Our mission is to support collaborative solutions that address and resolve wildlife-vehicle conflict on Highway 89.
We envision the Upper Yellowstone to be a place where visitors and locals can travel the highway without wildlife-related accidents, and where the highway doesn’t act as a barrier to annual and seasonal movement of Yellowstone’s wildlife populations.
The intended results will be increased public awareness, advanced partnerships between local and regional stakeholders, and reduced wildlife-vehicle conflicts
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Give A Hoot
for Yellowstone Safe Passages
for Yellowstone Safe Passages
Inspiring Action through Storytelling
Yellowstone Safe Passages is 5+ years old and running! We are now recognized as THE model for community-based partnerships in Montana seeking to make roads safer for people and wildlife. To anchor even further into "community-based," we are taking a deep dive with creative visual imagery (photography and videography) in an attempt to showcase the diversity of people who share our vision. We've already started filming in attempt to gather visual assets for use in mini-documentaries -- imagine a cool youtube channel with periodic addition of video shorts for locals and visitors to view. This is a multi-year effort starting now, during Park County Community Foundation’s annual giving challenge, GIVE A HOOT! Donate between July 1st and July 31st, and Yellowstone Safe Passages will receive a partial match on every dollar raised. Our goal is to raise $20,000. Please consider donating today. Any and all funds will help.
We all play a role in making Highway 89 safer.
Thank you!
Have you heard?
The US 89 Wildlife & Transportation Assessment is here!
This assessment combines public agency data, citizen science, local and expert knowledge, and engineering expertise to identify priority areas where wildlife accommodation measures—such as culverts, bridges, underpasses, overpasses, animal detection systems and fencing—can improve the safety of travelers and wildlife by reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions while allowing wildlife to move safely across the highway. Click below to learn more and read the full assessment.
