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A band of pronghorn on a green hillside under a dark storm sky, a faint rainbow behind them.

Business members · The herd

Wildlife isn't partisan.
Pronghorn help make payroll.

179 local businesses from Cooke City to Livingston, standing up for the wild places that keep their doors open. Guides, lodges, saloons, ranches, galleries and a gas station or two. No party line. Just a business line.

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Our mission

To become the standard for how rural gateway communities protect natural resources, sustain local livelihoods, and balance growth with the integrity of the wild lands.

The Land Works for Us—So We Invest in the Land

Wild Livelihoods strengthens the northern Greater Yellowstone economy by investing directly in the natural resources that sustain it. Tourism is the dominant economy here, generating $1.3B a year for businesses across Yellowstone Country. Seeing wildlife is a top reason people come. We make it easier for local businesses to voluntarily fund conservation, support responsible recreation, elevate community values, and advance policies that keep wildlife, working lands, and rural communities healthy. We honor fair-chase, leave-no-trace, and the responsibility to pass on a healthier landscape to future generations. By partnering with ranchers, agencies, and gateway communities, and by advocating for public-land decisions that reflect the importance of our tourism economy, we work to keep the northern Greater Yellowstone wild, productive, and resilient for generations to come.

Sources: Out-of-state visitor spending in Yellowstone Country, the five counties at Yellowstone's north door, 2024/2025 average: ITRR 2025 Summary. Reasons to visit: 30% of visitors entering at Gardiner came mainly to see wildlife (RSG 2016 Yellowstone visitor study, via the 2022 Park County Tourism Study). Details on Wildlife Economics.

  1. 01 Visitors come here for wild country. We keep it wild, and we keep it working.
  2. 02 Habitat first. Clean water, open land, room to roam, a fair chance for the animals that share it.
  3. 03 Wildlife policy built on science, not on whoever yells loudest at the hearing.
  4. 04 We give back more than the minimum. Then we say so, right here, where you can check.

Where the herd ranges

One river. One road. Four towns.

The Wild Livelihoods corridorAn illustrated map, not to scale: Livingston, Emigrant in Paradise Valley, Gardiner at Yellowstone's north entrance, and Cooke City at the northeast entrance, linked by the Yellowstone River and the road through the Lamar Valley.Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone Riverthrough the Lamar ValleyLivingstonEmigrantGardinerCooke CityN
  1. LivingstonThe railroad town
  2. EmigrantParadise Valley
  3. GardinerYellowstone's north entrance
  4. Cooke CityEnd of the road
Not to scale. Not a trail map. Do not navigate by this.

For visitors and the tourism trade

Tired of wildlife being a political football?
Vote with your wallet.

The wolves, the elk and the grizzlies do not care who you voted for. Neither do we. Book the guide, the cabin and the dinner table with businesses that protect what you came to see, and tell them why.

Join up

Two ways in. Pick your trail.

Passing through? Sign the register and we will tell you when the good stuff happens. Run a business here? Sign the pledge, and stand up in the directory for every visitor to see.