Yellowstone Migrations: Preserving Freedom to Roam

Large animal migrations are among the most primordial rhythms of life on earth, and, as scientists have recently discovered, the American West is home to some of the planet's most magnificent migrations. Yellowstone Migrations: Preserving Freedom to Roam takes readers into the heart of the vast, wild landscapes found in America's West, and shows us that it is possible to preserve the natural heritage of this iconic region and protect these last intact natural wildlife corridors--so that these animals can carry out the migrations that are essential to their survival.

Joe Riis is a National Geographic contributing photographer and Photography Fellow at the Wyoming Migration Initiative. . Learn more about Riis at greateryellowstonemigrations. He has received a National Geographic Young Explorer grant, earned an Emmy award for his pronghorn cinematography on the National Geographic Great Migrations series, and been named an Expeditions Council Grantee.

Learn more about Riis at greateryellowstonemigrations. Trained as a wildlife biologist, Riis's photographs of the Grand Teton pronghorn migration documented this phenomenon for the first time ever. When he is not out on an expedition, he lives in a cabin he built in rural South Dakota, on the site of his great-grandparent's prairie homestead. About the Author Joe Riis is a National Geographic contributing photographer and Photography Fellow at the Wyoming Migration Initiative. . He has received a National Geographic Young Explorer grant, earned an Emmy award for his pronghorn cinematography on the National Geographic Great Migrations series, and been named an Expeditions Council Grantee. He later campaigned for six wildlife overpasses and underpasses to help maintain the migration corridor which were built in 2012