Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

About this experience

The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative connects one of the most intact temperate ecosystems on Earth. Running 3,200 km from Wyoming to the Yukon, the Y2Y corridor allows grizzlies, wolves, elk, and wolverines to follow seasonal ranges, find mates, and adapt to a changing climate without hitting a hard wall of development. Travelers who support Y2Y contribute to land acquisition, conservation easements, and the science that guides corridor design. It is one of the most consequential landscape-scale conservation efforts in the world.

"A grizzly bear doesn't understand a border. We're working to make sure the landscape doesn't either."

Conservation work

• Connecting 3,200 km of wildlife corridor from Yellowstone to the Yukon
• Land acquisition and conservation easements protecting grizzly, wolf, and wolverine habitat
• Scientific monitoring of large carnivore movement patterns
• Indigenous-co-managed conservation zones

Sustainability metrics

• protected area — Over 700,000 km² of connected landscape
• species monitoring — Annual population surveys for grizzly, wolverine, and lynx
• carbon sequestration — Intact boreal forest stores more carbon than planted forests