Flora 14% Ornithology 1 Other 11 Paleontology 3 Plant communities 18 Archeology and Sociology 5 Paleontology 3% Water Quality 3
Researcher Bruce Fouke sampling at Angel Terrace. 50 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report 51
Benefits-Sharing EIS the scientific body of knowledge about the park; and promote resource conservation and visitor enjoy- Biological research associated with the develop- ment through accessible dissemination of scientific ment of commercial products that is undertaken in knowledge about the park. natural environments has become known as bio- Despite a staffing reduction, personnel worked prospecting. In 1997, the NPS adopted a policy to toward those goals in 2005 by producing four manage bioprospecting as a defined subunit within issues of Yellowstone Science magazine; planning the research permitting system that the parks have a Research Learning Center website with support used for more than a century. The NPS also decided from the Yellowstone Park Foundation and Canon to manage bioprospecting with monetary and non- U.S.A., Inc.; organizing and hosting the 8th Biennial monetary benefits-sharing requirements if commer- Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone cially viable products were anticipated. Opponents Ecosystem, Greater Yellowstone Public Lands: A of this policy sued the NPS in federal court on the Century of Discovery, Hard Lessons, and Bright grounds that bioprospecting constituted a new com- Prospects; and producing a variety of high quality mercial activity that was illegal and inappropriate in materials in support of YCR and other divisions. NPS units. In 1999, the court ordered the NPS to review the policy under NEPA. The resulting draft Yellowstone Science magazine EIS analyzes the range of policy options deemed In 2005, the quarterly journal Yellowstone Science reasonable by the NPS. entered its thirteenth year with two full-color issues With assistance from the DOI Office of the and articles on a wide range of topics highlighting Solicitor and the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Office, the many aspects of Yellowstone’s natural and cultural NPS responded successfully to ongoing litigation in resources. Washington, D.C., federal court over an October Four issues were published and distributed to a 2002 FOIA. In August 2005, the plaintiff sent anoth- subscription readership of nearly 2,500 individuals er large FOIA request asking for more than three and institutions. Among the highlights this year was years’ worth of project records. The NPS contested a very popular winter issue devoted to the tenth the fee-waiver request for this FOIA and the case is anniversary of wolf restoration, and a fall issue that under review by the Solicitor’s Office. explored the park’s new Heritage and Research Two drafts of the EIS were prepared and reviewed Center. Other feature stories this year included a for adherence to NEPA. The final NPS internal look at art and conservation in Yellowstone; the his- review of the draft EIS was completed in the fall tory of the Canyon Hotel; a study of the presence of 2005. Congressional briefings by the NPS are and ecology of lynx and snowshoe hares in the park; planned for spring 2006 and the final EIS is expected an investigation of elk calf mortality that offered to be completed in 2007. somewhat surprising results (cited in a November USA Today article on the same topic); a history of the park’s first general store; an interview with the Resource Information Team park botanist; and a story on the Yellowstone super- The mission of the Resource Information Team volcano and its portrayal in the media. is to translate, produce, and synthesize scientific and technical information of all kinds into lan- 8th Biennial Scientific Conference guage and formats that are accessible to research- Greater Yellowstone Public Lands: A Century ers, other agency scientists, self-selected members of Discovery, Hard Lessons, and Bright Prospects, of the public, and park managers who need access possibly the most immediately pragmatic Biennial to results from scientific research in order to make Scientific Conference to date, focused on the man- informed decisions about park issues. Through pre- dates, “cultures,” relationships, and accomplish- sentations, events, printed and electronic publica- ments of the numerous local, state, and feder- tions, and outreach efforts, staff strive to increase al management agencies responsible for Greater the informed discussion of park issues and policies Yellowstone’s public lands. Staff planned and orga- by a variety of interested participants; contribute to nized the event with the help of other YCR staff 52 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report 53
Other scientific publications Other annual publications included four issues of the Buffalo Chip newsletter, the 2004 YCR Annual Report, the 2004 Wolf Project Annual Report, the 2004 Yellowstone Bird Report, and the 2004 Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report all of which were edited and designed by resource infor- mation staff. Special publications included the pro- duction of “The Ecology of Bison Movements and Distribution in and Beyond Yellowstone National Park: A Critical Review with Implications for Winter Use and Transboundary Population Management,” by respected Canadian wildlife biologist and NPS contractor Cormack Gates.
Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center The primary focus of the Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center (GYSLC), a partnership between the Yellowstone Center for Resources, the There were 20 posters displayed at the 8th conference. Yellowstone Park Foundation, and Canon U.S.A., Inc., and part of the Eyes on Yellowstone is made pos- sible by Canon program, is to promote mission-ori- and a program committee of independent scholars ented research in the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and non-Yellowstone federal agency personnel. It and Monitoring Network (Yellowstone and Grand was sponsored by 11 local academic and non-profit Teton national parks and Bighorn Canyon National institutions and federal agencies. Recreation Area), explain the need for and results of The conference, held October 17–19, 2005, at research in the network to park managers, research- the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, set yet another ers, students, and interested public, and to help attendance record, with 209 registered attendees. develop the network’s Vital Signs monitoring plan. Featured speakers were USFS Chief Dale Bosworth, A proposal was developed and funding secured former chief Jack Ward Thomas, Canadian conser- for this extensive web-based project. Planning meet- vationist Harvey Locke, Sarah Boehme of the Buffalo ings were held, web pages were designed, and staff Bill Historical Center’s Whitney Gallery of Western began to develop content for the website prototype Art, landscape ecologist Dr. Monica Turner, former in the form of resource almanacs and overviews, NPS Intermountain Region director Karen Wade, reference lists, and lists of laws and other manage- and wildlife conservation professor Dr. Richard ment documents. The site can be visited at www. Knight. There were also sessions on history, mam- greateryellowstonescience.org. mals, biocomplexity, water resources, fire, human values, native plants, trophic cascade questions, and Assistance and Support the history and current challenges of the Greater During 2005, staff drafted letters and remarks Yellowstone Coordinating Committee, all with a for the park superintendent; made resource-related cross-agency or cross-boundary perspective. More presentations at the park’s seasonal orientation; read than 70 papers, panels, and posters were presented; and commented on more than 20 manuscripts for major themes included interagency cooperation, Yellowstone-related books and articles (in addition community-based conservation, and the impor- to Yellowstone Science and Buffalo Chip submissions); tance of training scientists and managers to express designed a brochure and a series of aquatic invasive themselves clearly, and to perceive of their audience warning signs for the Aquatics Section; created as consisting of far more than other scientists. informational handouts on research permitting and 52 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report 53
