Yellowstone Resource Briefs

For each topic, the Resource Brief provides a snapshot of why the resource is important, what its current status is, and how it is being managed or monitored. Each file is a one-page PDF. (GRYN=Greater Yellowstone Network, GYE=Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem)

BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Amphibians: GYE
Birds

  • Bald Eagles: GYE
  • Peregrine Falcons: GRYN

    • Fish

  • Lake Trout
  • Westslope Cutthroat Trout
  • Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout

    • Mammals

  • Beaver
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • Bison
  • Black Bear
  • Cougar
  • Elk
  • Grizzly Bears: GYE
  • Lynx: GYE
  • Moose: GYE
  • Mountain Goats
  • Pronghorn
  • Wolves
  • Wolverines: GYE

    • Wildlife Diseases

  • Wildlife Diseases
  • Whirling Disease: GYE

    • Vegetation

  • Whitebark Pine: GYE

    • Aquatic Nuisance Species

  • Aquatic Nuisance Species
  • Lake Trout
  • New Zealand Mud Snails: GYE
  • Whirling Disease: GYE

    • PHYSICAL RESOURCES
    Air Quality: GYE
    Winter Air Quality
    Geothermal Features
    Volcano
    ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    Fire Ecology
    HUMANS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
    Backcountry Overnight Use
    Visitor Use
    Soundscapes

  • Winter Soundscapes

    • ETHNOGRAPHY
    Ethnography