Introduced by Sen. Erik Poulsen (D) on January 17, 2007
To require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to participate in the cooperative programs of the Yukon and Yellowstone Conservation Initiative. Within the Rocky Mountains ecoregional area there are landowners, communities, wildlife management agencies, and wildlife conservation organizations beginning to work together in a coordinated manner to consider this region as a whole. These groups seek to combine science and stewardship to ensure that the world-renowned wilderness, wildlife, native plants, and natural processes of the region continue to function as an interconnected web of life, capable of supporting all of the natural and human communities that reside within it, for now and for future generations. This effort is commonly referred to as the Yukon to Yellowstone conservation initiative. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Natural Resources, Ocean and Recreation Committee on January 17, 2007
Substitute offered to the Senate Natural Resources, Ocean and Recreation Committee on February 23, 2007
To recognize, as the largest city in the part
of the Y2Y ecoregion located within the United States, Spokane Washington, as the United States capital of Y2Y.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 13, 2007
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 23, 2007