Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative The numbers alone are worth an anniversary celebration. When the initial group of researchers, activists and land managers got together in Kananaskis, Alberta, they focused on the ecological potential of the northern Rocky Mountains – roughly 300 million acres stretching between central Wyoming and the Arctic Circle. At the start of the initiative in 1993, about 12 percent (36 million acres) of the Yellowstone to Yukon area was protected as a national park, refuge or other conservation designation. By 2013, that figure had grown to 66.6 million acres under public protection and another 100.3 million acres covered by other conservation designations, or 52 percent of that 300 million-acre total. Read more: missoulian/news/local/yellowstone-to-yukon-initiative-celebrates-years-of-conservation-accomplishments/article_1e4fc56e-58bb-11e4-8cd6-7bb4be5e8fa6.html
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:20:01 +0000
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