A mallard is released after being banded for a collaborating project between Idaho Fish and Game and Y2Y in Idaho. Image: Scott Rulander
Y2Y’s role is to provide the vision for a healthy Yellowstone to Yukon landscape, and to bring partners together to achieve as a network what none of us can accomplish alone. Everything Y2Y does, we do with our partners. Whether it is other conservation groups, local landowners, businesses, government agencies, Indigenous Peoples, scientists, or others, partners are the force behind the Yellowstone to Yukon vision. Together, we protect this landscape at the scale that nature demands.
I am keen to continue working with Y2Y to advance science and policy that safeguard wildlife and ecosystems for future generations.
Mateen Hessami, wildlife ecologist and Y2Y partner
our partners
Y2Y partners are defined as any individuals or groups that have, in the previous two years: received financial support from Y2Y; been contracted by Y2Y to undertake scientific research or other work; participated in the development or implementation of a collaborative conservation plan or project in one of our Priority Areas, or expressed support for the Yellowstone to Yukon vision and identified themselves publicly as a Y2Y partner.
Since 1993 we’ve worked with more than 700 partners, building a movement that unifies voices and people who support large-scale land conservation. Since 2021, we’re proud to have worked with the following partners:
Alberta Wilderness Association
BC Protected Areas Research Forum
Beyond the Aichi Targets Task Force
Bighorn Stoney Community
Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
British Columbia Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Bureau of Land Management – Dillon Field Office
Center for Human-Wildlife Conflict Solutions (WildWise Yukon)
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Dunn, Megan
Edwards, Hannah
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition
Fisher, Dr. Jason
Government of Northwest Territories
Great Burn Conservation Alliance
Grylloblatta Ecological Consulting
Harmon, David
Heart of the Rockies Initiative
Henry’s Fork Wildlife Alliance
Heske, Edward
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Idaho Transportation Department
Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
J Bar L Ranches
Keeley, Dr. Annika
Kelly Learned / Frank Planning Collaborative
KNI
Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Miistakis Institute for the Rockies
Montana Department of Transportation
Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage
Mount Willett Wilderness Forever
Mountain and Resort Town Planners Summit
Nadeau, Moe
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Network for Landscape Conservation
Nikanese Wah tzee Stewardship Society
O’Donovan, Sean
Province of British Columbia – Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
Salazar Center for North American Conservation
Sam, Michele A.
Screaming Retriever Brewing Company
Seepanee Ecological Consulting
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
Slocan Lake Stewardship Society
Smith Fellows – Society for Conservation Biology
Society for Conservation Biology
The Nature Conservancy of Montana
Training Resources for the Environmental Community
University of California, Berkeley
Upper Columbia Basin Environmental Collaborative
US Forest Service – Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
US Forest Service – Lolo National Forest
Western Transportation Institute – Montana State University
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Wyoming Wilderness Association
foundation, corporate, and government supporters
Support from foundations, corporations, government agencies, and individuals is critical to Y2Y’s success. Without these gifts, our vision for a healthy and connected Yellowstone to Yukon region would be impossible to achieve. We’re proud of this support. Below is a list of donor-advised funds, individuals, family foundations, and corporate and grant funders who have gifted more than $1,000 in support of conservation goals in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The Alben F. Bates and Clara G. Bates Foundation
Alberta Ecotrust Foundation
The Alpine Club of Canada
Animal Welfare Institute
Anonymous donor advised fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Banff Canmore Community Foundation
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund
Bergmann and Filakosky Donor Advised Fund
Bunting Family Foundation
Calgary Foundation
The Chawkers Foundation
The Cinnabar Foundation
Consecon Foundation
The Conservation Alliance
Cross Charitable Foundation
The Crown Goodman Family
Don and Joan Stanley Family Fund at Edmonton Community Foundation
The Donald Slavik Family Foundation
The Donner Canadian Foundation
Eleanor and Fred Winston – The Longview Foundation
Ernest J. Abele Fund of the Columbus Foundation
Fall Line Initiatives Fund at Calgary Foundation
Fanwood Foundation
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation
Fredrick Prahl and Karen Skjei
Gencon Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Government of Alberta Community Initiatives Program
Greg Cote and Nancy Rourke
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
Harvey Locke Conservation Inc.
Head and Heart Foundation
The Henry and Susan Rose Family Fund
House Family Foundation
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Jeff and Jacqueline Miller
Joe Albright and Marcia Kunstel Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
John A. Mills and Susan K. Mills Charitable Fund
The Kendeda Fund
The Laura L. Tiberti Charitable Foundation
Lolo National Forest, Northern Region, USDA Forest Service
Mactaggart Third Fund
Maine Beer Company
Mary and Charles Sethness Charitable Foundation
Mastercard Foundation
Merrill Chester Gregg and Josh Gregg
Michael Olshavsky
Missy Mayfield, Spotted Mutt Fund
The Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas
Mosaic
National Forest Foundation
The New York Community Trust
October Hill Foundation Inc.
Onwardup Sales and Marketing, Ltd.
The Otis Booth Foundation
Palmer Family Foundation
Parks Canada Agency
Patagonia.com
Peter H. Bachman and Janet Rice Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Pumpkin Hill Foundation
Ravenswood Charitable Foundation
RBC Foundation
Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia
Rebecca Patton and Tom Goodrich
Robert and Michele Keith
Robert S. Hunter Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable
The Round Barn at Twin Bridges
Ruby Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
Sanders County Resource Advisory Committee
Screaming Retriever Brewing Company
The Sitka Foundation
Stephanie and Andrew Towell
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
Turner Foundation, Inc.
Vancouver Foundation
The Volgenau Foundation
Weeden Foundation
Weston Family Foundation
Wilburforce Foundation
Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Winkler Family Foundation
Woodcock Foundation
