Yellowstone National Park
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720 snowmobiles a day for Yellowstone Park this winter- A month ago there was a question whether there would be any snowmobiling at all this winter in Yellowstone after a victory by conservation groups in DC Federal Court. Then the groups agreed to a temporary plan for 318 snowmobiles a day. However, a ruling by…
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The Druids are doing well . . . the rest, not- Kathie Lynch just wrote one of her detailed and descriptive wolf updates. It follows below. Please note her plea for donations to the Park’s wolf program. Thanks Kathie! – – – – – – – – Yellowstone wolf notes posted on Nov. 16, 2008.…
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25- 100 bison to be allowed to wander north of YNP this winter- Most folks will remember this, but if not, last winter a very expensive deal with made to allow a limited number of bison to leave Yellowstone near Gardiner to wander northward. The female bison will be fitted with vaginal transmitters to warm…
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190-million acre geothermal opening of public lands doesn’t protect Yellowstone- The other day, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne ordered the opening of 190-million acres+ of your public lands in the West for development of geothermal energy. He claimed national parks were protected, and, in fact, he didn’t open Yellowstone Park to geothermal leasing. However,…
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Bison will be able to occupy the Horse Butte area for the first time- Finally, the bison will be able to leave the Park and occupy this now cow-free area area for the first time this winter. Conservation groups and the couple who bought Horse Butte have prepared the way, and it looks like the…
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Lummis Beats Trauner for Wyoming Congressional Seat– By Charles Pelkey and Reese Jenniges, WyoFile.com Democrats had their best shot in 30 years at winning Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat, but Dick Cheney showed up and helped Cynthia Lummis hold the seat for the GOP (the seat was once Cheney’s) as unpopular Republican Barbara Cubin retired.…
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Temporary snowmobile plan has a low limit on snowmobiles- Plan issued for snowmobiles in Yellowstone. Temporary measure sets limits lower than plan rejected by judge. The Associated Press. LA Times. Plan: 318 snowmobiles. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. This came out very close to the opening of the season. The Park closed…
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Disappearance of ponds in Yellowstone lead to great loss of frogs and salamanders in Yellowstone- I guess we would call them “old-timers” now — folks like myself — but I remember there used to be many more ponds on the Northern Range of the Park. From the road the loss is especially apparent near Junction…