Tag Archives: climate change

Yellowstone Expert Warns of Climate Change in Park

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

Despite high snowpack this winter, one Yellowstone expert is warning the park’s climate is changing dramatically.

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New Research Charts Dual Futures for Yellowstone’s Forest Composition

A study of two forest plots just south of Yellowstone National Park portends very different futures for Yellowstone’s forest composition.

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Tribes Announce Lawsuit Against USFWS Yellowstone Grizzly Decision on Religious Grounds

Yellowstone grizzly

A group of Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over Yellowstone grizzly delisting, arguing the decision violates their religious freedom.

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New Study Measures Impact of Whitebark Pine Decline on Yellowstone Grizzlies

Yellowstone grizzly

A new study shows some Yellowstone grizzlies may be adapting in the face of declining whitebark pine—but that more study is needed.

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Catching Up With Yellowstone Winterkeeper Jeff Henry

Yellowstone winterkeeper

What comes down must get shoveled off, at least in Yellowstone winterkeeper Jeff Henry’s wintry world.

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Yellowstone Releases New Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan

Yellowstone in Winter, Bombardier, snowcoach

Yellowstone National Park has released its new Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan, after over a year of discussion and debate.

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Tom Murphy Completes Yellowstone Ski Trip For Film

32 years ago, 34-year-old Tom Murphy made friends and family question his sanity when he took a solo ski trip through Yellowstone National Park.

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Proposed Yellowstone Monitoring Station Under Debate

Yellowstone National Park

A climate monitoring station has been proposed for Yellowstone National Park under a National Science Foundation project designed to monitor the impacts of climate change, land-use change, and invasive species on the ecosystem.

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Major Yellowstone Fires Could Become Yearly Occurrence: Study

1988 Yellowstone National Park Fires

1988 Yellowstone National Park Fires

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.

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Endangered Species Coalition: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Merits Protection

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone SignIn a move that doesn't surprise Yellowstone National Park observers grappling with climate change, the Endangered Species Coalition named the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as one of the 10 most endangered areas on the globe.

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