PEOPLE AND CARNIVORES

What PEOPLE AND CARNIVORES does

People and Carnivores is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1992 and headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, that promotes human-carnivore coexistence in the Northern Rockies region of the United States. The organization works with ranchers, farmers, tribal governments, communities, and government agencies to prevent conflicts involving gray wolves, grizzly bears, black bears, and mountain lions. Its core offerings are non-lethal conflict prevention tools and field services rather than commercial products: electric fencing installations (documented in a dedicated manual with video series), fladry, livestock guardian dogs, range riders, audible and visual scare devices (Foxlights, propane canons, RAG systems, motion lights), bear poles, carcass composting, and loaner coexistence toolkits. Conservation Director Steve Primm has constructed more than 250 bear poles across the Greater Yellowstone and High Divide regions, illustrating the scale of field deployment.

The organization's business model is donation- and grant-funded rather than revenue-generating. Services, technical assistance, and educational materials are provided at no cost to eligible community members, with project cost-sharing funded through donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters. Distribution occurs through direct on-the-ground staff engagement, the loaner toolkit program, free digital and printed educational resources, a content website (peopleandcarnivores.org), blog posts, newsletters, videos, and social media. The organization has co-developed frameworks such as the Bear Smart Communities program with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee and partners with entities including US Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, MT Fish Wildlife & Parks, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and the Western Transportation Institute.

The organization has undergone multiple name changes since incorporation as Predator Project in 1992, rebranding to Predator Conservation Alliance, then Keystone Conservation, and finally People and Carnivores in 2015 to reflect a coexistence-centered identity. It maintains a small staff (reported as 1-10) and concentrates operations across Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, with particular emphasis on key wildlife corridors such as the Big Hole Valley, Madison Valley, Mission Valley, Gravelly Range, and the connectivity zone between Yellowstone and the Crown of the Continent ecosystem.

Name

PEOPLE AND CARNIVORES

Legal name

People and Carnivores

Website

https://peopleandcarnivores.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

People and Carnivores is a Bozeman, Montana-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps ranchers, tribes, communities, and agencies in the Northern Rockies prevent conflicts with gray wolves, grizzly and black bears, and mountain lions through non-lethal coexistence tools, field services, and educational resources funded by donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Conservation & Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (BPAGAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB), Advocacy, Policy & Public Awareness (Animal Welfare) (BPAGAIAJ)

Keywords

• Wildlife conflict prevention
• Carnivore coexistence tools
• Nonprofit conservation services
• Human-wildlife coexistence
• Livestock protection solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Bozeman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization, People and Carnivores primarily operates through donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters who fund their conservation work and conflict prevention programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

People and Carnivores is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes human-carnivore coexistence in the Northern Rockies through non-lethal conflict prevention tools, technical assistance, and educational resources. They partner with landowners, tribes, agencies, and communities to design and implement coexistence solutions (electric fencing, fladry, livestock guardian dogs, range riders, scare devices, bear poles, carcass composting) and run the Bear Smart Communities program. Their services, toolkits, and educational materials are distributed at no cost, funded by donations and grants.

Product overview

People and Carnivores is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering a suite of non-lethal wildlife coexistence tools and educational resources. The portfolio centers on conflict prevention programs for gray wolves, mountain lions, grizzly bears, and black bears. Core offerings include the Electric Fencing Manual (digital guide with video series), Fladry (temporary electrified fencing), Livestock Guardian Dogs, Range Riders, Scare Devices (Foxlights, RAG systems), Bear Poles, Carcass Composting services, and loanable Coexistence Toolkits. The Bear Smart Communities program provides a framework for municipalities to prevent human-bear conflicts. These products work together to help landowners, tribes, and agencies keep people and carnivores separated and safe while protecting wildlife populations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electric Fencing Manual

