Protecting Wild Lands and Waters of Yellowstone Gateway

Photo: Bill Campbell
GRANT NAME:
Protecting Wild Lands and Waters of Yellowstone Gateway
GRANTEE:
Park County Environmental Council
LOCATION
Livingston, MT
AMOUNT
$50,000
Year
2017

To protect the Yellowstone Gateway from the threat of industrial-scale gold mining by securing a permanent mineral withdrawal that prevents mining activity in 30,000 acres of National Forest lands in the Absaroka Beartooth mountains.