Mission

To help protect populations, their habitats and connectivity corridors, in partnership with local communities.

Large carnivores, ungulates and habitats are threatened by human conflict and wildlife crimes, habitat fragmentation and loss, drought, and climate change. We work with local stakeholders, indigenous groups, policy makers, government agencies,  law enforcement, and wildlife agencies to deploy enforcable and sustainable solutions.

How  you can help

Importance of place

Large Carnivore Fund was founded in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), which spans 22 million acres / 8,903,084 hectares across the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States. We call this massive, complex, diverse and threatened region home. The GYE is within the Yellowstone to Yukon Corridor, a region spanning roughly 3,200 km joining the United States and Canada. It includes some of North America’s most vital wildlife habitats, encompasses national parks, forests, and protected areas spanning five U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, and two territories.

Where we work

Our projects and initiatives span from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the High Arctic, and around the world.

Projects and objectives

Collared female Yellowstone wolf 1229F was killed just over the park boundary in Montana, WMU 313 in 2023.

ICLAAW

Developed with ranchers we launched the International Community for Landscapes, Agriculture, Animals and Wildlife to support operations and communities that are or want to try or transition to practices that support conflict reduction with wildlife, based on success by their local peers.

We're all incredibly lucky in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to still have “one of the largest nearly intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth”. This is not a state or national treasure, but a global one to protect, study and marvel at.

The Arctic Wolf Project

Our High Arctic research and conservation project for the Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) started in early 2026. We are partnered with local Inuit living on and around Ellesmere Island.

Rocky mountain Elk

Changing minds

A healthy predator guild on the landscape strengthens ungulate herds, habitat and the entire ecosystem. In the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem we still have “one of the largest nearly intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth”. This is a global treasure.  

Changing laws affecting large carnivores and their ecosystem

Changing regulations & legislation

We support fair chase and subsistence hunting, not persecution under the facade of wildlife management.

Who Are We
We are stakeholders in the management and preservation of native large carnivore species. Large Carnivore Fund has the strong scientific background, embracing the best scientific evidence, highest standards of wildlife ethics, and ethical conduct.

Large Carnivore Fund is an all-volunteer nonprofit. 100% of each donation is applied directly toward species conservation and research.
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