Web Links

Banff@nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/banff/index.html
The executive producer of National Geographic EXPLORER is your guide to the Banff Festival of Mountain Films.

Fantastic Journeys: Yellowstone@nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/banff/index.html
At this kids’ site, explore the park—both above and below ground—and trigger an eruption of Old Faithful.

Park of the Month: Yellowstone@nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/books/yellowstone/
Explore an interactive map of the park—plus a photo gallery, facts and features, and in-depth insights.

Banff National Park
http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index_e.asp
This Parks Canada site supplies official information on Canada’s first national park, located in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.

Glacier National Park
http://www.nps.gov/glac
Find more information Glacier National Park, from travel information to conservation activities, at this U.S. National Park Service site.

Parks Canada
http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/progs/np-pn/
This site lets you find out about the other Canadian parks along the Y2Y route: Jasper, Kluane, Kootenay, Nahanni, Waterton Lakes, and Yoho.

The Wildlands Project
http://www.twp.org
This environmental effort seeks to establish a connected system of North American conservation reserves.

WWF Animal Profiles
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/virtual_wildlife/animal_profiles/index.cfm
Search for information about grizzly bears, wolves, caribou, and other North American animals at this World Wildlife Fund site.

Yellowstone National Park
http://www.nps.gov/yell
This U.S. National Park Service site is a comprehensive reference on America’s flagship national park.

The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
http://www.y2y.net
Learn more about the conservation goals behind the Y2Y hike.

Yellowstone to Yukon Hike
http://www.canadianrockies.net/y2yhike
Follow Karsten Heuer on his hike from Yellowstone to the Yukon.

NGS Resources

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	Parfit, Michael. “The Untamed Yukon River.” Pages 100-127, July 1998.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	Chadwick, Douglas H. “Return of the Gray Wolf.” Pages 72-99, May 1998.
TRAVELER	Rennicke, Jeff. “Hiking the Chilkoot Trail.” Pages 110-120, March/April 1997.
Book	Thybony, Scott. The Rockies: Pillars of a Continent. 1996.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	Chadwick, Douglas H. “Mountain Goats: On the Edge of Earth and Sky.” Pages 46-69, July 1995.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	Krakauer, Jon. “Rocky Times for Banff.” Pages 46-69, July 1995.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	Olsenius, Richard. “Alaska Highway: Wilderness Escape Route.” Pages 68-99, November 1991.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	Chadwick, Douglas H. “Grizz’—Of Men and the Great Bear.” Pages 182-213, February 1986.
Search for related articles, books, and videos in the NGS Publications Index.

Additional Resources

Craighead, John Johnson. The Grizzly Bears of Yellowstone: Their Ecology in the Yellowstone Ecosystem, 1959-1992. Island Press, 1995.

Grumbine, Edward R. and Michael E. Soule. Ghost Bears: Exploring the Biodiversity Crisis. Island Press, 1992.

McNamee, Thomas. The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone. Henry Holt, 1997.

Schmidt, Jeremy. Adventuring in the Rockies. Sierra Club Books, 1997.

Schullery, Paul. Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity of Life. Bellnap Press, 1992.