Parks & Partners

The Greater Yellowstone Network represents four national park units in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It spans two important ecoregions: the Bighorn River Basin and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Both are rich with geologic and biological diversity. The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is known worldwide. It is one of the largest, relatively intact natural areas in the contiguous United States. The diverse ecosystems that occur in these parks include

• alpine tundra
• sagebrush steppe shrubland
• headwaters of the Yellowstone, Snake, and Shoshone rivers
• wetlands
• geothermal areas
• lakes
• juniper-mountain mahogany woodland
• high-elevation forests

Parks

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  Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

  Network park

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  Grand Teton National Park

  Network park, co-managed with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway

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  John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway

  Network park, co-managed with Grand Teton National Park

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  Yellowstone National Park

  Network park

Our Partners

The Greater Yellowstone Network partners with federal and state agencies, as well as academia and the private sector, to better understand dynamic ecosystems. Our partners are listed below.

Current Partners

Bureau of Land Management (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming)
Colorado Natural Heritage Program

Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

Montana State Department of Environmental Quality Remediation Division

Montana State University - Montana Institute on Ecosystems

Montana State University - Ecology Department

New Mexico State University
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative
Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit

US Geological Survey - Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK)

US Forest Service Northern Region 1
US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region 2
US Forest Service Intermountain Region 4
US Geological Survey - Amphibian Research & Monitoring Initiative
US Geological Survey - Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
Walking Shadow Ecology

Legacy Partners

Colorado State University

Idaho State University
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

Iowa State University

Montana State University - Extension Service

Mountain Works, Inc.

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Sonoran Institute

Teton Conservation District
University of Idaho

University of Montana
University of Wyoming

Washington State University

Wyoming Game and Fish

Photo credits: Image for John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway by NPS/Danielle Lehle. Image for Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area by NPS/Victoria Stauffenberg.