the benefits-sharing EIS; reviewed publications for riparian studies, a geothermal features inventory, a the Division of Interpretation as requested; drafted whirling disease survey, and two fisheries conserva- updates on the park’s status as a World Heritage tion projects. Since YCR began receiving fee demo site; provided technical assistance and Government money in 1997, this program has allocated about Printing Office guidance to other divisions; edited the $1.7 million for 18 different projects. park’s Historic Resource Study, volume III (History Fishing Fee Program. The YCR received autho- of Administrative Structures); compiled and sub- rization to use $342,300 from fishing permit fee rev- mitted the park’s submission for the NPS Natural enue to cover part of the estimated $942,000 cost of Resource Year in Review; edited the interagency the aquatic resources program in FY05. paleontology report, Cretaceous Complexities: The Federal Lands Highway Program. Federal Stratigraphic Intricacies of Mount Everts; edited and Highways funded $495,900 for natural resource designed a pamphlet detailing the archeology pro- inventories, archeological surveys, and resource gram’s activities at Osprey Beach; attended a plan- compliance along the road corridors in the park ning workshop for the Atlas of Yellowstone project; scheduled for major repair or reconstruction in the re-designed a conference poster for vegetation staff; near future. and maintained the YCR scanning station for use by Special Emphasis Program Allocation System. park staff. The Branch of Cultural Resources successfully com- peted for a total of $696,900 in special emphasis pro- Public Involvement and Volunteer Support gram funding that was used to procure and install Resource information staff were grateful for the specialized storage units for the museum, archives, help of Lia Lawson, who volunteered approximately and library collections in the Heritage and Research 160 hours to RIT projects, including the design for a Center facility; stabilize three historic buildings series of signs for the Aquatics Section, and creating (Fort Yellowstone and Lamar); maintain the historic flyers for the 8th Biennial Scientific Conference and vehicles collection; continue ethnographic resource the Heritage and Research Center open house. inventory, traditional use, and research studies; and undertake two cataloging projects. The special emphasis program also provided Funding and Personnel $218,000 for the Branch of Natural Resources to conclude the elk calf mortality study begun in FY03, Base Operating Budget finalize the survey results for Canada lynx, and begin Superintendent Suzanne Lewis and Deputy a three-year study of the declining pronghorn ante- Superintendent Frank Walker approved a base lope population. operating budget of $4,364,100 for the Yellowstone Other Park Service Funds. YCR continued Center for Resources on February 4, 2005, for FY05. work on two planning projects in FY05 that were The increase of $375,700 over FY04 funding levels supported with funds from the servicewide level that was included in this budget was specifically of the National Park Service: the Benefits-Sharing earmarked for implementing and maintaining a geo- EIS ($287,000) and the Brucellosis Vaccine EIS thermal monitoring program. The base operating ($80,000). budget accounted for 63% of YCR’s total for FY05. Other Federal Funds. Most of these funds were This compares to an average of 60% for the period provided by the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating FY95–FY04. Committee ($22,000). The GYCC elected to fund three Yellowstone projects in FY05: two aquatic Additional Funding resources projects relating to native cutthroat trout Recreation Fee Demonstration Funds. Although conservation and a trumpeter swan assessment. the fee demo program did not provide funds for any Yellowstone also received GYCC funds for par- new resource management projects in FY05, it did ticipation in two Greater Yellowstone Area projects: make $167,700 available to continue some ongoing development of a fire history and fuel model map- projects: rare books restoration, northern range ping project for wildland fire applications, and pro- 54 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report 55
duction of a summary report of GYCC projects. nary difference on some of North America’s most Private Funds. A total of $181,300 was donated popular wildlife. He and his wife, Lil, moved to to the park by private organizations or individu- Helena, Montana, where they plan to enjoy their als in support of various YCR projects, including horses and the beauty of the Montana landscape whirling disease surveys, restoration of westslope for many years to come. cutthroat trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout conser- • YCR’s Senior Writer-Editor Roger Anderson vation efforts, wolf recovery program operations, was permanently assigned the responsibilities of an experimental electronic data collection project the Chief of Cultural Resources (vice-Consolo (Eyes on Hayden), the Tauck World Discovery vol- Murphy) and promoted in October 2004 based unteer program for historic structures conserva- on an accretion of duties. tion, a collection condition survey, and a feasibil- • Administrative Support Assistant Colleen Watson ity proposal for the Greater Yellowstone Science accepted a promotion to the lead Budget Analyst Learning Center. Most of this funding ($133,500) position with the Division of Interpretation and came through the Yellowstone Park Foundation. left YCR at the end of November 2004. The Montana Whirling Disease Initiative provided $40,900. As a result of PMRB decisions, three YCR posi- tions were left vacant after these changes: the Deputy Personnel Director position, a Writer-Editor position, and an In an effort to control costs and channel dimin- Administrative Support Assistant position. ishing funds to the highest priority position vacancies Total employment on YCR activities was equiva- parkwide, Yellowstone’s management team set up lent to 76 full-time employees for FY05 (Appendix the Position Management Review Board (PMRB) in 1, FTEs). This was slightly less than the FTE count November 2003. The Board reviewed all requests to for FY04, but more than for any other prior year. fill vacant permanent positions in the park through The average FTE for the period FY95–FY04 was 56. July 2005. Of the approximately 84 vacancies that were considered during this period, 27 were recom- Other Administrative Activities mended for indefinite lapse. This process helped Assistance Agreements. Staff processed 50 assis- ensure that work was organized and assigned among tance agreements and task orders in FY05, totaling positions in a manner serving the park’s core mis- obligations of $925,300, of which 54% was used sion most effectively and economically. for administration of the Montana Water Compact Of the 232 personnel actions processed by YCR and geothermal monitoring plan. Other significant in FY05, these were of special note: investments were made in archeological surveys • On January 3, 2005, Wayne Brewster, Deputy and evaluations, research in support of winter use Director of the Yellowstone Center for Resources, studies, aquatic resources studies, historic structures retired after 35 years of federal service in the U.S. stabilization assistance, and research on the riparian Army, USFWS, and NPS. Brewster came to work habitats of Yellowstone’s northern range. for Yellowstone in 1991 from Glacier National Procurement Actions. Staff processed 783 pro- Park, where he had worked on wolf and grizzly curement actions in FY05, totaling approximately recovery since 1988. In Yellowstone, Brewster $1,143,900. was the regional lead for wolf recovery planning Clerical Support. Staff processed 954 pieces of for all parks, then took on a laborious and frustrat- correspondence and 345 travel authorizations in ing multiple-agency Bison Management Plan and FY05. EIS. His influence and talents made an extraordi- 54 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report 55 Total 2,013,600 2,061,700 2,418,700 3,304,700 3,582,600 3,391,800 4,048,100 5,545,000 3,970,200 4,625,700 5,332,700 6,747,100 6,837,700 1,180,500 4,136,100 1,563,800 6,880,400 5,300 Private 20,000 10,000 31,500 48,000 37,700 56,700 52,700 85,500 24,300 14,200 126,400 224,300 229,200 181,300 142,800 181,300 - 3,000 79,600 20,000 65,000 65,300 41,300 15,000 11,700 24,000 22,400 23,700 20,700 23,700 Federal 188,000 398,300 105,200 Other - - - 59,800 42,700 24,000 80,000 785,000 320,600 157,800 152,900 454,400 855,000 367,800 287,800 367,800 1,418,000 Other NPS - - - - - 6,000 31,000 33,200 34,000 340,000 298,000 631,000 103,000 133,000 167,700 143,200 210,400 Fee Demo - 43,300 35,100 303,600 626,700 433,700 330,800 396,500 214,900 409,000 293,200 431,000 623,500 495,900 203,800 257,000 495,900 FLHP - - - 65,000 65,000 274,500 213,400 284,800 285,000 280,000 285,100 261,900 250,000 332,600 342,300 342,300 342,300 - - - 33,200 45,000 National Park Service Funds 201,100 228,400 242,100 221,900 101,000 216,700 198,700 326,300 470,400 676,900 676,900 676,900 - - 1,000 16,000 92,600 260,000 420,000 404,000 204,000 130,500 237,500 297,000 293,000 101,000 218,000 217,000 218,000 Project Funds Project Funds Fish Fee Funds Project Funds Project Nat Res Cult 796,100 581,700 Park Base 1,004,600 1,250,000 1,500,000 1,544,100 1,674,100 2,245,600 2,531,900 2,568,600 2,661,900 3,434,800 3,418,700 3,988,400 4,364,100 2,986,300 4,364,100 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 FY Total: 44,100 36,700 93,300 245,400 250,000 130,000 571,500 286,300 772,900 (16,100) 569,700 375,700 Increase YCR Base Funding history (FY 1993–05), Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park (new allocations only) Yellowstone Funding history (FY 1993–05), Center for Resources, YCR distribution of FY05 funds (including carryover) Cultural Resources Natural Resources Support Professional 56 Part III: Professional Support Programs 2005 Annual Report PB PB Appendix I: Personnel Roster 2005 Annual Report 57
Appendix I. Personnel Roster, 2005
FTE Borrowed FTE Professional Support Branch
