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I'd already seen this video because it was produced by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation a conservation group, I'm on their email list. Glad to see it is popular with others too. Video by Scott Mckinley Productions, Produced for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for Ad campaign. Licensed music by Kenny G..
Shot around Jellystone, Teton NP and the Refuge. If you look carefully there's a nice shot of the Grand from the Lower Saddle at sunrise. It's at about the 2:30 mark.
Famous for it's advocacy for elk restoration the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has returned elk to such far flung places as Wisconsin, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Less well known is it's conservation of habitat which benefits all species, often through outright land purchases or conservation easements. Their objective isn't to own land but rather to facilitate preservation either by states or the federal government.
Having conserved over 6.1 million acres of habitat, it's hard to imagine a private org other than the Nature Conservancy, that has made as large a contribution to habitat.
Besides saving dirt, the RMEF contributes generously to independent scientific research. This week they passed a milestone $400,000 dollars in wolf research, having teamed up with Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton national parks, Jasper National Park of Canada, University of Idaho, Idaho State University, University of Montana, Montana State University, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, University of Wyoming, Nez Perce Tribe, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Elk Refuge, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wyoming Game and Fish Department and others.
On a more personal note, though I enjoyed the video, and I miss the chunk of real estate it was filmed in, and though I spent many years walking that country as a young man, I probably won't return.
I live close to many fantastic Wilderness areas not unlike Yellowstone NP, and I just can't justify burning the carbon. My goal is to recreate as close to where I live as possible. I'd hope that someday there is a train to most National Parks, or if not that they see very few visitors, or locals only. I believe climate change is a much greater threat to the natural world than habitat, and it certainly trumps my fleeting enjoyment of a place 14 hours away.