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 GYC's 25th Annual Meeting will take place in West Yellowstone. Photo by Chris Grinnell "Thinking Like A Mountain"
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General Information Please Support Our Sponsors Agenda Friday, June 6 WATERS - 10:15 BREAK
10:45 How Global Wierding is Changing the West and what you can do about it; Alison Gannett - Global Cooling Consultant & World Champion Extreme Skier 11:15 Upstream Battle: Securing a Future for Native Trout in the Face of Climate Change, Invasive Species and Habitat Degradation- Bob Gresswell, Research Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey 11:45 GYC Update- Scott Bosse Saturday, June 7 9:15 The State of Wolf Conservation & Management in Montana- Carolyn Sime, Wolf Program Coordinator, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife, and Parks 9:45 Greater Yellowstone’s Grizzlies: Adaptive Omnivores in a Dynamic World; Steve Primm, Field Director, Keystone Conservation 10:15 Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together: What Does Recovery Really Mean? Sponsors: Premier Sponsors ($1000+) Moonlight Basin
Bronze Sponsors ($250+) Advanced Litho Speakers: Jodi Hilty, Ph.D. A Rocky Mountain native, she is the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s North America Program and is based in Bozeman. She oversees a staff of approximately 50 who work to conserve the last wild places in North America and the wildlife inhabiting these landscapes. They also address four major conservation challenges: energy development, rural sprawl, habitat fragmentation and climate change. Trained as a landscape ecologist and conservation biologist at the University of California-Berkeley, Hilty's interest is understanding thresholds of human impact on biodiversity and using science to guide policy and management. She has authored or co-authored more than a dozen scientific and popular articles, and is lead author of the 2006 book Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation. She also sits on the board of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. Al Kesselheim has been a freelance writer since 1982, when he moved to Montana. Although his career has wandered a bit, his specialty is outdoor adventure and natural history. He is the author of nine books and hundreds of magazine articles. He is also a noted adventurer who, in a lengthy list of wild journeys, has paddled across North America twice, descended the entire Yellowstone River twice, and is busy including his children in his adventures. Kesselheim will read from his works, focusing on the role of water in his life, and engage in discussion. Alison Gannett is a world champion extreme skier and a global cooling consultant. She has dedicated the majority of the last 20 years to saving snow and our planet from the devastating effects of global warming. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Vermont in 1987 and Solar Energy International in 1991. She founded her first business to battle climate change in 1991 and is the founding president of two global-cooling non-profits: The Office for Resource Efficiency and the The Save Our Snow Foundation. She has led expeditions to document global warming in many countries, including Bolivia, Argentina, South Africa, Canada, Bhutan, India, the United States and Pakistan. She presents her solutions-based framework (Calculate, Reduce Offset, P) and works with individuals, businesses and governments, including Al Gore’s Climate Project. This year, she was nominated by Outside Magazine as one of 23 Green-All-Stars, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Leonardo DiCaprio. AlisonGannett.com Alison's presentation proudly sponsored by:  Bob Gresswell has been studying habitat relationships and life-history organization of cutthroat trout for more than 30 years. He is a research biologist with the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Bozeman, Mont. He serves as an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Water Resources at Utah State University. Bob’s interest in the role of disturbance in shaping the aquatic systems has led to research on the interactions among landscape-scale environmental features, instream habitat characteristics, and cutthroat trout abundance and distribution in watersheds throughout the western U.S.
Williams was a House Deputy Whip, Chair of the Postsecondary Education Committee and, important to Yellowstone, a member of both the Budget and Natural Resources Committees. Upon returning to Montana in 1997, Williams resumed his teaching career. He is at the University of Montana’s Center for the Rocky Mountain West, from which he teaches, speaks and provides regular public radio commentaries as well as columns for newspapers in the West.