Management and Administration 1. Brewster, Wayne Deputy Director 0.26 2. Cline, Barbara Division Secretary 1.00 3. Deutch, Ann Environmental Protection Assistant 0.59 4. Hendrix, Christie Environmental Protection Assistant 1.00 5. McAdam, Melissa Sprv. Budget Analyst 1.00 6. Mills, Sue Environmental Protection Specialist 1.00 7. Perius, Joy Budget Analyst 1.00 8. Smith, Christine Administrative Support Assistant 0.86 9. Varley, John Director 1.00 10. Watson, Colleen Administrative Support Assistant 0.15 11. Whiteside, Marlene Maintenance Worker - 0.02 subtotal Management & Admin: 7.86 0.02 Resource Information Team 1. Blackford, Tami Technical Writer-Editor 0.99 2. Franke, Mary Ann Technical Writer-Editor 0.26 3. Schullery, Paul Resource Naturalist 0.44 4. Stevenson, Sarah Technical Writer-Editor 0.12 5. Warner, Virginia Editorial Assistant 0.98 6. Wondrak Biel, Alice Technical Writer-Editor 1.00 subtotal Resource Information: 3.79 - Spatial Analysis Center 1. Bonzey, Nick Cartographic Technician 0.29 2. Campbell, Erin Cartographic Technician 0.15 3. Friedel, Rob Cartographic Technician 0.23 4. Guiles, Carrie Cartographic Technician 0.84 5. Jurak, Mike Cartographic Technician 0.19 6. Miller, Steve Physical Science Technician 0.28 7. Napoli, Jim Cartographic Technician 0.38 8. Nock, Erin Cartographic Technician 0.23 9. Rodman, Ann Sprv. GIS Specialist 1.00 10. Santoro, Andrea Cartographic Technician 0.23 11. Savage, Shannon GIS Specialist 0.94 subtotal Spatial Analysis: 4.76 - Professional Support Branch FTE: 16.41 0.02 58 Appendix I: Personnel Roster 2005 Annual Report 59
FTE Borrowed FTE Cultural Resources Branch 1. Anderson, Roger Chief of Cultural Resources 1.00 2. Capozzi, Maria Museum Technician 0.64 3. Case, Bridgette Museum Technician 0.79 4. Curry, Colleen Museum Curator 1.00 5. Dawson, Herb Historic Architect 0.99 6. Edmiston, Sarah Library Technician 0.25 7. Faggen, Peter Museum Technician 0.27 8. Felton, Tasha Cultural Resources Technician 0.95 9. Hale, Elaine Archeologist 0.96 10. Hinckley-Cole, Maurine Administrative Support Assistant 0.93 11. Housley, Harold Archivist 1.00 12. Housley, Sara Center Clerk 0.05 13. Johnson, Ann Archeologist 0.99 14. Reid, Charissa Cultural Anthropologist 0.14 15. Schumacher, Michael Archeology Technician 0.19 16. Sucec, Rosemary Cultural Anthropologist 0.96 17. Tustanowski-Marsh, Steve Museum Technician 0.12 18. White, Katie Cultural Resources Assistant 0.35 19. Whittlesey, Lee Historian 1.00 20. Historic Structures Preservation Projects Assistance (Maint.) - 2.44 Cultural Resources Branch FTE 12.58 2.44
Natural Resources Branch Natural Resources Administration 1. Olliff, Tom Chief of Natural Resources 1.00 2. Wyman, Becky Administrative Support Assistant 1.01 3. Winter Use Monitoring Assistance (RMVP & Maint.) subtotal NR Admin FTE: 2.01 0.97 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 1. Arnold, Jeff Ecologist 0.99 2. Bigelow, Pat Fishery Biologist 0.95 3. Bywater, Tim Administrative Support Assistant 0.13 4. Doepke, Phil Biological Science Technician 1.00 5. Erickson, Jeremy Biological Science Technician 0.43 6. Ertel, Brian Biological Science Technician 0.91 7. Facendola, Joe Biological Science Technician 0.54 8. Hutchinson, Hunter Biological Science Technician 0.26 9. Johnson, Krisinda Biological Science Technician 0.08 10. Jones, Michael Biological Science Technician 0.03 11. Kavanagh, Maureen Biological Science Technician 0.06 58 Appendix I: Personnel Roster 2005 Annual Report 59
FTE Borrowed FTE 12. Keep, Shane Biological Science Technician 0.06 13. Koel, Todd Sprv. Fishery Biologist 1.00 14. Legere, Nicole Biological Science Technician 1.00 15. Mahony, Dan Fishery Biologist 1.00 16. McKinney, Mary Administrative Support Assistant 0.31 17. Naughton, Joe Biological Science Technician 0.42 18. Olson, Kevin Biological Science Technician 0.44 19. Olszewski, Brad Biological Science Technician 0.54 20. Romankiewicz, Chris Biological Science Technician 0.42 21. Rowdon, Barb Biological Science Technician 0.09 22. Schamberry, Nicole Biological Science Technician 0.42 23. Sefton, Melinda Maintenance Worker - 0.08 24. Sigler, Stacey Biological Science Technician 0.50 25. Swanke, Denice Administrative Support Assistant 0.58 26. Varian, Anna Biological Science Technician 0.43 27. Wethington, Don Small Craft Operator 0.59 subtotal Aquatic Resources FTE: 13.18 0.08 Geology and Physical Sciences 1. Brickl, Melissa Physical Science Technician 0.18 2. Heasler, Hank Geologist 1.00 3. Iobst, Ben Physical Science Technician 0.15 4. Jaworowski, Cheryl Geologist 0.96 5. Miller, Steve Physical Science Technician 0.25 6. Ross, Tara Sprv. Park Ranger - 0.01 subtotal Geology FTE: 2.54 0.01 Vegetation Management 1. Anderson, Heidi Botanist 0.83 2. Hektner, Mary Resource Management Specialist 1.00 3. Klaptosky, John Biological Science Technician 0.76 4. Pecha, Vicki Biological Science Technician 0.84 5. Renkin, Roy Vegetation Management Specialist 1.00 6. Whipple, Jennifer Botanist 0.89 subtotal Vegetation FTE: 5.32 - Wildlife Resources Team 1. Billman, Hillary Biological Science Technician 0.04 2. Blanton, Doug Biological Science Technician 1.02 3. Chalfant, Danielle Biological Science Aid 0.22 4. Coleman, Louise Biological Science Technician 0.81 5. Coleman, Tyler Biological Science Technician 0.51 6. Davis, Troy Biological Science Technician 1.03 7. Dixon, Chris Biological Science Technician 0.07 8. Geremia, Chris Biological Science Technician 1.02 9. Guernsey, Deb Biological Science Technician 0.97 60 Appendix I: Personnel Roster 2005 Annual Report PB
FTE Borrowed FTE 10. Gunther, Kerry Wildlife Biologist 1.02 11. Jones, Jennifer Biological Science Technician 1.00 12. Jones, Tildon Biological Science Technician 0.97 13. McEneaney, Terry Wildlife Biologist 1.01 14. McIntyre, Rick Biological Science Technician 0.51 15. Miller, Steve Physical Science Technician 0.49 16. Murphy, Kerry Wildlife Biologist 0.97 17. Plumb, Glenn Sprv. Wildlife Biologist 1.00 18. Roberts, Lori Biological Science Technician 0.34 19. Simenson, Monty Horse Handler - 0.47 20. Smith, Doug Wildlife Biologist 1.01 21. Smith, Jeremiah Biological Science Technician 0.35 22. Stahler, Dan Biological Science Technician 0.97 23. Stroud, Janice Biological Science Technician 0.99 24. Thompson, Derek Biological Science Technician 0.27 25. Treanor, John Biological Science Technician 0.63 26. Wallen, Rick Wildlife Biologist 1.00 27. White, P.J. Wildlife Biologist 1.00 28. Wyman, Travis Biological Science Technician 1.05 subtotal Wildlife FTE: 20.27 0.47
Natural Resources Branch FTE: 43.32 1.53
TOTAL YCR FY05 FTE: 72.31 3.99
Bison management crew at the Mary Mountain cabin. PB Appendix II: Publications 2005 Annual Report 61
Appendix II. Publications, Reports, and Papers
Professional Publications Bangs, E., M. Jimenez, C. Niemeyer, T. Meier, V. Quaternary hot spring deposits. Proceedings of Asher, J. Fontaine, M. Collinge, L. Handegard, the Royal Society of London, Series B, doi:10:1098/ R. Krischke, D. Smith, and C. Mack. 2005. rspb.2004.2989:1–7. Livestock guarding dogs and wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. Christie, R. J., R. Hansen, R. Wallen, and S. Olsen. Carnivore Damage Prevention News 8:32–39. 2005. Deliver at a distance: ballistics for wild bison live Brucella vaccination. Controlled Bangs, E. E., J. A. Fontaine, M. D. Jimenez, T. J. Release Society Newsletter 22:7. Meier, E. H. Bradley, C. C. Niemeyer, D. W. Smith, C. M. Mack, V. Asher, and J. K. Oakleaf. Fortin, D., H. L. Beyer, M. S. Boyce, D. W. Smith, T. 2005. Managing wolf-human conflict in the Duchesne, and J. S. Mao. 2005. Wolves influ- northwestern United States. Pages 340–356 in ence elk movements: behavior shapes a trophic People and wildlife: conflict or coexistence? R. cascade in Yellowstone National Park. Ecology. Woodroff, S. Thirgood, and A. Rabinowitz, eds. 86(5), 1320–1330. (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press). Franke, M. A. 2005. To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge in Yellowstone (Norman, Okla.: University Barber, S. M., L. D. Mech, and P. J. White. 2005. of Oklahoma Press). Yellowstone elk calf mortality following wolf restoration: bears remain top summer predators. Garrott, R. A., J. A. Gude, E. J. Bergman, C. Gower, Yellowstone Science 13(3):37–44. P. J. White, and K. L. Hamlin. 2005. Generalizing wolf effects across the Greater Yellowstone Berger, J. and D. W. Smith. 2005. Restoring function- Area: a cautionary note. Wildlife Society Bulletin ality in Yellowstone with recovering carnivores: 33:1245–1255. gains and uncertainties. Pages 100–109 in Large carnivores and the conservation of biodiversity Haroldson, M. A., K. A. Gunther, D. P. Reinhart, S. J. C. Ray, K. H. Redford, R. S. Steneck, and J. R. Podruzny, C. Cegelski, L. Waits, T. Wyman, Berger, eds. (Washington, D.C.: Island Press). and J. Smith. 2005. Changing numbers of spawning cutthroat trout in tributary streams of Bradley, E. H., D. H. Pletscher, E. E. Bangs, K. E. Yellowstone Lake and estimates of grizzly bears Kunkel, D. W. Smith, C. M. Mack, T. J. Meier, J. visiting streams from DNA. Ursus 16(2):167– A. Fontaine, C. C. Niemeyer, and M. D. Jimenez. 180. 2005. Evaluating wolf translocation as a non- lethal method to reduce livestock conflicts in Herrero, S., T. Smith, T. D. DeBruyn, K. Gunther, the northwestern United States. Conservation and C. A. Matt. 2005. Brown bear habituation Biology 19:1498–1508. to people—safety, risks, and benefits. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(1):362–373. Channing, A., M. Schweitzer, J. Horner, and T. McEneaney. 2004. A silicified bird from 62 Appendix II: Publications 2005 Annual Report 63
