In 2001 NRCC began building a community-based coalition of people and organizations committed to sustainable wildlife conservation in Jackson Hole. Through our efforts we seek to help a wide range of environmental stakeholders to achieve their goals, strengthen sense of community, and joint action, and maintain a high level of awareness and involvement in wildlife-related issues. Our project is designed to:

•    educate people about the importance of wildlife to the character and health of        the valley through community-, education-, and science-based activities,
•    facilitate community engagement in wildlife conservation issues, and
•    help the advocacy community become more effective.

Our most recent efforts have been focused on helping environmental stakeholders and policy makers address such threats as the potential for catastrophic disease outbreak in the elk population and artificial crowding on feedgrounds, address the lack of evaluation of cumulative threats, and manage conflict relating to the management of mountain lions and feeding of wildlife. By addressing these interrelated problems, this project seeks to make Jackson Hole a model for effective problem solving in wildlife conservation and democratic governance.

For further information:
Clark, Tim W., Denise Casey, & Anders Halverson, editors. 2000. Developing Sustainable Management Policy for the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Bulletin Series Number 104. Online at http://www.yale.edu/forestry/publications/fespubfiles/bulletin/104.html