NPCA's Yellowstone Program is leading efforts to protect our nation's first national park. We are working to:
- safeguard the park in the winter through moving to a snowcoach only transportation system;
- protect Yellowstone’s bison by expanding access to critical habitat outside the park;
- improve and restore habitat for Yellowstone’s pronghorn antelope;
- protect and restore native fisheries;
- secure additional funding for Yellowstone to make up the $23 million annual gap between what Yellowstone needs to operate and what it actually receives, and;
- decrease and mitigate the impacts of climate change on Yellowstone National Park.
Through our Gateways to Yellowstone project, we identified the connection between Yellowstone National Park and the economic success in our region, creating a network of local voices advocating for park protection.
Winter in Yellowstone: Creating a Clean & Quiet Future for Our First National Park (PDF, 189 KB)
Fact sheet on snow coach use in Yellowstone.
Room to Roam: Gaining Ground for Yellowstone's Bison (PDF, 143 KB)
Fact sheet on a new solution that could help Yellowstone's wild bison.
Gateways to Yellowstone
In 2005, through its offices in Helena and Livingston, Montana, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) commissioned four studies to explore the roots of the Yellowstone region's tremendous economic success.
World Class Assets
NPCA's report on Montana’s national parks and their positive and profound economic contributions to our local communities and way of life.
Learn more about NPCA's Northern Rockies Regional Office.
Yellowstone in the News
Guest column: U.S. should invest in programs that are uniquely American, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, March 6, 2012