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The INSIDER

AMERICA’S VOICE FOR A GREATER YELLOWSTONE - JULY 2019 EDITION

$10,000,000
$9,400,000

$1,000,000

GRIZZLY BEAR CAMPAIGN PROVING SUCCESSFUL

(Photo: Cindy Goeddel)

Grizzly bears are the icon of the helped us think bigger and allowed bear conflict hotspots and connectivity
ecosystem. They symbolize the wild, us to build partnerships more broadly zones, and have protected more than
rugged beauty and spirit of Greater across the ecosystem. We are now in 1.2 million acres of public and private
Yellowstone. As an umbrella species the fifth and final year of the campaign lands, ensuring grizzly bears have the
with a need for vast, open landscapes, and have raised $9.4 million in cash, habitat they need for long-term
the presence of these animals tells us pledges, loaned, and leveraged funds survival.
this place is healthy and working like toward a $10 million goal.
nature should. And it’s working. Dan Tyers, GYE
With the funds raised thus far we have Grizzly Bear Habitat Coordinator for
Yet to sustain a healthy grizzly bearproofed hundreds of campgrounds, the US Forest Service recently stated,
population, we must directly address trailheads, and backcountry camps; “conflicts involving bears obtaining
the major causes of conflicts, protect installed electric fencing to keep bears food rewards from humans have
the lands upon which bears depend, out of trouble; supported range rider declined. This is in part due to the
and connect our isolated grizzly programs in areas where bears and campground mitigation project
population with bears to the northwest. livestock roam; and educated residents between GYC and the Forest Service.
and recreationists about bear safety. In my experience, GYC has a proven
In 2015, we embarked on an ambitious track record with collaborative projects
fundraising campaign to significantly We have also retired 320,000 acres of addressing grizzly bear conservation
expand our grizzly bear work. It has livestock grazing allotments in grizzly and public safety in bear country.”
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