Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preserves

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Charles C. Chester & Mark Hebblewhite
2022-04-26

As human development spreads ever farther around the world, very few large ecosystems remain relatively intact and uninterrupted by highways, cities or other human-constructed obstacles. One of the largest exceptions is the Yellowstone to Yukon region, or Y2Y, which stretches more than 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers) northwest from Wyoming into Canada’s Yukon territory.