Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Map

The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) is a joint Canada-US not-for-profit organization that seeks to preserve and maintain the wildlife, native plants, wilderness and natural processes of the mountainous region from Yellowstone National Park to the Yukon Territory. 

The region stretches over 3,200 kilometres from Yukon Territory in Canada to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming, covering over a million square kilometres. Until a century ago, pumas (also known as the cougar or mountain lion), grizzly bears, wolverines and wolves were present throughout most of the region. Today, mainly as a result of habitat destruction and hunting, they only exist as potentially viable populations in the small number of protected areas in the northern Rockies. Several aquatic indicator species are also threatened, such as the bull trout, the westslope cutthroat trout and several salmon stocks.

Four additional Priority Areas are located in the northern reaches of the Y2Y region; these were selected for their value as large, intact watersheds. Within these twelve Priority Areas, we are building and supporting collaborative initiatives amongst organizations, scientists, agencies, Aboriginal communities, land trusts, and progressive businesses to identify, resource, and implement on-the-ground actions to help achieve our conservation goals.

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Info:

http://y2y.net/