Mao, J. S., M. S. Boyce, D. W. Smith, F. J. Singer, D. J. White, P. J., and R. A. Garrott. 2005. Northern Vales, J. M. Vore, and E. M. Merrill. 2005. Habitat Yellowstone elk after wolf restoration. Wildlife selection by elk before and after wolf reintro- Society Bulletin 33:942–955. duction in Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(4):1691–1707. . 2005. Yellowstone’s ungulates after wolves— expectations, realizations, and predictions. McEneaney, T. 2004. A Whooper Swan (Cygnus Biological Conservation 125:141–152. buccinator) at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, with comments on North American White, P. J., D. W. Smith, J. W. Duffield, M. Jimenez, reports of the species. North American Birds T. McEneaney, and G. Plumb. 2005. Yellowstone 58(2):301–308. after wolves—Environmental Impact Statement predictions and ten-year appraisals. Yellowstone . 2005. Rare color variants of the Trumpeter Science 13(1):34–41. Swan. Birding (37) 2, 148–154. Whittlesey, L. 2005. G.L. Henderson: interpreter Murphy, K. M., T. Potter, J. Halfpenny, K. Gunther, and innovator, and the Henderson family today, T. Jones, and P. Lundberg. 2005. The elusive Yellowstone Science 13(2): 20. Canada lynx: surveying for Yellowstone’s most secretive threatened carnivore. Yellowstone Sci . 2005. Lost in the Yellowstone: Truman ence 13(2):7–15. Everts’s thirty-seven days of peril (Spokane, Wash.: Books in Motion). Smith, D. W. 2005. Mixed messages about opportu- nistic carnivores. Conservation Biology 19:1676– Whittlesey, L., and H. Heasler. 2005. A guide to mak- 1678. ing proposals for place names of thermal fea- tures in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming- . 2005. Ten years of Yellowstone wolves 1995– Montana-Idaho: a National Park Service doc- 2005. Points West, Spring 2005, 3–10. ument. GOSA Transactions IX, January 2005, 193–195. . 2005. Ten years of Yellowstone wolves, 1995– 2005. Yellowstone Science 13(1): 7–33. Administrative Reports Smith, D. W., and G. Ferguson. 2005. Decade of the wolf: returning the wild to Yellowstone (Guilford, Anderson, C., K. Aune, K. Barber, D. Byornlie, Conn.: The Lyons Press). S. Cherry, K. Frey, K. Gunther, L. Hanauska- Brown, M. Haroldson, R. Harris, K. Keating, D. Vucetich, J. A., D. W. Smith, and D. R. Stahler. 2005. Moody, C. Schwartz, C. Servheen, and G. White. Influence of harvest, climate, and wolf pre- 2005. Reassessing methods to estimate popula- dation on Yellowstone elk, 1961–2004. Oikos tion size and sustainable mortality limits for the 11:259–270. Yellowstone grizzly bear. (Bozeman, Mont.: U.S. Geological Survey). Wallen, R., and G. Plumb. 2004. Implementation of the Interagency Bison Management Plan Clarke, R., C. Jourdonnais, J. Mundinger, L. Stoeffler, by Yellowstone National Park. United States and R. Wallen. 2005. Interagency bison man- Animal Health Association 108th Annual Meeting agement plan for the state of Montana and Proceedings, 108:197–201. Yellowstone National Park: a status review of adaptive management elements. nps.gov/yell/technical/planning/bison/bmpsta- National Park, May 8, 2005, to August 24, 2005. tusreview.pdf>. 20 pp. Gunther, K. A. 2004. Yellowstone National Park rec- Heasler, H., and C. Jaworowski. February 28, 2005. reational use. Page 51 in Yellowstone grizzly bear Investigation of shallow ground water move- investigations: annual report of the Interagency ment in the immediate area of the Old Faithful Grizzly Bear Study Team, 2004, C. C. Schwartz Visitor Center. 48 pp. and M. A. Haroldson, eds. (Bozeman, Mont.: U.S. Geological Survey). . May 18, 2005. Reconnaissance of the near- surface hydrology of the Sylvan Pass area, Gunther, K. A., M. T. Bruscino, S. L. Cain, K. Frey, Yellowstone National Park. 34 pp. L. Hanauska-Brown, M. A. Haroldson, and C. C. Schwartz. 2005. Grizzly bear-human con- Heasler, H., C. Jaworowski, M. Brickl, and B. Iobst. flicts in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. August 8, 2005. Results of turbidity and dis- Pages 57–60 in Yellowstone grizzly bear investi charge measurements for the Mammoth Crystal gations: annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Springs hydrologic system, Yellowstone National Bear Study Team, 2004, C. C. Schwartz and Park, May 9, 2005, to July 25, 2005. 29 pp. M. A. Haroldson, eds. (Bozeman, Mont.: U.S. Geological Survey). Jaworowski, C. 2005. East Fork of Specimen Creek: A pictoral journey 2005. 6 pp. Gunther, K. A., T. Wyman, T. M. Koel, P. Perrotti, and E. Reinertson. 2005. Spawning cutthroat Jaworowski, C., and H. Heasler. January 2005. trout. Pages 34–38 in Yellowstone grizzly bear Geological assessment of the Malin Creek site. investigations: annual report of the Interagency 34 pp. Grizzly Bear Study Team, 2004, C. C. Schwartz and M. A. Haroldson, eds. (Bozeman, Mont.: . January 11, 2005. Drainage along the Road to U.S. Geological Survey). Artist’s Point. 5 pp. Gunther, K. A., and T. C. Wyman. 2005. Yellowstone . September 2005. Erosion along the North National Park 2004 annual report of activi- and South Canyon Rims. 11 pp. ties conducted under endangered species sub- permit #87-1. (Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo.: Johnson, A. M. 2005. Cultural Resource Inventory U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park for the Norris Government Housing Wildland- Service, Bear Management Office, Yellowstone Urban Interface Project, Norris Junction National Park), 10pp. (Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.: National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources). Heasler, H. November 2, 2004. An assessment of human-caused damage to Artesia Geyser, Koel, T. M., J. L. Arnold, P. E. Bigelow, P. D. Doepke, Firehole Lake Drive, 7 pp. B. D. Ertel, and D. L. Mahony. Yellowstone fish eries and aquatic sciences: annual report 2004 . June 21–22, 2005. Preliminary results of a (Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.: National Park dye tracer test on Sylvan Pass. 4 pp. Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources), YCR-NR-2005-03. . September 7, 2005. An update of turbidity and discharge measurements for the Mammoth McEneaney, T. 2005. Yellowstone bird report 2004 Crystal Springs hydrologic system, Yellowstone (Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.: National 64 Appendix II: Publications 2005 Annual Report PB Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources) Information Papers YCR-NR-2005-01. The following Bear Management Office Podruzny S., and K. Gunther. 2005. Spring ungu- Information Papers were written or updated during late availability and use by grizzly bears in 2005: Yellowstone National Park. Pages 30–33 in Yellowstone grizzly bear investigations: annual Gunther, K. A. 2005. Bears and menstruating report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, women. Information Paper No. BMO-7. U.S. 2004, C. C. Schwartz and M. A. Haroldson, eds. Department of the Interior, National Park (Bozeman, Mont.: U.S. Geological Survey). Service, Yellowstone National Park. 2pp. Smith, D. W., D. R. Stahler, and D. S. Guernsey. 2005. . 2005. Bear management area program, Yellowstone Wolf Project: annual report, 2004. Yellowstone National Park. Information Paper (Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.: National No. BMO-5. U.S. Department of the Interior, Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources) National Park Service, Yellowstone National YCR-NR-2005-02. Park. 4pp. Story, M., J. Shea, T. Svalberg, M. Hektner, G. Ingersoll, . 2005. Food habits of grizzly bears and black and D. Potter. 2005. Greater Yellowstone Area bears in the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Information Air Quality Assessment Update, November 2005, Paper No. BMO-3. U.S. Department of the Greater Yellowstone Clean Air Partnership. Interior, National Park Service, Yellowstone Yellowstone Center for Resources. 2005. Yellowstone . 2005. Where are all the bears? Information Center for Resources annual report, fiscal year Paper No. BMO-4. U.S. Department of the 2004. National Park Service, Mammoth Hot Interior, National Park Service, Yellowstone Springs, Wyoming, YCR-2005-03. National Park. 2pp. . 2005. Yellowstone National Park bear-related injuries/fatalities. Information Paper No. BMO- 1. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park. 2pp PB Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 65 Appendix III. Partnerships Standing Partnerships YCR staff contribute to regional, national, and international stewardship efforts by participating in the following ongoing partnerships: Absaroka Divide Cooperative Wildlife Working Group Partners: Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Mission: to increase knowledge of species and hab itats in the Absaroka Mountains along the east boundary of Yellowstone National Park, promote Participants in food storage box test conducted at resource management activities, and encourage an Grizzly Discovery Center, West Yellowstone. interagency approach to problem solving and data collection and sharing Commitment: Member agencies collaborate on Ethnographic Resources Inventory (ERI) wildlife monitoring and other projects inside and National Data Standards and Implementation outside the park. Committee YCR representatives: P.J. White Partners: NPS members include the Chief Ethno 2005 highlights: The group developed a Memoran grapher; Archeology and Ethnography Program dum of Understanding to facilitate collaboration Manager; representatives from the Alaska, Midwest, and initiated cooperative monitoring of ungulates. Northeast, and Southeast regions; the Olympic National Park ethnographer Consultation with American Indian Tribes Mission: to assess use of the ERI system, identify Partners: 26 park-affiliated American Indian tribes any needed changes, consider interface with other and an additional 50 tribes that are specifically inter servicewide