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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


Greater Yellowstone

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

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

bullet point 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 lionslynx, and fox.

What else makes Greater Yellowstone so precious?
Learn more fast facts.

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Please take a moment to read a thank you letter from Jamie Williams, Director of the Northern Rockies Initiative.

Q & A

Paul Hansen, the Conservancy's Greater Yellowstone program director, answers questions about Yellowstone's past and its outlook for the future.

Project Profile

Safeguarding Historic
Pitchfork Ranch
 

 

 


 

Images (top, left to right): Elk bugling © Lindsey P. Martin; Yellow mission bells © Werner Schumann