For the duration of the three state sessions, GYC’s advocacy team monitored proposed legislation and met regularly to discuss how the bills on our radar were evolving. Throughout the legislative calendar, we kept our eye on bills that fell within the scope of our mission and conservation priorities.

Take action for Yellowstone’s iconic wildlife in southeastern Idaho! Comment on BLM’s Draft Environmental Assessment for the Upper Snake East Travel Management Plan

The Greater Yellowstone Coalition announces an ambitious campaign to buy out a mining company on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. If successful, the effort would extinguish the last real and significant mining threat on the border of Yellowstone National Park, forever.

Learn more about our grizzly bear conflict prevention projects in Wyoming for 2023.

If passed, House Bill 971 would repeal the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) for significant projects that could harm our environment and climate if the Montana Supreme Court were to ever find that Montanans’ right to a clean and healthful environment requires state agencies to consider climate impacts.

GYC’s staff, dispersed across the region, know this firsthand and are excited to share some of their favorite things in this new blog series, GYC Staff Picks.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is gearing up to create an Environmental Impact Statement to support the upcoming revision of the agency’s 2003 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. 

Learn some of the Apsáalooke place names of beloved rivers, mountains, and other natural areas throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Six new wildlife bills are making their way through the Montana State Legislature. Read on to learn about their implications for wildlife, GYC’s position on each bill, and the current status of the legislation.

GYC opposes SJ 14, which is a resolution in the 2023 Montana State Legislature that is bad for bison.

One year ago, the Inter-Tribal Gathering brought together people to elevate native voices throughout Greater Yellowstone and build better government-to-government relationships between Tribes and America’s federal public lands managers. Since the event, GYC has made big strides in protecting and restoring Native conservation priorities.

To create safer roads for people and ensure wildlife can move and migrate more easily in Teton County, wildlife crossing structures are being built. Wildlife crossing structures—both overpasses and underpasses and their associated fences—are reliable, long-term solutions for reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions.