Protection of Critical Lands in Greater Yellowstone

Vast, roadless landscapes continue to be the hallmark of Greater Yellowstone, the source of its attraction as well as of its ecological health. They include designated wilderness areas within the region's seven national forests, undeveloped portions of its two national parks, and also the surrounding lands managed by a number of federal and state agencies which have, as yet, neither roads nor legal restrictions on road-building. [More]

Our Work

Idaho’s Roadless Areas at Risk

Become a Friend of the Shoshone Backcountry

Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest Plan Revision

Bozeman Watershed Project-The Right Way or the Wrong Way

Wyoming Range

Roadless Area Conservation

Phosphate Mining

Oil & Gas Development Around Yellowstone- A Pervasive Threat

Gallatin National Forest Travel Plan

In the Media

Oct 09, 2008 - Neighbors visit site of proposed well (Billings Gazette) -

Oct 06, 2008 - Park wireless plan draws protests (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) -

Oct 03, 2008 - Simplot Mine (Idaho State Journal) -

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Anne Banks

If you ask Anne Banks where her favorite places are on the Gallatin National Forest, she smiles and says with a chuckle “the goat territory.” The high alpine lakes and craggy peaks where the mountain goats live may be Anne’s favorite spots, but she has explored all kinds of places on the Gallatin National Forest. Every Tuesday, rain or shine, she’s hiking or skiing in Bozeman’s backyard mountains with the Bozeman Womens’ Activity Group (BWAGs for short). According to Anne, “The Gallatin is very important to me. Tuesday is my mental health day and my physical exercise day.” Anne and her husband Jim didn’t intend to stay when they moved to Bozeman in 1972. Jim was transferred from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, where he was a faculty member, to MSU, as commander of the Air Force ROTC detachment. They figured they would return to Colorado when it came time to retire. But the Springs was already growing quickly, and Bozeman’s outdoor opportunities captured the Bankses’ hearts. [More]

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