Northern Rockies: Yellowstone Program
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Who We Are
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;
- ensure that additional unsightly cell phone towers do not mar the park’s famous vistas;
- shape a plan that will guide how researchers share the benefits of their research with Yellowstone;
- 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.
In addition, through our Gateways to Yellowstone project, we have helped identify the connection between Yellowstone National Park and economic success in our region, creating a regional movement of local voices advocating for park protection. As our nation’s first national park, decisions made in Yellowstone set a precedent for the entire national park system, so it is doubly important that a high standard of protection is maintained here.
Regional Publications:
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.
Turning Point
NPCA's 2006 report on air pollution and our national parks.
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.
Unnatural Disaster
Although the situation seems dire, NPCA's report says we can still halt the most severe effects of climate change if we take action now.
Yellowstone is at risk of loosing pronghorn antelope forever. 
