This handshake follows in the footsteps of Rotary Clubs on both sides of the border who created the world’s first Peace Park in the Crown of the Continent, a 10-million-acre transboundary ecosystem. The Rotarians cross-border partnership continues to inspire conservation across boundaries to this day.
The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) has been named a 2026 finalist for The Earthshot Prize, recognizing Y2Y and its partners as a global model for large-scale conservation at the scale nature needs to reverse the loss of biodiversity and a warming climate.
The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) passed a resolution today calling on the Province of B.C. to reactivate its Bear Smart Community Program, a program that assists communities and…
Transboundary collaboration of government agencies builds momentum for wildlife crossing projects Last week, while the Calgary Stampede filled the streets with music and crowds, a quieter kind of progress built just outside the…
Y2Y is thrilled to celebrate Dr. Graham McDowell as the recipient of the Canadian Association of Geographers’ 2026 award for scholarly distinction in geography The Canadian Association of Geographers is…
Researchers across the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region combine high-resolution animal tracking with NASA satellite imagery to map the movements of wildlife across western North America.
Achieving our vision across the Yellowstone to Yukon region — spanning the Yukon in Canada to Wyoming in the U.S. and at least 75 Indigenous territories — requires deep and ongoing collaboration. Here are just some of the impactful partnerships we are proud to be a part of in 2025.
Discover the difference you made in 2024 in Y2Y’s latest impact report.
Y2Y works to advance conservation by partnering with diverse communities to connect and protect this vast, ever-changing mountain region. To guide our conservation efforts, we draw from the best available information, including from natural and social sciences as well as local and Indigenous knowledge.
The biodiversity in the Creston Valley, B.C., is unique and thanks to local conservation efforts, still includes grizzly bears. This has created an opportunity for the community to create solutions for how wildlife and people can live alongside each other.
Thanks to you, we’re making progress towards protecting and connecting more of the Yellowstone to Yukon region.
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