data systems, and address operational ested in bison management issues and conceptual needs as they arise Mission: interagency consultation with the goal of Commitment: telephone conference calls every enabling the park to manage its cultural and natural quarter and on an as-needed basis, attendance at resources in a culturally informed manner NPS ethnographers’ annual meeting Commitment: Each spring, tribes are invited for a YCR representative: Rosemary Sucec full day’s meeting to hear about the most pressing 2005 highlights: We continued to try new beta ver management issues in natural and cultural resourc sions of the software and worked with the contractor es. A welcoming potluck is held, and field trips are who developed it to make the necessary changes. usually offered. YCR representative: Rosemary Sucec Federal Highways Road Team 2005 highlights: The park hosted a consultation Partner: Federal Highway Administration meeting on May 19. Mission: to ensure context-sensitive design in the 66 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 67 reconstruction of the park’s historic roads and com Montana has a more formalized working group with pliance with the National Environmental Policy Act an annual meeting. and Endangered Species Act YCR representative: Terry McEneaney Commitment: weekly conference calls, two 4-day sessions walking the road corridor along each seg Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis ment to be reconstructed, winter meetings Committee (GYIBC) YCR representatives: Mary Hektner, Elaine Hale Partners: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection 2005 highlights: The road construction project from Service; states of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho; Sylvan Pass to the East Entrance won the 2005 InterTribal Bison Cooperative overall best project award from the Western Federal Mission: to facilitate the development and imple Lands Highway Administration. mentation of brucellosis management plans that will sustain the free-ranging elk and bison popula Greater Yellowstone Area Clean Air tions in the GYA and protect the public interests and Partnership economic viability of the livestock industry in Idaho, Partners: Grand Teton National Park; Gallatin, Wyoming, and Montana Custer, Beaverhead, Shoshone, Bridger-Teton, and Commitment: The NPS is represented on the exec Targhee national forests; Red Rock Lakes National utive committee by the Associate Regional Director Wildlife Refuge; Idaho National Environmental and for Natural Resources and Science. YCR provides Energy Laboratory; Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming a representative for the technical subcommittee. Departments of Environmental Quality Meetings are typically held three times a year. Mission: to advise the Greater Yellowstone YCR representative: Wayne Brewster Coordinating Committee on air quality issues and to 2005 highlights: The InterTribal Bison Cooperative facilitate air quality program coordination and the was invited to participate as a non-voting member of implementation of consistent air quality manage the Executive Committee. Discussions continued to ment strategies update the MOU for another five-year period. Commitment: annual meeting YCR representative: Mary Hektner Greater Yellowstone Trumpeter Swan 2005 highlights: The YCR hosted the 9th annual Working Group meeting and participated in a major update of the Partner: Greater Yellowstone Area agencies 1999 GYA Air Quality Assessment. Mission: to collect annual population and pro duction data on trumpeter swans in the Greater Greater Yellowstone Bald Eagle Working Group Yellowstone Area Partners: GYA state and federal government agen Commitment: Management activities are commu cies, and non-governmental organizations nicated between agencies at meetings. Mission: Established in 1982, this group monitors YCR representative: Terry McEneaney bald eagle productivity and other information. Commitment: communications via e-mail Harlequin Duck Working Group YCR representative: Terry McEneaney Partner: U.S. and Canadian state, federal, and pro vincial agencies Greater Yellowstone Peregrine Falcon Working Mission: to share harlequin duck information Group YCR representative: Terry McEneaney Partners: two peregrine falcon groups, the states of Montana and Wyoming, and the Peregrine Fund Integrated Science in Central Yellowstone Mission: to continue to facilitate the recovery of the Partners: Montana State University, California State peregrine falcon in the GYA University–Monterey Bay Commitment: Wyoming has an informal working Mission: to build an integrated and multidisciplinary group, with coordination done over the telephone. research program with the goal of advancing our 66 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 67 knowledge of the central Yellowstone ecosystem, Mission: to address the potential reclamation of supporting sound natural resource management, the McLaren Mill and Mine tailings sites and other and communicating our knowledge and discoveries water quality issues in the Cooke City, Montana, area to the visiting public to enhance their experience Commitment: meeting participation and enjoyment of the park YCR representative: Mary Hektner Commitment: YCR is a full partner and has com 2005 highlights: The USFS and EPA completed clean- mitted resources and staff for the project duration. up of the Republic site, and the USFS reclaimed the YCR representative: P.J. White portion of the McLaren Mill site on USFS property. 2005 highlights: We conducted a one-day sympo The sites were recontoured and revegetated. sium “Integrated Science in Central Yellowstone” at The Wildlife Society conference in Madison, Mid-sized Carnivore Inventory and Research Wisconsin. The program attracted more than Partner: U.S. Forest Service $500,000 in matching funds for ungulate-related Mission: to improve research and inventory-relat activities and analyses regarding Yellowstone during ed studies on mid-sized carnivores in the Greater FY 2005. Yellowstone Ecosystem Commitment: 20 workdays Interagency Bison Management Plan YCR representative: Kerry Murphy Partners: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection 2005 highlights: We constructed 28 wolverine live Service; state of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks traps at sites distributed across the 3,500-mi2 study and Department of Livestock area that will be set beginning in January 2006. Mission: to carry out the provisions of the 2000 plan which is designed to maintaining a wild, free- Montana Bird Records Committee ranging bison population while minimizing the risk Partners: various government agencies of transmitting the disease Brucellosis from bison Mission: to review new and rare bird records, and to to domestic cattle on public and private lands in keep current on advances in ornithology Montana adjacent to YNP YCR representative: Terry McEneaney YCR representative: Rick Wallen, Glenn Plumb 2005 highlights. Five-year status review completed. Montana Compact Technical Oversight Committee Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Partners: Montana Water Rights Compact Commis Partners: USGS Biological Resources Discipline; sion, NPS Water Resources Division USFS; states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Mission: to oversee administration of the Montana Mission: to conduct research needed to provide Water Rights Compact, which was established in information for immediate and long-term manage 1994 to protect geothermal features by limiting ment of grizzly bears inhabiting the GYE groundwater withdrawal in a designated area north Commitment: two to six meetings annually, which of the park typically range from one to two days each YCR representative: Hank Heasler YCR representative: Kerry Gunther 2005 Highlights: The committee successfully lobbied 2005 highlights: IGBST members provided manag Congress for funding to implement a comprehensive ers with pertinent information on grizzly bear surviv geothermal monitoring plan for Yellowstone. al, mortality, cub production, population estimates, key foods, habitat, and conflicts with humans. Montana Fluvial Arctic Grayling Workgroup Partners: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks McLaren Mill Mine Tailings and Great Republic Mission: This group develops short- and long-term Smelter Reclamation goals and works toward the restoration of popula Partner: Montana Department of Environmental tions in the upper Missouri basin. Quality Commitment: a one-day meeting each year plus any 68 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 69 required field activities tizing species and developing conservation plans. YCR representative: Todd Koel YCR representative: Terry McEneaney 2005 highlights: Yellowstone National Park has initiated research to determine the status of fluvial New World Mining District Response and arctic grayling within the Gibbon River system. Restoration Project Partners: USFS, EPA National Partnership for the Management of Mission: to develop and implement certain response Wild and Native Coldwater Fisheries and natural resource restoration activities in the New Partners: federal and state agencies, professional World Mining District in conjunction with the states associations, and private advocacy organizations of Montana and Wyoming and public participation concerned with the status of wild and native fisher Commitment: public and agency meetings related ies in the United States to the ongoing restoration work and review of