Category: Partner Stories

What does land-based reconciliation look like in our region, and how do we get there, together?

The people of Henry’s Fork Wildlife Alliance are on a mission to keep wildlife populations healthy in the Upper Henry’s Fork Watershed of east Idaho. See how Y2Y’s partner grant program has supported their work in 2019 and 2020.

Y2Y’s B.C. program manager, Tim Burkhart, visited the newly expanded Klinse-za Indigenous Protected Area in the Peace in summer 2020. See the great progress Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations have made in mountain caribou recovery.

In a new short film, Nakoda AV Club worked on an animation project that shows the challenge of crossing Alberta’s fast-flowing Highway 1 through the eyes of wildlife. Watch it here!

A new project through Y2Y’s partner grants program will result in the creation of a guide brochure about Blackfoot Territory plants that are key to Blackfoot peoples’ food systems, and that have deep relationships with grizzly bears and bison.

For people and nature to thrive, we must work together. In this example of our work in wolverine conservation, find out why a combination of perspectives and people’s backgrounds are crucial to succeed.

The Snk’mip Marsh Sanctuary, a rare forested-wetland ecosystem in southeastern B.C., is being restored to better support wildlife, connectivity, and native plants and amphibians. Y2Y is proud to support this project in the Upper Columbia through our partner grants program.

Learn about the role Indigenous laws and knowledge systems play in conservation and protecting biodiversity.

The easier it is to understand where, why and how an interaction between a bear and human happened, the easier it can be to work towards solutions that reduce the frequency of these situations. See how one of our 2019 partner grantees is telling a visual story about these interactions.

Learn how one of our 2019 partner grantees, People and Carnivores, is helping keep bears and people safe in rural Montana communities.

Imagine a tiny toad attempting to cross a highway — that story doesn’t end well. Fortunately we have partners such as Valhalla Wilderness Society to help address this very situation that unfolds twice a year in southeastern B.C. Learn more about how one of our 2019 partner grantees helped toads get across roads safely.