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Yellowstone/Greater Rockies

Western U.S. and Canada

The pine-covered ridges, vast grasslands and sprawling canyons, badlands, forests and sagebrush steppes of the Rocky Mountains contain vital habitat for wolves, grizzly bears, pronghorn, elk and buffalo. But this one-of-a-kind ecosystem could be destroyed by loopholes in environmental laws that allow the oil and gas industry to pollute our drinking water and clean air.