Yellowstone, one of America's most special places, has a special responsibility for its people to whom its management is entrusted. The federal government manages the park itself and much of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, while the rest is managed by the individual landowners, businesses, and state and tribal governments. This book assesses the leadership and policy process of greater Yellowstone through which leaders seek to work together to chart a course toward sustainability. Specifically, the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC), a high-level federal committee that influe ... More

Yellowstone, one of America's most special places, has a special responsibility for its people to whom its management is entrusted. The federal government manages the park itself and much of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, while the rest is managed by the individual landowners, businesses, and state and tribal governments. This book assesses the leadership and policy process of greater Yellowstone through which leaders seek to work together to chart a course toward sustainability. Specifically, the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC), a high-level federal committee that influences management policy and which is made up of the heads of the area's national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges, is considered at large for leadership purposes. The intent is to see the issues that arise in greater Yellowstone through the eyes of decision makers who are subject to real deadlines and policy constraints. The analysis accomplished in this book is meant to encourage greater reflection and attention to the higher-order tasks as well as to the basic tasks required for effective leadership, not only by the region's leaders, but also by all the other organizations and individuals who live there and care about the future of America's natural heritage.