Greater Yellowstone Conservation Organization Inventory
GYCOI is a collaborative project between NRCC and the Charture Institute, also based in Jackson, WY.
The GYCOI effort provides a mechanism for conservation organizations to better understand the perspectives, priorities, outputs, and shared concerns of other organizations in the community.
In 2007, Greater Yellowstone Conservation Inventory Project (GYCOI) partners Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative and the Charture Institute published the first Greater Yellowstone Conservation Directory. The Directory lists almost 200 self- identified conservation organizations active in the region. The Directory has become an important tool for conservationists in Greater Yellowstone to learn about others in the regional conservation community. It is also now published online in a searchable database.
To follow up on the success of the Directory, in May 2008, GYCOI convened “Conservation 2.0: The Future of Conservation in Greater Yellowstone: Past, Present, and Future.” Conference participants gathered to discuss the region’s conservation challenges and opportunities, and to learn much more about individual conservation organizations.
In early 2009, GYCOI conducted an online survey of all organizations listed in the Directory. The survey’s goal was to better understand how organizations in the broader conservation community in the region perceive challenges, identify priorities, and view the future. The 50 survey respondents included representatives from all of the Greater Yellowstone’s major conservation organizations, and overall were a good cross-section of the Greater Yellowstone’s nearly 200 conservation organizations. Results of the survey may be accessed here.
The project is currently the basis for research associate David Cherney's doctoral research. Several NRCC interns have also used the information gathered throughout this project to further their summer research. Links are provided in the sidebar.