USFS Mission: to provide leadership and recommenda quarterly progress reports to Congress tions for the Whirling Disease Initiative and the YCR representative: Mary Hektner Montana Water Center 2005 highlights: Environmental cleanup of the min Commitment: one 3-day meeting each year ing impacts is proceeding YCR representative: Todd Koel 2005 highlights: The Whirling Disease Initiative will Northern Yellowstone Cooperative Wildlife continue to fund research projects with a focus on Working Group the development of tools to mitigate the effects of Partners: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Gallatin the disease. National Forest; USGS-Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center Natural Resources Advisory Group Mission: to protect the long-term integrity of the Partners: The group includes representatives northern Yellowstone winter range by increasing from each NPS region, the central office, and field knowledge of its species and habitats, promoting resources, and a superintendent. prudent land management activities, and encourag Mission: to advise the Associate Director for Natural ing an interagency approach to solving problems Resources, Mike Soukup, on servicewide issues Commitment: bi-annual meetings and work assign Commitment: annual meeting and between-meet ments on wildlife surveys and reports. Members ing assignments share costs and duties for monitoring ungulates on YCR representative: Tom Olliff the northern range inside and outside YNP. 2006 highlights: This group met March 14–16 YCR representatives: Glenn Plumb, P.J. White at Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, 2005 highlights: We completed cooperative counts Jacksonville, Florida. The group welcomed Bert and/or classifications of bighorn sheep, elk, prong Frost in his new role as Deputy Associate Director horn, mule deer, and mountain goats, the results of for Natural Resources (vice Abby Miller), discussed which were summarized in an annual report. budget and project funding sources, GPRA/Strategic Planning goals, resource reporting (including Score Northwest Level 1 Streamlining Group Cards), and resource databases. Partners: federal land management agencies in Northwest Wyoming; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Neotropical Migrant Working Groups Mission: to provide an expedited technical review Partners: Partners in Flight of Montana, Partners of the effects of proposed agency projects on listed, in Flight of Wyoming, Western Working Group proposed, and candidate species that are protected Partners in Flight under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Attendance Mission: They are currently focused on priori at meetings helps YCR biologists identify and mini 68 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 69 mize potential adverse effects of park activities on eight employee cabins on the lower loop of the listed species, and greatly facilitates consultation Old Faithful Lodge Cabin complex; prepared and with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. log-oiled the Nez Perce Patrol Cabin; painted 110 Commitment: two to four meetings per year fire hydrants at the Grant Village and Old Faithful YCR Representative: Kerry Murphy developed areas; helped Maintenance personnel 2005 Highlights: Murphy attended a meeting in from the Grant subdistrict replace and stain log Lander, Wyoming, and assisted Grand Teton National guardrails; cleaned the parking lot and picnic area Park in hosting a workshop with the Canada lynx at West Thumb Geyser Basin; and prepped and biological team in Moose, Wyoming. stained 500 bumper logs at campsites in the Bridge Bay Campground. Rocky Mountain Cluster Natural Resource Managers Group Virginia City National Historic Landmark Partners: Rocky Mountain Cluster NPS units District Stabilization Partnership Mission: to discuss cluster resource issues and fund Partner: Montana Heritage Commission (MHC) ing initiatives and receive updates on servicewide Mission: to administer the expenditure of a $1.7 issues million NPS grant to the MHC and provide techni Commitment: a two-day annual meeting cal assistance and coordination with the MHC, the YCR representative: Tom Olliff National Park Service, private consultants, contrac tors, and the Montana State Historic Preservation Snow Survey Commission Partner: Natural Resources Conservation Service Commitment: three days per month Mission: to collect snowpack and related climate YCR representative: Herb Dawson information in order to monitor and help manage 2005 highlights: The YCR representative reviewed surface water supply derived from snowmelt in the plans for stabilization of the Prasch Blacksmith higher mountainous areas of the West Shop, one of the oldest buildings in Virginia City, YCR representative: Mary Hektner and oversaw stabilization of the Gilbert Brewery. Commitment: Ranger staff collect monthly snow New, low-impact technology called micro-piling is depth and water content data January–May at being used to core holes through the building, both five manual snow courses and 7 of 10 automated vertically and horizontally, and then fiberglass rods SNOTEL sites. YCR conducts resource inventories are epoxied into the holes. when site modifications are needed to install addi tional equipment. Wyoming Important Bird Area Technical Review Committee (WIBATRC) Tauck Volunteer Program Partner: Wyoming Audubon Partners: Tauck World Discovery/Tauck Bridges Mission: The WIBATRC is responsible for review Mission: to give Tauck guests an opportunity to pro ing, designating, and implementing important land vide volunteer help on infrastructure preservation tracts in Wyoming for bird conservation. and maintenance projects, and to enable the park Commitment: meetings via conference call to complete projects that otherwise would not be YCR representative: Terry McEneaney done Commitment: approximately one week per month Wyoming Rare Plant Technical Committee during spring through fall, plus several days each Mission: to coordinate activities between govern month during winter ment agencies with rare plant responsibilities, and YCR representative: Herb Dawson promote awareness of rare plants statewide 2005 highlights: Volunteers prepared and stained Commitment: two days per year 70 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report PB YCR representative: Jennifer Whipple (chair) Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory Partners: U.S. Geological Survey, University of Utah Mission: to monitor Yellowstone for volcanic haz ards and earthquakes using a network of seismic and GPS stations and provide real-time data to scientists and other interested persons at http://volcanoes. usgs.gov/yvo YCR representative: Hank Heasler 2005 Highlights: A seismic station at Parker Peak and five continuous GPS stations were added to the network. YVO held a meeting in Salt Lake City to discuss a 10-year volcano and earthquake monitor ing plan for YVO with scientists from the other four One-head pussytoes (Antennaria monocephala DC.), U.S. volcano observatories. one of the native species added to the park’s vascular plant list in 2005. PB Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 71 are groups years, $8,000 needed $14,600 $26,371 $12,612 $46,389 $33,460 $33,839 $49,690 $36,925 Amount Support as private and 2005. one-to-three in last active Fund Source organizations, were normally NPS-Water Resources Resources NPS-Water Division NPS I&M NPS I&M Park Yellowstone Foundation Fish Fee Fish Fee In-kind Fee Demonstration, Fish Fee MT/USFWS Whirling Disease Initiative MT/USFWS Whirling Disease Initiative - partnerhips partnerships Tubifex tubi Tubifex non-governmental These Project following The agencies, in Pelican Creek objectives. state Groundwater investigation Groundwater at for mine waste repository tailings site McLaren quality monitoring Water Upper Snake River cutthroat inventory trout trout cutthroat Yellowstone watershed priorities trout Assessment of cutthroat River of the upper Yellowstone Spatial dynamics of Arctic grayling in the Gibbon River fex Yellowstone cutthroat trout trout cutthroat Yellowstone to stream related recruitment and flow temperature Examination of Yellowstone infection risk trout cutthroat NP as part of the Yellowstone whirling disease study Development and testing of risk assessment tools for whirling disease infection thermal Use of high-resolution imagery to locate and achieved. are federal . stewardship 79 objectives Contact/ page resource the on universities, Principal Investigator when John Koerth (YCR: Mary Hektner) Arnold Koel and Jeff Todd Dr. (YCR) Koel (YCR) Todd Dr. Lisa Graumlich (YCR: Dr. Dr. Koel) Todd Thomas McMahon (YCR: Dr. Dr. Koel and Brian Ertel) Todd Drs. Alexander Zale (YCR: Dr. Koel) Todd Lynn Kaeding (YCR: Dr. Todd Todd Kaeding (YCR: Dr. Lynn Koel) Todd Billie Kerans (YCR: Dr. Dr. Koel) Billie Koel (YCR), Dr. Drs. Todd Kerans, Silvia Murcia Koel (YCR), Gretchen Todd Dr. Rupp from specific appears park’s disband table partners the and this of in external Partner some used of Cooperator/ objectives, meet to variety State of Montana (Department Quality) of Environmental I&M Yellowstone Greater Network I&M Yellowstone Greater Network Montana State University (Big Sky Institute) Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University a specific acronyms basis of enlist list achieve A staff to Program short-term Benefitting a YCR Note: Air, Land, and Water Land, and Water Air, Resources Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries on