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Waterton Lakes National Park Expansion Map

At the very southeastern corner of BC, above the US border and next to Waterton Lakes National Park, sits the valley of the Flathead River. It rises behind the mountains southeast of Fernie, BC and flows southward, draining the west slope of the continental divide, on its way to Montana.

In the US, the west slope of the Flathead is protected in Glacier National Park. In British Columbia it is not.

Directly north and west of the Flathead Valley lie the Elk and Bull River valleys and the transboundary Wigwam River, which, along with the Flathead, have internationally significant wildlife populations, rich habitats, and intact roadless areas. These lands provide an integral link for wildlife movements between the Height of the Rockies Provincial Park (adjacent to the Banff-Kootenay-Yoho National Park complex) and the British Columbia/Montana border.

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Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y)

The Y2Y Conservation Initiative is a collabouration of organizations, foundations, scientists and businesses, representing almost one million people from two territories, two provinces and five states. They are working to ensure the web of life remains connected in the world's most intact mountain range, and that people can live in and enjoy the Rocky Mountains in ways that keep economies, communities and natural systems healthy.

The Rockies of southern BC are one of the most important landscapes for wildlife withing the entire Y2Y region. It is also one of the most threatened. Expanding Waterton Lakes National Park into the lower Flathead Valley and securing a Wildlife Management Area in the upper Flathead would go a long way toward achieving the Y2Y vision in this region.

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