Conservation across boundaries
The Beyond Yellowstone Living Lab is an action-oriented research collaborative working to illuminate the ecology and conservation needs of wide-ranging wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. We conduct and support projects related to wildlife, working lands, and socio-ecological dynamics.
Our work centers around 4 research themes
Private land and community conservation
Maximize landowner value of private properties
Explore socio-ecological aspects of conservation
Click a theme to learn more about its associated projects
Ecosystem health
and population dynamics
Investigating drivers of population and ecosystem dynamics including disease, invasive species, and water quality
Barriers and
landscape
connectivity
Evaluating effects of fences, habitat fragmentation, human population growth, & anthropogenic development
Impacts of wildlife and conservation
Assess the value of conservation actions and their effects
Quantify & qualify wildlife value