Conservation Partners
Photo: People and Carnivores
In addition to protecting habitat, Vital Ground supports programs that prevent conflicts between bears and people. We partner on coexistence efforts in key movement areas where grizzlies and other wildlife need to safely share the landscape with people.
Conservation Partners Grant Program »
Featured Conflict Prevention Projects
Photo: Mitch Doherty
Photo: Chase Gunnell
Conservation Northwest
Community education on the frontiers of grizzly bear recovery in Washington State
Photo: North Yellowstone Education Foundation
North Yellowstone Education Foundation
Reducing wildlife conflicts in major community gathering spaces on the edge of Yellowstone National Park
Photo: Priest Lake State Park
Photo: Teton Valley Ranch Camp
Teton Valley Ranch Camp
Keeping campers safe by securing bear attractants in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Photo: Great Bear Foundation
Bitterroot Bear Resource Committee
Reducing attractants and engaging community through cider pressing
Photo: Jim Peaco for Yellowstone National Park
Blackfoot Challenge
One of the West's longest-running collaboratives helping people and wildlife share the landscape.
Shoshone National Forest
Expanding Wyoming's coexistence efforts as grizzlies expand their range in the state.
Photo: J Brew on Flickr
Methow Valley Bear Aware
Preparing for grizzlies in Washington State through community outreach and bear-resistant garbage programs.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Removing bear attractants along the Little Blackfoot Valley and Rocky Mountain Front.
Photo: SVBR
Swan Valley Bear Resources
Providing resources and promoting coexisting to prevent bear conflicts on the Swan Valley’s private and public lands.
Photo: courtesy of People and Carnivores
People and Carnivores
Preventing conflicts across the Northern Rockies, from the fast growing Flathead to key corridors outside Yellowstone.
Photo: Lance Schelvan
Yaak Valley Forest Council
Spreading bear awareness in the Yaak Valley, home to one of the Lower 48's smallest grizzly populations.
Other Conservation Partner Projects
in Grizzly Recovery Ecosystems
Vital Ground protects and restores habitat for grizzly bears and other wildlife, connecting the wild strongholds of the Northern Rockies. We group our projects based on the grizzly’s six federally-designated recovery zones, working to link these core areas into one resilient landscape.
Featured Habitat Partner Projects
Photo: courtesy of Teton Regional Land Trust
Teton Regional Land Trust
Using conservation easements to protect crucial connectivity for grizzlies between Yellowstone and Bitterroot Ecosystems.
Photo: Flathead Land Trust
Flathead Land Trust
A crucial public-private collaboration to conserve a key habitat corridor threatened by development.
Luxor Linkage — The Nature Conservancy of Canada
Helping connect habitat in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, with big benefits south of the border too.
Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust
Conserving critical salmon and brown bear habitat in Alaska's threatened Bristol Bay Watershed.
Darkwoods Project — The Nature Conservancy of Canada
Canada's largest private-land conservation project, conserving 212 square miles of former timberlands.