Twenty-eight million acres of irreplaceable habitats that support one of the largest intact collection of wildlife and animal species in the lower 48 United States. Contact Us

While millions of acres within the Greater Yellowstone are protected through park, national forests and wildlife refuge status, the areas of greatest biological importance, about 10% or 2.8 million acres, are not protected. These areas are the crucial winter feed grounds that are necessary for the survival of species such as elk and pronghorn. What’s our vision for Greater Yellowstone? 

Where Are We?

Spanning within the boundaries of three states in the heart of America’s Rocky Mountains, Greater Yellowstone is visited each year by millions of people from around the world.
Where is Greater Yellowstone?

Fast Facts
 The headwaters of all three of the nation’s largest watersheds–
    the Columbia, the Colorado and the Mississippi–begin here.

 Location of the five longest remaining long-distance mammal
    migrations in the lower 48 United States.

 Habitat for large concentrations of elk, mule deer, bighorn
   mountain sheep, bison, and pronghorn, and the southern anchor
   of a larger system for wide-ranging carnivores that are critical to
   the natural balance: wolves, grizzly bears, coyotes, wolverine
   mountain lions, lynx, and fox.

What else makes Greater Yellowstone so precious?
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What's New

Enlarging Historic
Pitchfork Ranch

Greater Yellowstone Director Receives Keystone Award for his Leadership in the Environmental Field 

Hansen Named to Board of Yellowstone Business Partnership, Reappointed to Federal Roadless Area Advisory Panel

Renowned
Conservationist Hired 

Challenge Grant
for Green River
Wildlife Announced