Blog and Stories
Looking ahead at GYC’s exciting 2024
Buckle up! It’s going to be a big year for GYC and the lands, waters, and wildlife of Greater Yellowstone.
Celebrating the conservation wins and favorite moments of 2023
Join us for a journey down memory lane and let’s celebrate all we did together for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Creating 2.5 miles of wildlife-friendly fencing with the Absaroka Fence Initiative
In celebration of National Public Lands Day, GYC, as part of the Absaroka Fence Initiative, hosted a workday during which 50 volunteers modified two and a half miles of fence to make it wildlife-friendly and removed 860 pounds of barbed wire from Clarks Fork Canyon near Cody, Wyoming to improve wildlife habitat.
Wyoming continues to lead the way for wildlife crossings
GYC continues to push wildlife crossing efforts in Wyoming to ensure wildlife movement corridors stay intact.
Absaroka Fence Initiative provides neighborly fencing solutions east of Yellowstone
Working in cooperation with willing landowners and land managers, Absaroka Fence Initiative aims to ensure fences are functional for livestock management and wildlife movement across the landscape through on the ground projects, public workdays, and outreach to the community.
GYC and partners retrofit fencing in Sand Creek Desert to support vital wildlife migrations
GYC heads to the field to modify fences into permeable boundaries for wildlife.
It’s no accident Wyoming citizens show support for wildlife crossings
In 2020, Wyomingites met Governor Gordon’s challenge and outfitted 2,020 vehicles with Wyoming wildlife conservation license plates. The proceeds, totaling over $300,000, will go towards signage, fencing, as well as under and overpasses to help wildlife safely cross roadways.
Funding in place for Dry Piney Wildlife Crossing
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition partnered with Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Wyoming Game and Fish, and Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resources Trust (WWNRT) to help address a dangerous situation along U.S. Highway 189 in Wyoming. Now, with funding in place, a wildlife crossing will be constructed in 2022.