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Attacking Soda Butte Grizzly was Sick, Stressed; She Snapped

Euthanized Griz

Euthanized Griz

The results of the necropsy on the grizzly bear that killed one and mauled two others in the Soda Butte Campground outside Yellowstone National Park indicates that she was ill and stressed but not baited, providing some vital clues that could certainly explain her condition.

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Montana FWP: Court Decision Makes Wolf Management Impossible

Wolf

WolfThe assumption from the folks at the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is that the state's wolf population needs "management" -- but a recent court decision holding them protected under the Endangered Species Act makes it impossible.

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New Yellowstone Old Faithful Visitor Education Center Set to Open Aug. 25

New Yellowstone Visitor Center

New Yellowstone Visitor Center

We'll be in Yellowstone National Park, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, on Aug. 25 when the new Old Faithful Visitor Education Center is dedicated and opened to the public. We hope you are too -- but if you can't, here's a sneak peak.

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Reaction to Wolf Legal Decision: It Depends on Your Point of View

Wolf!

Wolf howling

The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy to extend full protection to gray wolves in the the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under the Endangered Species Act has generated a slew of responses -- some thoughtful, some passionate, some profane. Here's a sampling of the responses.

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Escaped Convicts Out of Yellowstone: Feds

Most wanted

Most Wanted

U.S. Marshals say the escaped convict from Arizona and his alleged accomplice are not in Yellowstone National Park any longer and are thought to be in Wyoming, still on the run from the law.

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Marshals Capture One Fugitive in Yellowstone Area; Two at Large

Most wanted

most wanted

U.S. Marshals captured of the two Arizona prison escapees in Meeteetse, Wyoming; the other prison escapee and his alleged accomplice are still at large, as over 100 law-enforcement officers entered Yellowstone National Park this morning in the search.

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Search Continues Today in Yellowstone National Park for Prison Escapees

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two escapees.

U.S. Marshals are continuing their search today for two Arizona prison escapees thought to be hiding out in the Yellowstone National Park area; the pair are suspects in a New Mexico murder and are considered to be armed and dangerous.

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Arizona Fugitives May Be Hiding In Yellowstone Area

Most wanted

Be on the lookout: two recent escapees from a private Arizona prison and their accomplice may be hiding out in the Yellowstone National Park area and are considered armed and dangerous, according to law-enforcement officials.

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The Week That Was: August 8

Yellowstone National Park

The most popular stories on Yellowstone Insider the past week, as measured by page views. It was a week where we thought long and hard about the fate of troublesome yet innocent bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, as well as the immediate and long-term tourism in the area.

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Judge: Wolves Are Again Protected as Endangered

Wolf!

wolf

U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy has ruled that a government plan to remove protection for the gray wolf from only part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem was unlawful and ordered the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to grant it full protection.

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