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Yellowstone Wolves: Bad for Elk, Good for Bears

Yellowstone Grizzly

While it’s far from clear Yellowstone wolves have impacted the regional elk population, one thing is clear: the decline in elk is good news for bears fattening up on berries.

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Don’t Tempt the Yellowstone Bears With Improper Food Storage

Yellowstone bear

If you do something to attract a bear with sloppy food management, you may face a fine, as there’s the chance Yellowstone National Park officials could cite you for improper food storage.

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Game Plan for Yellowstone Bison Management Pushed Back a Month

Yellowstone Bison

Public comments on potential plans to manage Yellowstone bison who leave the Park year-round will be extended by a month after requests from conservation organizations.

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Effort to Restore Whitebark Pine Underway in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

The loss of whitebark pine across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has been of great concern to environmentalists, so there’s an effort to restore pine in coming years.

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Tracking the Elusive Yellowstone Butterflies

We have all sorts of geyser gazers and wolf watchers to catalog anything major in Yellowstone National Park, but what of the lesser creatures that are mostly ignored? Meet the folks tracking Yellowstone butterflies.

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New Yellowstone Cell Phone Tower Approved

Fishing Bridge Postcard from Yellowstone

A new Yellowstone cell phone tower for the Fishing Bridge and Lake Village areas has been approved by the National Park Service.

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Gardiner Gateway Project Set to Launch

Gardiner Gateway project

Work on the Gardiner Gateway Project — a $12-million revamp of the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park — will begin this summer after project organizers snared a $10.3 million grant from the Federal Lands Access Program.

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Construction Update: Road Patching at Nine-Mile

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

New construction has begun on a section of the East Entrance road located near Lake Butte at the northern edge of Yellowstone Lake known as “Nine-Mile.”

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Two Die in Separate Yellowstone Accidents

A hiker and a fisherman passed away this week after two separate Yellowstone accidents.

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Wolf Hunting Plan Approved; Yellowstone Wolves to Be Impacted

Wolf!

Montana FWP commissioners yesterday passed a plan to expand wolf hunting and made some modest concessions on protecting Yellowstone wolves.

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