A panel of reps from state and federal agencies is recommending more effort be made to haze wayward Yellowstone National Park bison back into the Park, rather than slaughter them, as an effort is made to create more flexible guidelines in bison management.
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We've been warned for years that global warming could change the face of Yellowstone National Park, and the prediction has already come true when it comes to grizzlies. Now, however, we have an entire species threatened by the changing climate: the pika.
President Barack Obama and his family will be visiting Yellowstone National Park on Aug. 15 after a visit to Bozeman as part of his summer vacation.
Low gas prices and the affordability of a trip to Yellowstone National Park fueled a record-setting month in American's oldest national park -- by a huge margin. Over 900,000 people entered Yellowstone in July; up 11.4 percent from the same month in 2008, and up over the previous all time record of 847,000 visitors set in July 1995.
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They caused quite the stir after setting up shop near Mammoth Hot Springs, but the four wolves who caused some consternation for National Park Service officials have turned into model citizens in the Hayden Valley area -- after some "teaching" by Park officials.
One big road project -- reconstruction near the South Entrance -- in Yellowstone National Park has been completed, while an even larger one -- an overhaul of the Norris/Mammoth segment of the Grand Loop -- is in the planning stages.
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This year the National Park Service is taking a new, dramatic step to showcase Yellowstone National Park. Every Tuesday and Thursday -- up to August 14th -- Yellowstone National Park is hosting a live webcam show broadcast from Geyser Hill, which sits near Old Faithful Geyser. The shows are conducted by Park Ranger George Heinz and are broadcast at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Mountain time.
From our continuing coverage of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park: the state of Wyoming pleaded with a federal judge to allow a max of 740 snowmobiles into the Park for the 2009-2010 winter season, in contrast to the Obama Administration’s proposed 318-sled daily cap.
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The Obama Administration will scale back the number of snowmobiles allowed in Yellowstone National Park over the next two winter seasons, reverting to a limit of 318 sleds per day -- a limit originally proposed by National Park Service officials before being overruled by Bush Administration officials.
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