"Wyoming is truly the last good place left. It shouldn’t be easy to live here. If it were easy, anybody could do it." - Wyoming author Tom Reed
Programs - Restoring Wild Patterns - Home
Protecting Greater Yellowstone's Wildlife Between Greater Yellowstone's
mountain highlands and the sagebrush steppe of Wyoming's high
deserts lie ancient animal trails well worn by thousands of years
of seasonal migrations. Each
fall and spring, great waves of
pronghorn antelope, mule deer and elk - numbering in the tens of
thousands
-follow these trails to and from the animals' lush summer ranges
to their windswept, snow-free
winter range in the Green River Valley, the Red Desert, and the
Wind River Basin. These trails are critical to the survival of these
species, but they are at risk of being blocked by human
activities.
Each spring and fall, hundreds of tan-and white-pronghorn antelope participate
in one of nature's most spectacular choreographed rituals: their seasonal
migration between high mountain summer range and lowland winter range.
This doesn't take place in Africa's Serengeti - it happens in the American
West, in western Wyoming - and it is the longest migration of any land
mammal in the lower 48 states. - Sharon Guynup,
National Geographic Today
Restoring Wild Patterns seeks to safeguard
and, where necessary, restore Greater Yellowstone's ancient migration corridors
(view map). Protecting these corridors is critical to ensure healthy, abundant,
diverse and
free-ranging
wildlife. Restoring Wild Patterns also seeks to protect human values. Abundant
wildlife is one of the primary tourist attractions to the Greater Yellowstone
area. Millions of visitors come to
western Wyoming each year to hunt, photograph or simply watch the animals. Restoring
Wild Patterns
is about ensuring this unique wildlife resource will continue to be an integral
part of Greater Yellowstone - one of the last intact ecosystems in the temperate
zones of the earth - forever.
The Plan for Protecting A National
Treasure: Yellowstone's Free-Ranging Wildlife
To ensure that Greater Yellowstone's wildlife populations remain
abundant and healthy for generations to come, Restoring Wild
Patterns advocates a comprehensive,
science-based
wildlife protection plan that:
Identifies, restores and protects migration corridors and wildlife habitat
throughout the central and southern reaches of the
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem;
Proposes and seeks to implement solutions to the
threats facing free-ranging wildlife herds;
Encourages federal, regional and state land and wildlife managers to provide
for healthy, free-ranging wildlife in all management decisions;
Seeks the Congressional designation of a National Migration Corridor from the
mountain highlands of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks to the anchor of
the ecosystem, the Red Desert, as proposed by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Programs - Restoring Wild Patterns - Home
Between Greater Yellowstone's
mountain highlands and the sagebrush steppe of Wyoming's high
deserts lie ancient animal trails well worn by thousands of years
of seasonal migrations. Each
fall and spring, great waves of
pronghorn antelope, mule deer and elk - numbering in the tens of
thousands
-follow these trails to and from the animals' lush summer ranges
to their windswept, snow-free
winter range in the Green River Valley, the Red Desert, and the
Wind River Basin. These trails are critical to the survival of these
species, but they are at risk of being blocked by human
activities.
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