One Wild Ride: Yukon to Yellowstone
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National Geographic Ultimate Explorer correspondent Nick Baker takes a
5,000-mile road trip from the northernmost reaches of the Yukon to
Yellowstone National Park, exploring one of the greatest mountain
ecosystems in the world. Baker explores this wilderness in the wake of an
ambitious plan to link the parks and reserves of the northern Rockies.
Updated: 12:08 p.m. ET March 08, 2004
National Geographic Ultimate Explorer correspondent Nick Baker takes a remarkable 5,000-mile road
trip along one of the greatest mountain ecosystems in the world — the northern Rockies. Beginning in
the northernmost reaches of the Yukon and ending in breathtaking parklands of Yellowstone, Baker
explores the rich natural history of the region in the wake of an ambitious plan called the Y2Y
Conservation Initiative. The plan aims to link the great national parks and reserves of the northern
Rockies, creating a network of preserved habitats through which wildlife can roam freely.
Along the way, Baker joins the people who are
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helping to make the Y2Y a reality. In Canada’s Banff
National Park, Baker accompanies Human-Wildlife
Conflict Specialist Glen Peers as he works to maintain
the careful balance between the needs of humans
and animals living in and around the park. In
northwest Montana, Baker lends a hand as Grizzly
Bear Management Specialist Tim Manley relocates a
problematic female grizzly bear that was caught
feeding on the property of area residents. And in
Yellowstone, Baker joins Doug Smith, a leading
wildlife biologist whose controversial Yellowstone Wolf
Project released imported wolves into park, reestablishing a population that had been extinct in
Yellowstone since the 1930s.
Join Baker on this journey across the great northwest as he captures the essence of the area’s halfmillion square miles of stunning beauty and comes face-to-face with bison, caribou, bears, moose,
wolves, and wolverines — animals whose survival may depend on the successful implementation of the
Y2Y plan.