Yellowstone National Park

  • *NEWS: Yellowstone Captures Wild Buffalo

    Ken Cole

    YELLOWSTONE CAPTURES WILD BISON 23 of America’s Last Wild Bison Trapped at Stephens Creek for Royal Teton Ranch Land Lease Experiment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 5, 2011 Contacts: Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0070 Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-644-2499 GARDINER, MONTANA: Yellowstone National Park and Montana Department of Livestock officials captured twenty-three of…

  • Plan to protect Yellowstone Park's fish is being developed

    Ralph Maughan

    Comments wanted on the Park’s Native Fish Conservation Plan Environmental Assessment- The Park’s fish have taken a real beating the last 20 years from disease and the introduction of lake trout into Yellowstone Lake. Your comments are due Jan. 31, 2011. “The preferred alternative would conserve the Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake by increased…

  • More on close wolf encounters

    Ralph Maughan

    What does wolves close up mean? If a wolf approaches you, you should certainly not assume it wants to eat you.  On the other hand, watch it closely, it isn’t necessary benign. Some people can “read” dogs, cats, horses, and other animals.  People who can’t fill in the blanks with their hopes, fears, and generalizations…

  • The snowmobile issue in Yellowstone Park has died down

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s still there, but rules have changed, use patterns changed and the economy too- In a feature article in New West, journalist Brodie Farquhar looks at the changes over times. Snowmobiling in Yellowstone: Past and Present

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly numbers top 600 for first time

    Ralph Maughan

    Record population is reached amidst a year of bear food stress and many mortalities- This is a replacement of the original article (it’s more complete). Grizzly numbers hit new high in Yellowstone region. By Matthew Brown. AP Because of the late spring, just average berry crop, and failure of the whitebark pine nut crop (there…

  • Suzanne Lewis, Yellowstone superintendent, to retire

    Ralph Maughan

    Dan Wenk, former interim director of the National Park Service, to oversee Yellowstone- A new superintendent of Yellowstone Park is always an event of major conservation importance. The Park’s super for the last 8 years has been Suzanne Lewis, a person not particularly favored by conservationists. She is retiring. High-ranking park official to take Yellowstone…

  • Rare Oasis of Life Discovered Near Geothermal Vents on Floor of Yellowstone Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    How did these get started in the lake? Rare Oasis of Life Discovered Near Geothermal Vents on Floor of Yellowstone Lake. ScienceDaily This discovery is from research by Montana State University. Yellowstone is already one of the world’s greatest site for research into heat tolerant extremophiles

  • Fire crews make progress on Yellowstone blaze

    Ralph Maughan

    Progress on Antelope Creek blaze, but smoke hinders tourism- Antelope fire now over 3000 acres. Island Park News. The Yellowstone country is just getting too crowded to use in the summer, but every fall natural and prescribed fires are making that time of year bad too. Any opinions on this?

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Edward Abbey

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