Issues

Montana DEQ Issues Bond Request to Lucky Minerals Inc.

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has sent a bond request to Lucky Minerals Inc., which wants to drill north of Yellowstone for gold.

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Traffic Congestion in Yellowstone Requires Extra NPS Staff

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

Additional National Park Service staff have been dispatched to deal with traffic congestion in Yellowstone National Park.

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Yellowstone Biologists Will Start Nonnative Fish Removal in Upper Gibbon River

Yellowstone staff will start a native fish reintroduction and nonnative fish elimination program on the upper Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park Monday, August 21.

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IGBST to Trap Bears Around Yellowstone August 22-October 31

Yellowstone grizzlies

The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will be trapping bears around the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem August 22 through October 31, 2017.

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Kinross Gold Inc. Donates Former Mineral Hill Mine to Trout Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Trout Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation have reached a conservation easement agreement for 549 acres just outside Yellowstone.

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Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Announced for Grand Teton National Park

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

Stage 1 fire restrictions have been announced for Grand Teton National Park and other parts of the Jackson, Wyoming area.

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Teton County Emergency Officials Prepare for Solar Eclipse

Emergency officials in Teton County are preparing for a crush of visitors to Grand Teton National Park for the 2017 solar eclipse.

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Yellowstone Visitor Survey Points to Overcrowding

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

With the results of a visitor use survey now published, Yellowstone National Park managers say some sort of crowd control may be in the popular destination’s future.

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Montana FWP Doesn’t Expect Major Yellowstone Fish Kill This Year

Yellowstone River

Montana officials aren’t expecting a repeat of last year’s disastrous fish kill on the Yellowstone River.

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Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to Pursue Dome Mountain Purchase

elk

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously late last week to try and acquire over 5,000 acres of prime elk habitat just north of Yellowstone National Park.

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