Tag Archives: Montana

2014 saw an increase in prosecution for marijuana possession in Yellowstone National Park.

Construction is slated to begin on infrastructure improvements around the North Entrance to Yellowstone.

The Beartooth Highway, Yellowstone’s prettiest gateway road, is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

On the morning of June 2, 2014, a single engine airplane crashed within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park.

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.

Saying that hazing bison back into Yellowstone National Park via helicopter is better than the alternative -- having the state of Montana kill them -- a federal judge denied a request to halt the practice, at least on a temporary basis.

A meeting designed to address the possibility of plowing Hwy. 212 between Cooke City and the Chief Joseph Highway, allowing winter access to Cody and better Yellowstone National Park access, didn't accomplish much as the facts needed to make an intelligent decision -- like the cost of plowing or the potential economic impact -- weren't presented.

A proposal to plow U.S. Hwy. 212 between Cooke City and Pilot Creek would open Yellowstone National Park to the east -- providing alternative access from Cody and Billings -- but snowmobilers oppose the move.

Park County and Montana stockmen may legally challenge the agreement reached by the eight Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) participants opening the Gardiner Basin to winter grazing by Yellowstone National Park bison.

As Yellowstone National Park bison continue to wander outside the Park boundaries in search of food, the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) partners are now holding hazed bison in the USDA's Brogan Bison Facility while a new management strategy is being discussed.