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A grizzly bear emerges, one small detail in an immense vista of field and mountains and sky. A shoreline, still and empty but for the telltale tracks of passing wildlife. Golden peaks that roll to the horizon, starkly beautiful in the morning light. This kind of space, of solitude-of simple wildness-still exists in North America, outside the boundaries of any park.

Photographer Florian Schulz documents the landscape, plants, animals, and people of an eco-system that is surprisingly intact up and down the spine of the Rocky Mountains-but for how long? There is still time to make a difference: to direct the path of encroaching development and establish connections between the national and provincial parks on this course.

Essayists tell of their travels through the region and their experience of the land. They explain the need for Y2Y, based on new findings that reveal that isolated nature sanctuaries are a recipe for wildlife extinction.

Since the release of the hardcover edition, FLORIAN SCHULZ has delivered dozens of lectures throughout North America. His photographs and stories have appeared in more than thirty major magazines and newspapers, reaching more than three million readers. His photographs of the Yellowstone to Yukon region are currently the subject of museum exhibitions.

FLORIAN SCHULZ is a professional wildlife and landscape photographer from Germany whose striking images have garnered international recognition. His photographs have won awards in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, the Nature's Best International Photography Awards, the Banff International Mountain Photography Competition, and the European Nature Photographer of the Year competition. He is the 2008 recipient of the North American Nature Photography Association's Vision Award. Sponsored by the Blue Earth Alliance, his book Freedom to Roama"[ Yellowstone to Yukon (Braided River, 2005) received an Independent Publisher Award as one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Books of the Year," singled out as "Most Likely to Save the Planet."

Schulz spends eight to ten months every year in the field, focusing on long-term conservation photography projects. As the youngest founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, he uses his photography to instill in viewers a greater interest in both the natural and cultural diversity of the planet. For more information on Schulz and his photography, visit www.visionsofthewild.com. To check out his blog, visit http: //www.visionsofthewild.com/blog/.

Passionate about composition, lighting and drama to create stunning images, getting the prefect photo is not all that counts. Florian hopes to instill in viewers a greater interest in both the natural and cultural diversity of the planet.