Project-based Partnerships Project-based formed 72 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 73 Staff Staff logistic salaries $5,000 $1,500 needed needed $17,599 $12,914 $11,040 $29,268 $40,000 $60,000 available Amount As time is $122,000 support as support as Participant Fund Source MT/USFWS Whirling Disease Initiative MT/USFWS Whirling Disease Initiative Fish Fee Fish Fee In-kind ONPS-Lake Trout In-kind GYCC Fish Fee FHWA NPS, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities University of Calgary, ONPS, Alaska Fish and Game USGS, ONPS Base Project Role of birds as a dispersal Role of birds vector for whirling disease Laboratory assessment of trout cutthroat Yellowstone whirling disease infection trout cutthroat Westslope development broodstock Life history of Yellowstone of the upper trout cutthroat River Yellowstone Establishment of Yellowstone in broodstock trout cutthroat Wyoming spawning lake trout Predicting Lake in Yellowstone areas consequences of lake Trophic and whirling disease trout Lake invasion of Yellowstone Fine-spotted cutthroat assessment grayling in the Status of Arctic Gibbon River system at Frying Pan Data recovery Spring Treasures: Save America’s and consolidation, inventory, NP’s of Yellowstone re-housing drawings architectural bear habituation to Brown risks, and people: safety, benefits Black bear demographics in NP Yellowstone Contact/ Principal Investigator Dr. Todd Koel (YCR), Gretchen Koel (YCR), Gretchen Todd Dr. Rupp Todd Crystal Hudson (YCR: Dr. Koel) Roger Lang, Buddy Drake (YCR: Koel) Todd Dr. Jason Burckhardt Steve Yekel, Koel, Brian Ertel) Todd (YCR: Dr. (YCR: Steve Sharon Jim Barner, Koel) Todd Dr. Hubert (YCR: Dr. Wayne Dr. Koel and Pat Bigelow) Todd Koel Todd Bob Hall, Dr. Dr. (YCR), Lusha Tronstad Koel) Todd Mary Maj (YCR: Dr. Koel Todd Al Zale (YCR: Dr. Dr. and Dan Mahony) David Eckles, Elaine Hale (YCR) Colleen Curry and Harold Housley (YCR) Smith, Tom Stephen Herrero, Dr. DeBruyn,Colleen Matt Terry (YCR: Kerry Gunther) Charles Schwartz, Mark Dr. (YCR: Kerry Gunther) Haroldson - Partner Cooperator/ Montana State University Montana State University Sun Ranch (Madison Valley, Montana) State of Wyoming (Fish and Game) State of Wyoming (Fish and Game) University of Wyoming (Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit) University of Wyoming (Zoology and Physiology) USFS, GYCC USGS-FCRU University of Wyoming (OWSA) University of Colorado at Boulder (Library Administration) University of Calgary (Environ mental Science), USGS (Alaska Biological Science Center), NPS Alaska Alaska Support Office, Fish and Game USGS-BRD (IGBST) Program Benefitting Aquatic Resources Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Archeology Archives Bears Bears 72 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 73 salaries salaries salaries $6,500 $5,000 $96,000 $92,000 $72,000 $49,000 $26,000 $20,500 Amount $339,212 $150,000 Participant Participant Participant $1,200,000 Fund Source ONPS, USGS-BRD, State of Montana, Idaho USGS-BRD, ONPS, University of Idaho University of Washington, USGS-BRD, ONPS, University of Idaho NP Yellowstone U.S. State Department, Foundation-Nuclear Turner Initiative Threat NPS NPS, USFWS, USGS-BRD, USDA-APHIS USGS-BRD (paid out in FY04), ONPS-Bison Montana State University ONPS-Bison (paid in FY02) ONPS-Winter Use Monitoring (paid out in FY04) USDA-APHIS, ONPS-Bison Management University of Kentucky (paid out in FY04) ONPS-Bison - - - Project Grizzly bear–human conflicts Yellowstone in the Greater Ecosystem Estimates of grizzly bear numbers visiting Yellowstone Lake spawning streams Use of naturally occurring to determine the mercury to trout importance of cutthroat grizzly bears Yellowstone Use of stable isotopes and trace elements to understanding ef fects of long-term changes in grizzly bear food resources Comparative studies of immu nobiological characteristics of live brucellosis vaccines Bison movement and dispersal An initiative to enhance brucel losis vaccines, vaccine delivery, and surveillance diagnostics for bison and elk Accuracy of pneumatic remote delivery equipment Spatial dynamics of the central bison herd Yellowstone to Bison demography in relation during winter roads groomed in Rate of brucellosis exposure bison Yellowstone of vaccination on Affectos brucellosis prevalence Contact/ Principal Investigator Kerry Gunther (YCR), Mark Steve Kevin Frey, Haroldson, Charles Copeland, Dr. Cain, Jeff Schwartz Dan Reinhart, Mark Haroldson, Chris Shannon Podruzny, (YCR: Cegelski, Lisette Wait Wyman, Travis Kerry Gunther, Smith) Jeremiah Charles Laura Felicetti, Dr. Schwartz, Robert Rye, James Lisette Mark Haroldson, Crock, Charles Robbins (YCR: Waits, Kerry Gunther) Charles Charles Robbins, Dr. Schwartz, Robert Rye (YCR: Kerry Gunther) Glenn Drs. Alexander Denisov, Plumb (YCR), Steven Olsen, and Gary Adams Drs. Cormack Gates, Len Glenn Plumb (YCR) Broberg, Marsh, Bret Drs. Rick Willer, Glenn Plumb (YCR) Rick (YCR), Dr. Rick Wallen Hansen Rick Wallen Robert Garrott, Dr. (YCR), Jason Bruggeman and P.J. Drs. Robert Garrott Rick White (YCR), Julie Fuller, (YCR) Wallen Ryan (YCR), Dr. Rick Wallen Clarke (YCR: John Philip Crowley Rick Wallen) Treanor, Partner Cooperator/ USGS-BRD (IGBST), Montana Fish, Wildlife and National Parks, Grand Teton Park, Idaho Fish and Game USGS-BRD (IGBST), University of Idaho State University, Washington USGS-BRD (IGBST), University of Idaho State University, Washington USGS-BRD (IGBST) Russian Federation Ministry of A&M Texas USDA-ARS, Health, University University of Calgary, University of Montana Association Health Animal U.S. Inc. Ballistic Technologies, Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Ecology) USDA-APHIS University of Kentucky Program Benefitting Bears Bears Bears Bears Bison Bison Bison Bison Bison Bison Bison Bison 74 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 75 $5,000 $5,875 in-kind $25,534 $64,954 $14,400 $40,000 $40,000 $14,500 $45,000 $10,000 Amount $141,000 $100,000 $150,000 Fund Source ONPS-Geology ONPS-Geology ONPS-Geology ONPS-Geology CESU National Science Foundation National Science Foundation ONPS-Geology Montana State University ONPS-Geology University of Montana (paid out in FY04) ONPS-Bison Council, Bear Creek NP Yellowstone National Endowment for the Humanities via Park the Yellowstone Foundation Project Controlled groundwater area groundwater Controlled • Monitoring • Database administration Mapping thermal springs in geyser basins Conservation genetics of bison Support for the potluck welcoming American Indian tribes to Yellowstone Planning for 2006 meeting with scholars and represntatives tribal themes to identify interpretive segment of the for Yellowstone trail Ethnographic Resources Inventory coordination a research Create network for geothermal biology and geochemistry in Yellowstone inventory of Greater A microbial Ecosystem features Yellowstone Seismic and GPS monitoring of Yellowstone Detection of radiative thermal flux change monitoring of Thermal remote Norris Geyser Basin Geothermal gas monitoring Contact/ Principal Investigator Christopher Neale (YCR: Dr. Christopher Neale (YCR: Dr. Henry Heasler) Henry Edmond Deal (YCR: Dr. Heasler) Fred Allendor (YCR: Rick Fred Wallen) Rosemary Sucec (YCR) Sandi McFarland (NPNHT), Linda Intepretation) of (Division Young (YCR: Rosemary Sucec) Campbell Greg (YCR: Rosemary Sucec) Drs. William Inskeep, Sarah Nordstrom, Darrell Boomer, Anna-Louise Reyenbach, Frank Roberto, Cristina Takacs- Ann Rodman (YCR) Vesbach, Drs. Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, & Kirk Ann Rodman (YCR) Nordstrom, Robert Smith (YCR: Dr. Dr. Henry Heasler) (YCR: Dr. Rick Lawrence Dr. Henry Heasler) Henry Carl Seielstad (YCR: Dr. Heasler) Jake Lowenstern (YCR: Dr. Henry Heasler) Partner Cooperator/ Utah State University of State of Montana (Bureau Mines and Geology) Montana State University (Thermal Biology Institute), University, Western Oregon USGS, Portland State Idaho National University, Engineering & Environmental University of New Laboratory, Mexico University of New Mexico, Portland State University, USGS University of Utah (Geology and Geophysics) Montana State University University of Montana Observatory stone Volcano University of Montana Council Bear Creek National Historic Nez Perce of Confederated Tribes Trail, the Colville Indian Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes Umatilla Indian Reservation, Tribe Nez Perce University of Montana USGS-Menlo Park, Yellow Program Benefitting Geothermal Geothermal/ Montana Water Compact Geographic Information Systems Geographic Information Systems Geology Geothermal Geothermal Geothermal Bison Ethnography Ethnography Ethnography 74 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 75 FY03 ONPS FY99 ; $5,440 $3,258 $1,986 $5,600 $5,750 $2,400 $17,500 $23,000 $61,400 $14,400 $88,151 $20,000 $12,741 $10,000 Amount $6,500 in 2-yr study; $40,000 in $54,100 for Fund Source ONPS-Vegetation Park Yellowstone Foundation, GYCC, RM- CESU NPS I&M NPS I&M ONPS-Geology USGS-WRD, ONPS- Geology USGS-WRD, ONPS- Geology Park NPS, Yellowstone Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Park Yellowstone Foundation Canon U.S.A., Inc. ONPS-Research NPS I&M Canon USA, Inc., ONPS- Vegetation Project Characterization of alpine vegetation on the northeast corner of YNP Basin native Conduct Gardiner vegetation/ungulate winter workshop range restoration Alpine plant inventory Yellowstone controlled controlled Yellowstone water rights area groundwater administration Assess water