New York Times: ‘Saving Yellowstone for the Grizzlies’

The New York Times Monday captured our collective win of protecting Yellowstone National Park from the last viable gold mining threat along the park’s northern border.

A bird’s eye view of the Crevice Mountain with Yellowstone National Park in the distance. (Video © William Campbell)

Greater Yellowstone Coalition Executive Director Scott Christensen spoke with the Times after visiting the site following a two-year effort to purchase the mineral rights, leases, and claims that would forever extinguish the possibility of a gold mine on Crevice Mountain.

“Scott Christensen was standing on a mountain looking down into Yellowstone National Park late last month when he spotted a fresh track from a grizzly bear in the mud, about two inches in front of his foot. He wasn’t scared, but rather relieved and gratified.

The bear, as well as other wildlife, including the thousands of elk that migrate through the area, would be able to keep roaming on the side of the mountain, known as Crevice Mountain, instead of ceding territory to heavy machinery and miners in search of gold.” – The New York Times

Camera traps at the proposed mine site on Crevice Mountain captured images of grizzly bears, elk, mountain lions, foxes, and more. (Photos/Videos © GYC)

Because of your support — and the generosity of some amazing foundations — nearly 1,600 acres of vital wildlife habitat immediately north of Yellowstone is safe from the threat of industrial gold mining forever.

“I think everybody who loves Yellowstone and this part of the world owns this victory,” Mr. Christensen said.

Read the full New York Times piece, here.

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Thank you for being a part of this legacy project and supporting GYC’s critically important work to conserve Greater Yellowstone.

—Emilie Ritter, Director of Communications and Marketing