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There is nothing more irritating than viewing one of the many wonders of Yellowstone National Park and having your peaceful contemplation interrupted by a pinhead on a cell phone loudly discussing that day’s stock prices or next week’s television schedule. Be prepared for more interruptions if a plan to add more cell-phone towers and new wi-fi coverage to Yellowstone National …

With a federal judge throwing out the latest winter use plan for Yellowstone National Park, one big question looms for potential visitors: How should they proceed with a potential winter sojourn? No one seems to know, including the National Park Service. In fact, under current guidelines, no snowmobiles or snowcoaches will be allowed inside the Park this winter. Here’s the …

[Monday August 4, 2008] A hot, dry summer trumps the winter snowpack and cool spring as the ‘forest fire season’ begins in the Greater Yellowstone region. Two fires, one in the park near Fishing Bridge and one in the Beartooth Mountains near Red Lodge, Montana are currently affecting traffic and tourist plans. The “Cascade Fire” is only six miles from …

Updated: Saturday August 9, 2008. Details below the map. Higher humidity, some cooling, and the passage of numerous thunderstorm over the past several days have greatly reduced the activity of all fires in the Greater Yellowstone Region. While not quite ‘all quiet’, conditions for visitors to the area are ‘normal’ (with the possible exception of smoke and visibility problems along the Cody Memorial Highway …

Last week’s news about a seemingly random attack on a camper by a grizzly bear in a campground near the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone National Park should serve as your regular reminder about the need for preparedness at all times when visiting the region — even in the case of what appeared to have been a random attack. Steven Bartley, …

[Thursday July 24, 2008]  Now that we’re in the middle of summer, it may be hard to visualize what the fuss is about in keeping Sylvan Pass and the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park open in winter. However, in Yellowstone winter snows are never too far away; in fact, the Sylvan Pass was closed for a time in June because …

[Monday June 16, 2008] Winter in Yellowstone did indeed end last Friday (Friday the 13th of June). After three major snow storms since just before Memorial Day weekend – with all the attendant road closings; the Greater Yellowstone Area is finally enjoying a string of real spring days. Day temperatures are firmly fixed in the 60’s (15C) and nights flirt …

Every year about this time (mid-June to the end of July), cutthroat trout of Yellowstone Park begin the search for the waters of their birth. It’s time to spawn – to lay and fertilize eggs in the gravel of streams and rivers so that the cycle of life continues. But it isn’t easy. Two locations make a good example of …

[Friday June 27, 2008]  Somebody shouts, “Don’t do that!” But they do it anyway. The big bull bison is sitting placidly, probably ruminating. Nothing about it suggests irritation, agility, and speed. The family lines up for a picture, a foot or two in front of the bison – a picture never to be forgotten. Quicker than a flash the bison …

Picture a family of four on a trip through Yellowstone National Park. There's Mom, Dad, Jack and Jill. Jack and Jill are twins; both ten, and both notoriously impatient. They don't have time to sit around and wait for Grand Geyser or Daisy Geyser to erupt -- they need quick and easy stimuli. Mom and Dad are scared.