Help us #GiveAHoot about Park County's public lands
Park County holds more public land than private land. The Yellowstone River still runs cold and clear. Grizzly bears roam through the Gallatin and Absaroka mountains. The Crazies provide critical habitat for wolverines and Canada lynx. With a changing climate, growing population and species extinction happening across the planet, places like this are disappearing.
PCEC has been working to protect and preserve Park County’s vast natural resources since 1990. PCEC works with residents to safeguard and advocate for the county's world-class rivers, diverse wildlife, landscapes, and outstanding natural beauty, while protecting the health and wellbeing of people who live and work here.
That’s why we’re encouraging you to show your support for our public lands through the Give a Hoot Giving Challenge.
Donate to PCEC through Give A Hoot today!
In recent years, we have safeguarded the public lands in a number of ways:
Passing the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act to permanently protect 30,370 acres of Custer Gallatin National Forest from industrial scale gold mines.
Helping to find agreement with landowners on a land exchange proposal on the east side of the Crazies that would swap the ‘checkerboard’ inholdings to create a large contiguous block of public land that helps resolve long-standing issues in a way that will benefit the public and conservation.
Working with landowners, the U.S. Forest Service and other stakeholders to reroute the Porcupine Ibex Trail on the west side of the Crazy Mountains to permanently provide access to public land in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Halting the Bureau of Land Management from auctioning off oil and gas leases on public land bordering the community of Livingston and the Yellowstone River.
Advocating for wilderness in the Absaroka, Beartooth, Crazy and Gallatin mountains as a part of the Custer Gallatin Forest Plan revision process.
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is home to some of the best, most diverse and intact wildlands in the Lower 48. It still is home to all the major species of mammals that were present on this continent prior to the arrival of Europeans, having long provided refuge for elk, bison, wolverine and grizzly (and room for the return of the wolf). All of this is possible because it contains habitat and wildlife migration corridors that remain mostly intact.
But protecting this special place requires constant vigilance. There are no shortage of bad ideas that could carve up, cut down, poison and spoil this one-of-a-kind ecosystem. So in the words of PCEC member Colin Davis, PCEC “walks the fence at night” to protect the Yellowstone Gateway.
Please support PCEC’s public lands program through a donation to the Park County Community Foundation’s community fundraising challenge. This is an opportunity to have your donation to PCEC matched through the close of Give a Hoot on August 6.
