Welcome - to the Gallatin Wildlife Association website.

We certainly hope you become more knowledgeable about GWA as you wander through the pages of our website. We are a small, but vocal non-profit organization located in Bozeman, Montana advocating for wildlife, their respective habitat, and migration corridors across southwestern Montana, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and the northern Rocky Mountains. We advocate for wildlife and fisheries by utilizing science and the law. GWA, founded in 1976, has long recognized the intense pressures on our wildlife from habitat loss and climate change, and we advocate for science-based management of public lands for diverse public values, including but not limited to hunting and angling.   


To learn more about GWA, who we are, and what we've done: click here                                                      


Register your Voice in Wildlife Protection:

Take this Survey -

GWA has joined forces with the Buffalo Field Campaign to support wildlife infrastructure at the Madison River Crossing at U.S. Hwy 191 south of West Yellowstone. The number of wildlife deaths and injury from wildlife/vehicle collisions (WVC)s has increased greatly over recent years. Wildlife are on the move and the crossing of mobile wildlife and vehicle traffic are becoming more and more problematic at this natural wildlife corridor, threatening the lives and property of our society in the process.


We're trying to judge and gain support from the local residents and the general public of this project, search out the science, and gain the necessary financing. We need all hands on deck as we work with fellow NGOs in the region trying to make progress in the mitigation of WVCs.


Please take this brief poll by either using the QR code or the link below and answer the few questions on this potential and future project. More information on our coalition, a coalition entitled the West Yellowstone Wildlife Crossing Coalition, can be found here.


Here is the link if you prefer. 


bit.ly/WildlifeCrossingSurvey



Visit Gallatin Wildlife Association's first ever YouTube Channel -

https://www.youtube.com/@GallatinWildlifeAssociation


While there visit Mike Phillips December 19th, 2023 Lecture at the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman Montana.

You can also see that here. This is a 42 minute video, but well worth it - Enjoy!




Words of Wisdom


I came across this quote during some recent correpondence and it summarizes the real issues behind our environmental problems of this world -

I offer this as something to think about -


“I used to think the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and climate change. I thought that thirty years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy, and to deal with those we need a cultural and spiritual transformation. And we scientists don’t know how to do that.”


Gus Speth (one of the co-founders of NRDC)


OTHER NEWS!

Let's not Squander the Miracle of Yellowstone


Ladies and gentlemen - let me offer you a good read from once again, the author, Todd Wilkinson. This article published in Writers on the Range gives an honest, and sincere warning about conditions on the ground in and around Yellowstone National Park. Take a few minutes and do yourself a favor and read this article.


https://writersontherange.org/lets-not-squander-the-miracle-of-yellowstone


For those of you who like to go deep in thought -

          This is worth the read......


GWA would like to refer you to an article entitled "Addressing Climate Change "will not save the planet"". Found here in The Intercept,  this articles addresses the truth that lies before us. It states what we have long known - that habitat fragmentation is the worst threat facing wildlife across the planet.  It will provide you something to think about in our walk with nature. The link is below.


https://theintercept.com/2022/12/03/climate-biodiversity-green-energy/



Montanans for Safe

Wildlife Protection: MSWP


Most of you should know, GWA has been involved with and are supporters of MSWP for several years now. Being as one representative on the MSWP Steering Committee, we try to propagate the energy and resources for wildlife infrastructure across the state of Montana.


Below is their most recent website:


Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage


There is much to do in this realm of establishing wildlife connectivity across highways and railways, etc. Please help out in any way you are able.



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Climate Forest

Coalition:


Another alliance that GWA is participating in is that of the Climate Forest Coalition, an organization of likeminded NGOs across the country that are trying to change forest policy. We're trying to promote policies of protecting mature and old-growth forests in order to preserve biodiversity, ecological integrity and to use our forests as a mitigative approach fighting climate change by carbon sequestration. Here is their link:


https://www.climate-forests.org/


There is much material here for references and they have already testified before Congress.


We urge all members to follow this group and follow us as we try to incorporate their strategy into ours as appropriate.

30 by 30: 
What's it mean to you? 

By the way, we received notification and acknowledgement from the U.S. Forest Service of our proposal. That was goal one - to inform them of the importance of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and to not forget the importance of the biodiversity and the potential of mitigating effects of climate change found in the region.

On January 27, 2021 President Biden signed Executive Order 14008, an order entitled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad”. Within that order, President Biden has committed his administration (in Section 216) to a conservation goal of protecting 30 percent of land and 30 percent of ocean waters by 2030. According to Ryan Richards’ article: “Measuring Conservation Progress in North America” published in Center for American Progress, currently 12% of lands are protected, and 26% of ocean waters. Scientist believe that 30% is what’s necessary to fight climate change and protect species from extinction. Protected lands increase resilience to the impacts of climate change and better conserve the biodiversity of our lands. 

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In the recent news, Governor Gianforte has told the Biden Administration they did not want to participate in the Admins proposal to help secure lands and waters to the objective goal of this program. See link here!


Montana Free Press - Amanda Eggert


To Learn More

This is why wildlife

connectivity is so important.


View this link and see how

this grizzly bear is wanting

to cross I-90.


The Link is here!




GWA's Facebook page is Going Strong!

Check us out - 

Thanks to Angelo Roman for managing our Facebook page.


GWA's Podcast on KGVM - 

Wildlife and Wilderness - 
take a listen!

After Christmas of last year (Dec. 30, 2020) Clint Nagel of GWA was fortunate enough to be interviewed by J. Shell, host of the program Wilderness and Wildlife on KGVM, 95.9 on the radio dial. 

 

Wilderness and Wildlife, presented by the Gallatin Wildlife Association, features discussions of issues involving the wildlife of southwestern Montana, and the wilderness habitat that makes this area appealing to adventurous people from around the country. You'll hear interviews with wildlife experts and naturalists reporting on species they have studied, which are threatened by the pressures of a rapidly growing populace in the Greater Yellowstone Region. 
 
For other shows presented, simply click the following.


The Gallatin Wildlife Association also produces the short Wildlife Capsules. 

Thanks to John Shellenberger for taking the initiative to establish this mechanism of outreach for GWA. 
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