The Greater Yellowstone Coalition, with support from the Volgenau Foundation, has donated $100,000 to the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) for a wildlife crossing project north of La Barge in southwest Wyoming.

This funding will be used for the Dry Piney wildlife crossing project. The project calls for installing underpasses, fencing, and related improvements along a 28-mile stretch of US 189 between La Barge and Big Piney, Wyoming.

The Buffalo Treaty was developed and first signed in 2014 to recognize and elevate the cultural importance of bison to Native American people and create an intertribal alliance to restore bison to 6.3 million acres of tribal and appropriate non-tribal lands between the United States and Canada.

Thirty people gathered in Alder, Montana to kick off the annual Ruby Valley Strategic Alliance (RVSA) Field Tour. The objective of the tour was to educate participants about the relationship between private and public lands and the role ranchers play to conserve it.

After decades of being polluted by the McLaren mining site, Yellowstone’s Soda Butte Creek was officially taken off Montana Impaired River’s list.

Years of focused efforts, collaboration, and community dedication is paying off. This week Teton County and the Town of Jackson elected officials voted to include a $10 million wildlife crossing measure on the ballot of the upcoming Special Purpose Excise Tax (SPET) election.

As grizzly bears continue to thrive across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Greater Yellowstone Coalition works towards solutions to keep bears alive and people safe. This includes bear-proofing campgrounds throughout Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.

Spring is here and the frigid winter we all endured in Montana is fading into the distance. We spent one of those days where the cold just hurt with our friend and colleague Neil Barnosky on his cattle ranch outside of Sheridan, Montana.

Yesterday, a Montana district court ruled in our favor and denied a permit that would have allowed Canadian mining company Lucky Minerals to explore for gold in Emigrant Gulch just north of Yellowstone National Park. Along with the passage of the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act that permanently protects public lands, this stunning victory further drives a stake through the heart of the proposed gold mining threatening the Yellowstone River and Paradise Valley.

The Greater Yellowstone Coalition is committed to visiting with the ranchers of the Ruby Valley to hear their stories, focusing on their livestock and carnivore encounters. While we know that grizzlies are expanding and ranchers are in their path, we don’t know what’s happening on the ground. Montana Conservation Coordinator Darcie Warden and I are leading the charge to lend an ear and learn about what ranchers and their employees need to live and thrive on the landscape with grizzly bears.

The Greater Yellowstone Coalition, along with Montanans for Healthy Rivers, is advocating for our Montana delegation to introduce the Montana Headwaters Security Act. This act will create a legacy of Wild & Scenic Rivers in Montana by proposing over 40 new Wild & Scenic rivers and streams with 18 in Greater Yellowstone.

Today, the president signed the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act into the law of the land. Included in this sweeping, ground-breaking legislation was the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act. Now and forever, 30,370 acres of public land on the northern doorstep of Yellowstone National Park will be protected from destructive and toxic gold mining.

Today, we have achieved a remarkable victory. The United States House of Representatives passed the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, which will forever prohibit gold mining on 30,370 acres of public lands at Yellowstone’s northern gateway. It now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law, making it an extraordinary bipartisan win.