CONNECTIONS
Y2Y e-newsletter - August 2016

Dear Friend of Y2Y,
 
I'm excited to share Y2Y's August Connections with you. It offers both a look back at a successful 2015, and a look ahead at some of the important conservation projects of 2016 and beyond.

Explore Y2Y's 2015 Annual Report, which features a full slate of stories about the on-the-ground work across the Yellowstone to Yukon region you helped make possible. View our 2015 highlights online, or download the full report.

You can also read about Y2Y's current efforts - from a growing campaign to help wildlife safely cross roadways in Idaho to our support for the landmark Peel Watershed legal case,  which could lead to extensive land protection in Canada's Yukon Territory. 

Also below are stories on our support for other innovative wildlife co-existence initiatives across the region - including the Range Rider Conflict Prevention Program in Montana and a new research project from grad student Brittani Johnson to develop non-invasive ways to  keep bears away from livestock.

Thank you for everything you do to make the Yellowstone to Yukon vision a reality!

Warmest regards
 
Jodi Hilty, PhD
President and Chief Scientist

Y2Y's 2015 Annual Report

Explore the stories and highlights in our 2015 Annual Report. Download the full report here , or view highlights online.
Keeping Wildlife in Alberta's Bow Valley

As builders push Canmore's Three Sisters Mountain Village development ahead, conservationists and scientists urge planners to balance the needs of people and wildlife.


Safe Passage for Wildlife in Island Park

In Idaho's Island Park community, keeping drivers safe on the region's main highway would be a boon for wildlife connectivity as well. 


Deciding the Fate of Yukon's Peel Watershed

Y2Y supports First Nations and conservation partners in the Yukon as they take the Peel Watershed Case to Canada's Supreme Court. 


Keeping Bears Moving in Montana's Blackfoot Valley

With support from Y2Y, University of Montana grad student Brittani Johnson is finding new ways to keep bears connected while still protecting livestock. 

Alberta, Do You Love Your Headwaters?

Alberta's Bighorn Wildland filters clean, fresh drinking water for more than a million people downstream. It's time to protect this vital headwater region.

Co-existing With Wildlife in Montana's Tom Miner Basin

Thanks to the Tom Miner Basin Association, people and nature are thriving together in a Montana valley that's both agriculturally productive and teeming with wildlife. 

Photo Credits:
Top banner: Peter Mather; Donate image: Kent Nelson;  Annual Report: Tristan Brand;  
Wildlife in Bow Valley: Stephen Legault ; Island Park: Kent Nelson ;  Peel Watershed: Juri Peepre; 
Blackfoot Valley: Wildlife Habitat Ecology Lab at Montana State University; 
Headwaters: Stephen Legault; Tom Miner Basin: Louise Johns.


Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative 

200-1350 Railway Ave
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
T1W 1P6

P.O. Box 157
Bozeman, MT, 59771-0157

1.800.966.7920 |  [email protected]



Y2Y is a registered 501 (c)(3) organization (#81-0535303) in the United States, a Canadian Charity (#86430 1841 RR0001), and an Alberta Society (#509093118). We are committed to transparency and accountability.