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Montana and Alberta team up during Calgary Stampede for safe passage
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 director receives prestigious award for outstanding contributions to mountain research
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…
Planning underway to protect Dene K’éh Kusān in northern B.C.
Y2Y welcomes news that land use planning has been launched for Dene K’éh Kusān, Meziadin, and Klappan in British Columbia.
Giving wildlife room to roam: Y2Y at Planet Action TEDx
On November 15, 2025, Y2Y’s president and chief scientist Dr. Jodi Hilty stepped onto the TEDx stage at MIT with a radical yet elegant solution to stop biodiversity loss and address climate change
Bears are returning near the Continental Divide
Three private land deals advance ecological connectivity across U.S. Northern Rockies Each year in the Rocky Mountains, as winter turns to spring, elk and deer migrate with the seasons chasing…
Nature nerds unite to protect wilderness
Every December, the team at Quest Nature Tours chooses a charity to support with a holiday donation… and last year, Y2Y was selected!
A once-in-a-generation conservation opportunity
In northern B.C., near the Yukon border, Dene K’éh Kusān is the largest tract of intact, unprotected wilderness in B.C. It’s the beating heart of the Yellowstone to Yukon region, a globally significant landscape stretching across 40,000 square kilometers (9.88 million acres). It’s also the territory of the Kaska Dena, who have cared for these lands for thousands of years. And they have a plan to protect it for thousands of years more.
Nature’s vacuum cleaner
Natural ecosystems are powerful climate tools, pulling carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere, and locking it away in forests, soils, and peatlands. This reduces the greenhouse effect and keeps the planet cooler. With this in mind, Y2Y’s science team set out to measure how powerful the Yellowstone to Yukon region really is.
You’re keeping bears and people safe…
We recently partnered with Hipcamp to reach the 700+ hosts who offer camping experiences within the Yellowstone to Yukon region. Our goal is to provide best practices for hosting in wilderness areas, safely sharing space with wildlife, and get ahead of any bear problems before they start.
saving the wild
takes all of us
Thanks to you, we’re making progress towards protecting and connecting more of the Yellowstone to Yukon region.
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