The loss of whitebark pine across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has been of great concern to environmentalists, so there’s an effort to restore pine in coming years.
Read More »Wolf Hunting Plan Approved; Yellowstone Wolves to Be Impacted
Montana FWP commissioners yesterday passed a plan to expand wolf hunting and made some modest concessions on protecting Yellowstone wolves.
Read More »Yellowstone Bison Goring Victim: Don’t Repeat My Mistakes
A year later, the victim of a Yellowstone bison goring is warning visitors to the Park to heed the guidelines on keeping an appropriate distance from Park wildlife.
Read More »Officials: Montana Wolf Hunt Sets Sights on Yellowstone Wolves
Yellowstone officials expressed displeasure at a Montana state plan to increase grey-wolf hunting that also rejects the idea of a no-hunting buffer near the Park.
Read More »More Trout Restoration in Yellowstone — This Time at Elm Creek
A new attempt to rid streams of non-native brook trout will begin this week, when Elk Creek and its tributaries will be treated with Rotenone to kill off the invasive species.
Read More »NPS Passes on New Yellowstone Winter Use Plan; Will Extend Old Plan by One Year
After months of political pressure and a high level of local interest, the National Park Service is backing off plans to issue a permanent Winter Use Plan for Yellowstone National Park and will instead use the previous rules for 2011-2012.
Read More »Mead: Don’t Limit Sleds in Yellowstone
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead joined the chorus of state elected officials opposing a lowering in the number of snowmobiles allowed in Yellowstone National Park in the winter season -- but we're not sure the limits matter so much anymore.
Read More »Major Yellowstone Fires Could Become Yearly Occurrence: Study
Climate change could severely impact Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem by 2050, with serious wildfires occurring yearly and forests becoming wide-open prairies, according to a scientific study released Monday.
Read More »Barrasso Urges Changes in Yellowstone Winter Use Plan
Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, is urging Yellowstone National Park officials to allow more snowmobiles in the Park during winter months and do away with requirements that snowmobilers be accompanied by a guide.
Read More »Yellowstone Winter Use Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Have an opinion about the proposed winter-use plan now being considered for Yellowstone National Park? Now's your chance to comment, as the National Park Service has published the plan in the Federal Register and opened things for review.
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