On a stormy day in June, 25 tribal partners, community members, university researchers, and conservation partners convened to float a 10-mile stretch of the Big Wind River – demonstrating that when we work together, we’re greater.

The Greater Yellowstone Coalition opposes the federal executive order and resulting actions that have removed or altered historical signage and interpretive content at national parks and historic sites across the country, including within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

We recap our 2025 favorite conservation moments and wins in Greater Yellowstone.

On February 24, 2025, the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, GYC, and conservation partners, represented by Earthjustice, file a motion to intervene on behalf of Yellowstone National Park in their lawsuit with Montana.

We recap our 2024 favorite conservation moments and wins in Greater Yellowstone.

This summer, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, hosted the first of a series of meetings to bring information to producers on the reservation about programs that support agriculture and wildlife. 

Muddy Ridge is an expanse of undeveloped land in the northeast portion of the Wind River Indian Reservation removed from Tribal control in 1920 to create irrigation infrastructure for non-Tribal residents. GYC is working in lockstep with Tribal leadership from both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes to advocate for the repatriation of Muddy Ridge and resolve this decades-old injustice.

Wind River Indian Reservation entrepreneur and artist Sharolyn “Shay” Jimerson’s logo design has been selected to represent the Wind River Water & Buffalo Alliance.

Buckle up! It’s going to be a big year for GYC and the lands, waters, and wildlife of Greater Yellowstone.

In the first week of the new year, 10 buffalo were welcomed home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribal Buffalo Herd on the Wind River Indian Reservation. These 10 new buffalo – descendants of Yellowstone buffalo – bring the Eastern Shoshone Tribal Herd to 99 strong.

In late 2023, the Wind River Indian Reservation, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition received a $619,500 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and through its America the Beautiful Challenge.

Join us for a journey down memory lane and let’s celebrate all we did together for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.