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Park Foundation Announces Yellowstone 2011 Grants

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National ParkThe Yellowstone Park Foundation, the official fund-raising arm of Yellowstone National Park, has announced $350,000 in grants for improvements within the Park this year.

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IBMP Expands Yellowstone Bison Holdings; No Slaughters

Yellowstone Bison

Bison

As Yellowstone National Park bison continue to wander outside the Park boundaries in search of food, the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) partners are now holding hazed bison in the USDA's Brogan Bison Facility while a new management strategy is being discussed.

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Signs of Spring: Yellowstone Bears Emerge On Mary Mountain

Yellowstone Grizzly

Griz

The snow may still be deep in most of Yellowstone National Park, but there's one sure sign in spring: On Tuesday, park employees observed grizzly-bear tracks on Mary Mountain, near the center of the lower loop of the park’s Grand Loop Road.

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Yellowstone Winter Season Winding Down

Yellowstone in Winter

Yellowstone in Winter

The 2010-2011 winter season at Yellowstone National Park is winding down, as the Sylvan Pass is now closed to snowcoach and snowmobile traffic, and the rest of the road system will close in stages in coming days.

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Yellowstone Grizzly Appeal Slated for Next Week

Yellowstone Grizzly

Griz

An appeals court will hear arguments next week that grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem do not meet criteria for protected status under the Endangered Species Act, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempts to reverse a 2009 court decision.

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Winter Images of Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone BisonPhotographers are invited to share their favorite winter images of the region with the public during the Third Annual Winter Photo Festival to be held early next month in West Yellowstone.

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Citizens Input Sought on Yellowstone Bison Management

Yellowstone Bison

Bison

With some clear disagreements emerging over the management of Yellowstone National Park bison during winter months when they head out of the Park, citizen input is being sought on the issue. The first meeting of Yellowstone Bison “Citizens Working Group” is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7:15 p.m. in the large community room at the Bozeman Public Library. The meeting will be facilitated by Virginia Tribe, and it is open to all interested citizens.

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Schweitzer Halts Yellowstone Bison Slaughter, Citing Brucellosis Concerns

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

Oh, irony of ironies: Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has effectively stopped the slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison penned at the Stephens Creek facility over concerns that the bison may transmit brucellosis to cattle on their way to slaughter. Really.

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Judge: Slaughter of Yellowstone Bison Can Commence

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

Saying that the slaughter of 500 Yellowstone National Park bison would not harm the long-term survival of the species, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Lovell signed a ruling allowing the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) to begin putting them down.

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Yellowstone Visitation Down Slightly Again in January

Cross-Country Skier

Cross-Country SkierFewer folks visited Yellowstone National Park in January 2011 than in January 2010, as bad weather and a poor economy presumably cut down on the number of visitors heading to the Park for day visits and guided snowmobile tours.

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