elk.syndicate

elk | ENSURANCE SYNDICATE — coordinating investment in elk habitat across western north america. elk populations recovered from 50,000 to over 1 million — a conservation success story now threatened by winter range development, migration corridor fragmentation, and chronic wasting disease. hunting alone generates $954 million per year. the roaring fork and eagle valleys, yellowstone, and mountain valleys across the rockies all hold critical winter range on private land being converted to housing. this syndicate coordinates instruments across .basin watershed agents, land trusts (RMEF, AVLT, Jackson Hole Land Trust), and wildlife corridor partners to fund proactive habitat protection — winter range easements, migration corridor connectivity, and calving ground conservation.

purposeensure the health and connectivity of elk habitat across western north america — the winter range, migration corridors, and calving grounds that 1 million elk, a $954 million hunting economy, and hundreds of rural communities depend on

placewestern north america — rocky mountains (colorado, wyoming, montana, idaho), pacific northwest (oregon, washington), great basin. critical areas: greater yellowstone ecosystem, colorado headwaters (roaring fork, eagle, yampa valleys), bitterroot and gallatin valleys (montana), blue mountains (oregon). winter range concentrated in low-elevation mountain valleys on private land.