Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

JUNE 12th, VANCOUVER, BC

I spoke with Lorraine Laplante (Director of Marketing and Member Services) and Nicky Blackshaw (Communications) of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (www.Y2Y.net) today about their involvement with Trail Magic.

Y2Y has two main initiatives: 1) Science & Action; and 2) Communication & Awareness. The latter of which we would be getting involved with in a project called 'Lay of the Landscape'. Lay of the Landscape is a database being prepared by Sean Britt of Y2Y that includes all of the different land management areas in the proposed Y2Y Wilderness Corridor (which the GDT closely follows throughout the Rockies) and details the points of conflict, 'hot spots', and challenges that exist. Our involvement would be to document (by means of our film) the real-life challenges for a backpacker while traveling through these hot spots and our personal opinions based on our experience along the Y2Y Corridor - good and bad; positive and negative; what is working and what is not.

I am preparing a Media Release for Y2Y distribution and will gather more information in further discussions with them...