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced crop loss by 80% at Dixon Melons farm after implementing electric fencing
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• US Forest ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to construct bear poles at heavily-used camp and backcountry sites in National Forests around Philipsburg, Montana. USFS provides access to public lands and recreation sites for implementing conflict prevention infrastructure.
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with TNC to construct bear poles on TNC land near Greenough, Montana to prevent human-bear conflicts and protect both wildlife and conservation lands.
• MT Fish, Wildlife & ParkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for wildlife management projects including bear pole construction, bear safety initiatives, and coordination on conflict prevention in Montana.
• Western Transportation Institute (WTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop electrified 'drive-through' and 'drive-over' gate designs to reduce bear-vehicle collisions. WTI provided camera monitoring data to evaluate fence effectiveness at Dixon Melons and plans to apply successful designs to highway crossing projects.
• Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with CSKT Natural Resources Department for the Dixon Melons project (on tribal corridor land) and gleaning program on the Flathead Reservation to prevent human-bear conflicts through fruit removal and community education.
• Madison County Commission and Solid Waste ManagerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to secure the Pony refuse site by installing hydraulic lid operating system, preventing bears from accessing garbage and reducing human-carnivore conflicts at the dump site.
• Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerServed on IGBC working group to develop the Bear Smart Community Program framework. After two years of collaboration, IGBC voted to publish the framework and hire a coordinator to help communities become Bear Smart, formalizing the program P&C helped create.
• Idaho Panhandle National Forest (IPNF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to conduct inventory of bear-related infrastructure at recreation sites across the IPNF, surveying front country campgrounds and backcountry areas to identify bear box, garbage can, and bear pole needs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Parks Conservation Association: National nonprofit dedicated to protecting national parks, including the carnivore habitat in Yellowstone and Glacier that P&C's corridor work supports. Operates at a much broader advocacy and policy scale rather than on-the-ground conflict prevention.
• Center for Biological Diversity: National advocacy organization using legal and policy tools to protect imperiled species including wolves, grizzlies, and mountain lions. Shares species focus but emphasizes litigation and ESA advocacy rather than on-the-ground conflict prevention.
• The Nature Conservancy: Global conservation organization with active land stewardship, conflict prevention, and corridor projects in the Northern Rockies, and an existing partner of P&C. Far broader scope and budget but overlapping field methodology and species priorities.
• National Wildlife Federation: Large national conservation organization with programs on human-wildlife coexistence and species recovery including bears and wolves. Overlaps with P&C's mission but operates across a much broader portfolio of species, policy, and education work.

Direct peers

• Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: Conservation initiative focused on connecting and protecting habitat from Yellowstone to Yukon, with a strong carnivore corridor and connectivity mandate. Directly comparable to P&C's corridor work in the Northern Rockies, though at a much larger geographic scale.
• Western Watersheds Project: Grassroots nonprofit working to protect and restore western watersheds and wildlife, including wolves and other carnivores, with significant field presence in Idaho and Montana. Comparable geography and species focus, with a stronger litigation and grazing-policy lens.
• Defenders of Wildlife: National nonprofit with a strong focus on human-wildlife conflict prevention for wolves, bears, and other imperiled species, including compensation programs and coexistence tools. Highly comparable mission, target species, and geographic overlap with P&C.
• Greater Yellowstone Coalition: Regional conservation organization focused on protecting the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem including its grizzly and wolf populations. Operates in the same geography and on the same species as P&C, with overlapping landowner and agency partnerships.

Emerging players

• Wolf Haven International: Wolf-focused nonprofit based in Washington state operating a sanctuary and conservation programs. Comparable species focus on wolves, with a captive-animal and advocacy emphasis that partially overlaps P&C's wild-conflict-prevention work.

Others

• Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee: Multi-agency government body that adopted and now coordinates the Bear Smart Community Program framework that P&C helped develop. Functions as a coordinating body rather than a direct service provider, but closely intertwined with P&C's program scaling.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PeopleAndCarnivores
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/people-and-carnivores-inc

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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