Thank you for your support of big game migrations! Our annual UW Giving Day for the Wyoming migration Initiative occurred on October 21-22, 2026. All gifts were matched 2:1 for the first $10,000 thanks to a generous supporter and the Knobloch Family Foundation. Each gift supports our work to share the science of migrations through films, maps, exhibits, migration tracking on social media, and more. All these projects help to keep Wyoming’s migratory big game herds abundant for future generations. You can see our campaign total here and if you would still like to give, please visit our donation page.
A new wildlife documentary gives an unprecedented view into how Yellowstone bison recovered from near-extinction and relearned to migrate. The film features exclusive footage from the first HD camera collars deployed on bison in the national park. Screenings are held daily and Old Faithful and Canyon visitor centers and with upcoming showings to be announced in Riverton, Laramie, Bozeman, Jackson, Lander, Wind River Indian Reservation, Pinedale, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Learn more »
The documentary film Unwired details how a catastrophic pronghorn die-off influenced the restoration of an estimated 18,000 acres of habitat in Wyoming’s Red Desert. A GPS-tracking study sparked a collaboration with a rancher in southern Wyoming, resulting in one of the biggest recent conservation successes in Wyoming for the troubled species. Learn more about the film here »
Advancing the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of Wyoming’s migratory ungulates by conducting innovative research and sharing scientific information through public outreach.
Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations is a wildlife documentary chronicling the large mammal migrations of Grand Teton National Park that released online November 8, 2023, showing how the park is biologically and culturally connected to distant habitats in Idaho and Wyoming. Learn more about the film here »
My Wild Land
3 ranches, 3 films, 3 inspiring stories
Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates
Follow the story of ungulates migrating through Wyoming through groundbreaking science and cartography. MORE »
New maps reveal western migration routes
For the first time, state & federal biologists have produced 40+ maps and a migration viewer across the West. MORE »
Red Desert to Hoback Migration Assessment
Our assessment provides a detailed account of the longest mule deer migration ever recorded. MORE »
Deer Migration by Joe Riis
In 2012, the longest mule deer migration ever recorded was discovered in the Red Desert, where thousands of deer migrate 150 miles to summer ranges in the mountains of northwest Wyoming. MORE »
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“My Wild Land” Films win first place
The My Wild Land film series about the migration conservation efforts of three Wyoming ranches was selected as the First Place Winner by Two Percent for Conservation’s 2023 Conservation Media Awards!…
“Snowy Dozen Deer” Video Gets 24 Million Views
Tanner Warder, an undergraduate field technician, captured a video of migrating mule deer that went viral. It racked up 24 million views on social media and reached a global audience…
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I brake for migration” stickers remind motorists that migratory big game animals cross Wyoming’s highways as well as our mountains and plains.
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