Tom graduated with honors from Montana State University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Anthropology. His photographic passion and specialty is the wilderness and backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, and to photograph the behaviors of free roaming wildlife and the colors, shapes, and textures of the land. Carolyn Sime is the Gray Wolf Program Coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. She worked with a citizen's advisory council and the public from Montana and elsewhere to craft the state’s wolf conservation and management plan. She now spearheads the efforts to implement the approved state plan. Mike Phillips is a wildlife biologist with two decades of experience leading efforts to restore imperiled species through reintroductions. He has been a state representative for House District 66 in Bozeman since January 2007. Steve Primm, Field Director, Keystone Conservation. In addition to 15 years of experience in grizzly conservation, Steve has conducted field research on migratory pronghorn herds of southwest Montana. Steve has lived and worked in the Madison Valley since 1996. [Top] Teton Science Schools Teton Science Schools will once again provide outstanding outdoor environmental education for Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s youths ages 8-15. Groups are led by our experienced and professional staff. Participants should come prepared with a water bottle, warm clothing, backpack and appropriate footwear. Friday June 6 Saturday June 7 The cost is $30 per session. Spaces are limited. Advanced registration and payment are required. Please contact Cynthia Millard at Cynthia.millard@tetonscience.org or 307.734.3767. Registration for Teton Science Schools' classes closes May 15. Please visit Teton Science Schools’ website for information about their exciting year-round programming for youth, adults, seniors and families.
All field trips meet at the Union Pacific Dining Hall unless otherwise noted. They are generally indoor workshops led by specialists. You may choose workshop and field trips from those offered below- you will be able to sign up for the field trips when registering. Please plan on field trips lasting all afternoon, returning in time for evening program. Field Trips and Workshops Field trips take place regardless of weather conditions. Please come prepared for Yellowstone's unpredictable late-spring weather! Friday Workshops & Field Trips, June 6 Saturday Workshops & Field Trips, June 7
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Two national forests — the Gallatin NF, and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF — are near West Yellowstone.
Dispersed camping is also allowed on the Gallatin National Forest. Green tips- Minimize your carbon footprint
Reducing the amount of energy we use is critically important. Even if you take every energy-saving step you can, you still use energy and create CO2 pollution. There's one way to do something about the carbon-based pollution you can't avoid creating – offset your energy. Once again GYC is partnering with NativeEnergy to offset our energy use at our Annual Meeting. NativeEnergy is a Native American majority-owned renewable energy company. They help build and support Native American and farmer-owned community-based renewable energy projects that create social, economic and environmental benefits. With NativeEnergy, you can help finance and build new clean and renewable energy projects. These projects displace electricity from fossil fuels and reduce other greenhouse gas emissions on your behalf, offsetting the CO2 emissions you create. What you can do:
Meals Friday, June 6 dinner: Your choice of Saturday, June 7 dinner: Fajita Fiesta Buffet 25th Anniversary Artwork by Jenni Lowe-Anker
Author, MSU graduate and Bozeman artist Jennifer Lowe-Anker is known for her whimsical depictions of wildlife, birds and scenic western landscapes that she renders in the unusual medium of livestock marker. Jenni’s work has been widely collected and shown throughout the west for 25 years and can be seen at Visions West Gallery in Bozeman, Livingston and Denver as well as The Kneeland Gallery in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Pre-registration is required. Online registration is now open! Any questions about registering? Email Teresa Soule, Annual Meeting Coordinator. |
Pat Williams served as Montana’s U.S. Congressman for 18 years. Those nine terms represent more consecutive terms in the House than given to any other Congressperson in Montana’s history.
Tom Murphy was raised on a 7500 acre cattle ranch in western South Dakota. It provided him with invaluable lessons in animal behavior and a deep love for clean, wide open land.
Jenni has created and donated the original art to commemorate this year’s 25th anniversary of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. She will present her new book, Forget Me Not a memoir published by Mountaineers Books. It recounts the years shared with her late husband, mountaineer Alex Lowe, who died in an avalanche in Tibet in 1999. Lowe-Anker will be on hand to sign and personalize her prints and books.
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