Every step counts: Y2Y’s 2024 impact report is here

Extraordinary landscapes and the people working to protect them: Read the stories of Y2Y’s conservation progress and impact in 2024

Y2Y’s 2024 impact report highlights the success of our collaborative efforts over the past year.

In 2024, we saw major strides in Indigenous-led protected areas and in the conservation and connection of critical habitats, wildlife corridors, and freshwater sources — protecting landscapes essential to diverse cultures and livelihoods.

Impact report highlights

Thanks to your support, 2024 was a milestone year for conservation across the Yellowstone to Yukon region.

We created vital connections.

• More than 177 wildlife crossings now span busy roads across the region — reducing collisions and connecting critical habitats. In 2024, nine crossings were completed or under construction, and 47 projects were committed to design or planning.
• We helped conserve six private land parcels across the U.S. and Canada and secured an agreement to protect a seventh — safeguarding 27 square km (6,794 acres) for nature, with another 7 square km (1,668 acres) pending for early 2025.
• Conservation activities (like easements and crossings) are improving habitat quality and giving wildlife room to roam, shrinking the gap between grizzly bear populations in the southern Rockies from 240 km (150 miles) to less than 80 km (50 miles.)

Learn more in pages 8-11 in the report.

We supported more protected landscapes for generations to come.

• We celebrated and supported the new Klinse-za/Twin Sisters Park in northern British Columbia — expanded by 75-fold — marking major progress for mountain caribou conservation thanks to Indigenous leadership.
• Y2Y was invited to partner on 11 initiatives supporting Indigenous-led land designations and stewardship, including Indigenous Guardians programs in northern B.C.
• Proudly supported community efforts and progress towards the newly proposed 40,000-square-km (15,000-square-mile) Ross River Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in Yukon Territory.

Learn more in pages 12-15 in the report.

We helped wildlife and communities thrive together.

• Identified more than 40 communities across the region embracing coexistence and conflict reduction practices with wildlife — with Y2Y providing necessary tools, resources, education and funding.
• Kept grizzly bears and people safe through electric fencing and fruit tree removal efforts, including one project where volunteers removed 860 kg (1,896 lbs.) of fruit from backyard trees.
• Shared our collaborative recreation ecology project recommendations with hundreds of government officials, land managers, and recreation groups, encouraging changes in outdoor recreation to benefit wildlife and people.

Learn more in pages 16-18 in the report.

The Yellowstone to Yukon region is a unique and vital mountain landscape, and protecting it begins with people like you. Thank you.