discharge and selected chemical and physical parameters of waters in NP Yellowstone assistance in Hydrologic administering the compact and with other issues Stabilization of historic buildings NP in Yellowstone and distribution of lynx Presence in Yellowstone Internship for museum program techs Lake Road restoration Turbid program Cooperative research support NPSPECIES database: Invertebrates Fens of YNP: identification, classification, geochemistry, floristics, and vegetation NPSPECIES database: Vascular Plant Certification Contact/ Principal Investigator Janet Clark (YCR: Mary Hektner) Jennifer Whipple (YCR) Ken Aho (YCR: Weaver, Tad Dr. Mary Hektner) Bud Clinch (YCR: Dr. Henry Bud Clinch (YCR: Dr. Heasler) Drs. Robert Davis (YCR: Dr. Henry Heasler) Henry David Susong (YCR: Dr. Heasler) Jiusto (YCR: Herb Chere Dawson) Kerry Murphy (YCR), Dr. Dr. Kerry Gunther James Halfpenny, (YCR) Michael Cary (YCR: Colleen Curry) Mary Hektner (YCR) Glenn Dr. Henry Harlow, Dr. Plumb (YCR) Ann Rodman (YCR) David Cooper (YCR: Mary Dr. Hektner) Jennifer Whipple Rob Daley, (YCR) Partner Cooperator/ Montana State University (Center for Invasive Plant Management) Greater Yellowstone I&M Yellowstone Greater Network Montana State University (Biology) State of Montana (Natural and Conservation) Resources USGS-WRD (Montana District) USGS-WRD (Utah District) Alliance Montana Preservation World A Naturalist’s Montana State University University Stanford Montana Conservation Corps University of Wyoming-NPS Center Research I&M Yellowstone Greater Network Colorado State University Rangeland, and (Forest, Watershed) I&M Yellowstone Greater Network Program Benefitting Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Geothermal/ Montana Water Compact Geothermal/ Montana Water Compact Geothermal/ Montana Water Compact Historic Buildings Project Lynx Museum Natural Resources Research Spatial Analysis Center Vegetation Vegetation 76 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 77 (5-year $5,000 $8,000 project) $51,712 $20,000 $44,250 $19,134 $50,000 $35,000 $31,400 $15,000 Amount $108,000 $108,000 Fund Source ONPS ONPS-Vegetation, ONPS-Wildlife, Fee Demonstration Fee Demonstration USGS-BRD, NRPP ONPS-Vegetation, USGS Park-Oriented Biological Support, Fee Demonstration Fee Demonstration USGS-BRD, NRPP Park Yellowstone Foundation (Coin Fund), DOI Cooperative Conservation Initiative NPS I&M ONPS-Ungulates, Winter Use, Bison RM-CESU Project Aspen regeneration on Aspen regeneration northern range Yellowstone’s Persistence of willows on northern range Yellowstone’s to willow release reponse Bird northern range on Yellowstone’s Use of multispectral, remotely- sensed imagery to map willow distribution in northern Yellowstone influence on Temperature and phenolic willow growth production history of tree-sized Browse aspen on Yellowstone’s northern range Willow persistence and distribution following wolf reintroduction native vegetation/ Restore pronghorn habitat at HRC site Amphibian Monitoring Collaborative ungulate habitat and population monitoring Conservation of the declining pronghorn Yellowstone population Contact/ Principal Investigator (YCR: Roy Renkin, Terry (YCR: Roy Renkin, Terry Drs. William Ripple, Eric Larsen Doug Smith, Roy (YCR: Dr. Renkin Hobbs Tom Drs. David Cooper, (YCR: Roy Renkin) Hansen, Lisa Andrew Dr. Baril Doug Smith) Dr. McEneaney, (YCR: Roy Robert Crabtree Dr. Renkin) Rex Cates Don Despain, Dr. Dr. (YCR: Roy Renkin) Don Despain, Roy Renkin Dr. (YCR), John Klaptosky Dr. Eric Larsen Linda Robert Stottlemeyer, White, P.J. Zeigenfuss (YCR: Dr. Doug Smith, Roy Renkin) Dr. Mary Hektner (YCR) Chuck Peterson; Steve Corn Dr. P.J. (YCR: Dr. Robert Garrott Dr. White) White (YCR), John Drs. P.J. Barnowe-Meyer Byers, Kerey Partner Cooperator/ Oregon State University, State University, Oregon University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point RM-CESU, Colorado State University RM-CESU, Montana State University University of Montana (Flathead Biological Station), Ecological Yellowstone Center Research USGS-BRD, Brigham Young University USGS-BRD, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point USGS-BRD Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bridger Montana Plant Center, Conservation Corps Idaho State University; USGS and Amphibian Research Monitoring Initiative Montana State University (Ecology) University of Idaho Program Benefitting Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation/Wildlife Wildlife Wildlife Wildlife 76 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 77 $2,890 $1,250 $9,630 $7,000 $4,500 $8,000 $15,000 $10,000 $58,000 $96,000 Amount $144,000 Fund Source ONPS-Winter Use Monitoring ONPS-Winter Use Monitoring ONPS-Winter Use Monitoring Yellowstone Park Yellowstone Foundation NPS I&M NPS I&M ONPS-Winter Use Monitoring ONPS-Winter Use Monitoring NRPP Natural Resources NRPP Natural Resources Management, USGS Park-Oriented Biological Support Park Yellowstone Foundation/Canon, U.S.A., Inc. Project Correlation of heavy metals Correlation deposition in snowpack and snowmachine use Air quality monitoring at West Air quality monitoring at West Entrance Monitoring elk calf mortality Conduct wildlife research in conjunction with remote Canon cameras (Canon Eyes on Hayden Project) The What price Yellowstone? of wolves in the regional role economy Ana Bat data analysis NPSPECIES database: certification swan data analysis Trumpeter and Motorized winter recreation responses glucocorticoid stress in elk Evaluating the abundance, distribution, and stress hormones of ungulates in to winter human use in relation NP west-central Yellowstone Evaluating wildlife responses to motorized winter use in 1998–2004 NP, Yellowstone Contact/ Principal Investigator Elton Erp (YCR: Mary Hektner) Arnold George Ingersoll, Jeff (YCR) Dr. P.J. White (YCR), Dr. David White (YCR), Dr. P.J. Dr. Mech, Shannon Barber Glenn Plumb (YCR), Dr. Dr. Dan McNulty Craig Packer, (YCR: Dr. John Duffield Dr. Glenn Plumb) Gary Beauvais and Douglas Keinath Gary Beauvais and Douglas Keinath Glenn Jay Hestbeck (YCR: Dr. Plumb) John White (YCR), Dr. P.J. Dr. Dr. Scott Creel, Borkowski, Dr. Amanda Hardy Robert Garrott, P.J. (YCR: Dr. Robert Garrott Dr. White) White Drs. John Borkowski, P.J. (YCR), and Robert Garrott Partner Cooperator/ State of Montana (Department Quality) of Environmental USGS-WRD (Central Region, Denver) University of Wyoming- Wyoming Natural Diversity Database University of Wyoming- Wyoming Natural Diversity Database USGS-NPWRG Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Ecology) Montana State University (Mathematical Sciences) University of Minnesota (Fisheries and Wildlife), USGS- BRD University of Minnesota (Ecology) University of Montana (Economics) Program Benefitting Winter Use Winter Use Wildlife Wildlife Wildlife Winter Use Winter Use Winter Use Wildlife Wildlife Wildlife 78 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 79 $10,000 Amount $190,000 $100,000 $2,500,000 (for 5 years) - - Fund Source YPF, USFS-RMRS, USFS YPF, RM- Carnivore Program, CESU, Gallatin National Shoshone National Forest, Forest NASA University NP, Yellowstone of Oregon U.S. Agency for Interna tional Development (Glob al Livestock Collaborative Program) Research Project Ecological assessment of wolverines in the Absaroka- Beartooths Integrated natural science for the central program research ecosystem Yellowstone project Atlas of Yellowstone to strengthen A proposal collaborations between and managers researchers working in and around parks Serengeti and Yellowstone Contact/ Principal Investigator Dr. Kerry Murphy (YCR) Dr. Robert Watson, Drs. Fred Susan Alexander (YCR: Garrott, White and Rick Wallen) P.J. Dr. Jim Marcus, Andrew Dr. Meacham, Ann Rodman (YCR) Drs. Lisa Graumlich, Glenn Plumb (YCR), Robin Reid, Kurt Alt, Michael Coughenour, and Emmanuel Gereta Partner Cooperator/ USFS-RMRS; Gallatin National Shoshone National Forest; Forest California State University– Montana State Bay, Monterey University (Ecology) University of Oregon Montana State University (Big Sky Institute), U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University, Montana Fish, Wildlife and National Parks Parks, Tanzania Program Benefitting Wolverine Project Wolverine Center Yellowstone for Resources Center Yellowstone for Resources National Yellowstone Park 78 Appendix III: Partnerships 2005 Annual Report 79 Team Study Bear Grizzly Program Service Interagency Preservation Inspection Service Discipline, Health Unit Resources Unit Station Plant Research Discipline Resources Network and Research Discipline Studies Research Resources Service-Cultural Biological Resources Monitoring Ecosystem Committee Cooperative Park Mountain Administration and Service Survey Fish Water Archaeologist Biological Agriculture-Animal Park Rocky Space Agriculture-Agricultural of National State Service Cooperative Survey of Survey Resources and Survey Inventory Coordinating the Geological for Service Administration of National Survey Wildlife U.S. Wyoming Region the Service Department Geological Mountains Forest Center Geological and of Service Geological Department the Aeronautics Yellowstone Highway Yellowstone U.S. Park of Operation U.S. U.S. U.S. Fish U.S. U.S. (IGBST): Rocky Geological Forest U.S. Federal Office Greater Greater Operation National U.S. U.S. Yellowstone Intermountain National USGS-FCRU: Acronyms FHWA: NASA: NPS: USFS-RMRS: USGS-BRD: GRYN: ONPS: ONPS-CRPP: OWSA: IMR: USGS: RM-CESU: USFWS: GYCC: USDA-APHIS: USDA-ARS: USFS: USGS-WRD: YCR: USGS-BRD