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Input Sought on Yellowstone’s Specimen Creek Trail Reroute

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National ParkThe National Park Service is planning a reroute of the Specimen Creek Trail in the northwest portion of Yellowstone National Park and is soliciting comments on the project.

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Captured Yellowstone Bison to be Released Into Park

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

There will be no more slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison this spring, as National Park Service (NPS) officials say the 770-plus bison penned at the Stephens Creek and Corwin Springs facilities will be released back into the Park.

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Yellowstone Raptors Under Scrutiny in 2011

Yellowstone Golden Eagle

Yellowstone Golden Eagle

How many raptors call Yellowstone National Park home? A study of the eagles, hawks and owls in the Park should establish a baseline and give researchers solid data for future research.

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Tour Group Fined for Walking Right Up to Old Faithful

Old Faithful

Old Faithful

You can't protect idiots against themselves: Yellowstone National Park rangers issued citations Wednesday evening to members of a tour group for walking on the cone of Old Faithful.

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Members of Congress: Scrap the IBMP

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

Seventeen members of Congress released a letter today calling for National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis to review and redraft the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) that oversees Yellowstone National Park bison -- even though the IBMP has mostly halted the slaughter of wandering bison.

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Yellowstone Bison Killer: It Was Self-Defense

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

A Gardiner resident who shot two bison roaming outside of Yellowstone National Park is asserting that killing them was a matter of defending life and property and therefore justifiable, as the Park County attorney will decide whether to press charges.

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Two Roaming Yellowstone Bison Killed Near Gardiner

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

Four Yellowstone National Park bison were shot and two were killed by someone seeking to haze roaming bison from Gardiner, the day after Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) officials met with locals to discuss a plan to allow bison grazing in the Gardiner Basin.

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Yellowstone Stores Cited for Sustainability

Lke General Store

Lke General Store

Sustainability is a serious topic in Yellowstone National Park, which is why the upcoming award to the Lake and Tower General Stores from the Yellowstone Business Partnership is so important: both buildings were certified as sustainable under the Greater Yellowstone Framework for Sustainable Development (GY-Framework), a rating system that goes beyond LEED standards.

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Legal Challenges to Yellowstone Bison Accord Possible

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison

Park County and Montana stockmen may legally challenge the agreement reached by the eight Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) participants opening the Gardiner Basin to winter grazing by Yellowstone National Park bison.

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Tracking the Wild Ermine in Yellowstone National Park

Ermine in Yellowstone

Here's something you don't see every day: an ermine streaking through the snow at Lake Butte, captured by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory webcam set up to provide a live view toward Steamboat Point, Mary Bay and the north shore of Yellowstone Lake.

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