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Like General Franco, Yellowstone Swarm Still Kicking

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It's not engendering the same amount of passion and discussion as it once did, but the 2010 Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm is still alive and kicking -- but just barely.

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Want to Comment on Yellowstone Winter Plan? Here’s Your Chance

Yellowstone in Winter, Bombardier, snowcoach

The National Park Service is seeking input as it develops yet another Winter Use Plan for Yellowstone National Park, and now's the time for you to suggest alternatives to the existing temporary plan.

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Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Comes Back, Albeit Briefly

Yellowstone National Park

The 2010 Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm saw a slight resurgence of activity Tuesday, but has been quiet since then, with no activity at all Wednesday and Thursday morning.

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Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Winds Down

Yellowstone National Park

With only three recorded quakes in the last 24 hours, the Yellowstone earthquake swarm appears to be dying down, paralleling the slowdown in seismic activity around the globe.

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Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Slows Down on Quiet Night

Yellowstone National Park

The swarm of small earthquakes rocking the western part of Yellowstone National Park appears to be abating, with a series of small quakes reported yesterday and nothing since midnight.

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Yellowstone Swarm: More Smaller Quakes

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After two moderate quakes on Wednesday night, the most recent Yellowstone National Park earthquake swarm appears to be shifting, with more quakes recorded on Thursday and Friday morning, but most of the small were of a very minor magnitude.

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Yellowstone Restoration: A Year-Round Process

Old Faithful Lodge

Old Faithful Lodge

Most of Yellowstone National Park may be closed for the winter, but that doesn't mean the job of preserving the Park's historic buildings ends. Here's a look at how restoration efforts go on in the offseason.

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Earthquake Swarm Continues in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park

A small earthquake swarm continues in the western region of Yellowstone National Park, with one quake yesterday reaching 3.7 on the Richter scale, but experts say the activity is due to shifts in the Earth's crust, not any impending Yellowstone supervolcano eruption.

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Small Earthquake Swarm Hits Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park

A small earthquake swarm hit near the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park over the weekend and is continuing now, in what researchers are calling a common occurrence in the region.

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Officials: We Can’t Follow Judge’s Instructions for Grizzly Endangered Listing

Grizzly

GrizzlyGovernment officials say there's no way they can meet a requirement by U.S. District County Judge Donald Malloy that they maintain the Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population under the auspices of the Endangered Species Act.

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