Permanent Protection for Alberta’s Bighorn Wildland

Photo : Stephen Legault
GRANT NAME:
Permanent Protection for Alberta’s Bighorn Wildland
GRANTEE:
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
LOCATION
Canmore, Alberta
AMOUNT
$45,000
Year
2017

To permanently protect 2.7-million acres in Alberta’s Bighorn Wildland, a landscape connecting Canada’s iconic Jasper and Banff National Parks, and the protection of 1.4-million acres of adjacent lands as Public Land Use Zones to restrict harmful uses in sensitive areas.