Yellowstone Environmental Stewardship - Water Conservation: Yellowstone Park Foundation

Centennial Goal: By 2016, Yellowstone National Park will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30%.

For more than a decade, Yellowstone has been a leader in the National Park Service with its conscientious integration of environmental sustainability efforts and programs.

Through the YES! Initiative, the Park will engage and inspire its employees to implement cultural change for environmental stewardship and make Yellowstone a leader among public lands worldwide.

Environmental Stewardship Intern

With the Yellowstone Park Foundation’s support, the Park is engaging Georgia Tech Research Institute undergraduate and graduate students, with engineering and management expertise, to assist with data collection, internal communication, and execution of YES! projects.

YES! Communication and Education

With the Yellowstone Park Foundation’s support, the Park will share information about its progress in environmental sustainability with visitors and the general public through its newspaper, website, an annual report, podcasts, and brochures. The outreach will also promote how visitors can make a difference at home.

The Yellowstone Environmental Stewardship (YES!) Initiative is a multi-year action plan to help Yellowstone further reduce its ecological footprint, increase operational efficiency, and better preserve Park resources for future generations.

Yellowstone is building a “green” visitor education center
In 2010, Yellowstone will open the doors of a new, state-of-the-art Old Faithful Visitor Education Center. With support from the Yellowstone Park Foundation and Toyota U.S.A., the Park has set a goal to receive Gold level designation of Leadership in Environmental Engineering Design (LEED). This will distinguish the building among the few visitor centers in the National Park Service that demonstrate this level of commitment to environmentally friendly building design and function.

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