Partnership To Preserve Upper Green River Basin

The Upper Green River Basin in southwest Wyoming has been called the "Serengeti of the West." It has highly productive year-round sage grouse habitat and includes an important pronghorn antelope migration route. In addition, it winters more than 100,000 moose, elk, mule deer and pronghorn.,,The Conservation Fund has partnered with many other agencies, including the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, to protect about 30,000 acres in the Upper Green River Basin. As part of its Upper Green River Valley Initiative, The Conservation Fund is working to protect and enhance more than 150,000 acres.