Victory! Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke extended the temporary timeout on mining at Yellowstone’s northern gateway today for another 20 years, giving us a critical safety net to work with Montana’s Congressional delegation to pass a bill that will keep mines away from Yellowstone, forever.

A bill that will keep gold mining away from some 30,000 acres of our public lands at Yellowstone’s northern gateway has cleared two committee hurdles in both the House and the Senate in the past 10 days. This is great news! The Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act is now one step closer to becoming law after these hearings.

Great news! The Forest Service today signed off on extending our timeout on mining at Yellowstone’s gateway, bringing us one step closer to protecting Yellowstone’s northern gateway from mines for another 20 years.

On a smoky August 24, over 40 people met at the Madison County fairgrounds to tour ranches in Montana’s Ruby Valley and learn how ranchers are taking care of their land for future generations. The focus was on the important connection between private and public lands to meet our shared conservation goals.

Some 20 miles of a beloved stream north of Yellowstone will be protected from dams forever, thanks to today's signing of the East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Millions of visitors who camp and picnic in National Forests in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem can sleep a bit more soundly this summer, knowing that Forest Service campgrounds are being bearproofed - updated with bear-safe bear boxes that keep bears wild and people safe.

Great news! We won our suit asking the state of Montana to take a harder look at a Canadian company’s risky gold-mining project at Yellowstone’s gateway.

Some 250 people packed the room at Montana State University earlier this week at our two-day symposium that started a groundbreaking conversation on how we can balance growing recreation in Greater Yellowstone with the need to protect its lands, waters, and wildlife.