Tag Archives: Yellowstone National Park

The organizers of Camp Loll, a Boy Scout camp off the southwest side of Yellowstone National Park, say new National Park Service guidelines unfairly penalize their access to the remote Bechler Canyon area of the Park and would severely curtail the number of Scouts taking advantage of Yellowstone.

In a situation some liken to the canary in the coal mine, the Fish and Wildlife Service has denied Endangered Species protections to the Yellowstone pika, saying the small rodent should be able to deal with projected rising temperatures due to global warning.

It's not engendering the same amount of passion and discussion as it once did, but the 2010 Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm is still alive and kicking -- but just barely.

The National Park Service is seeking input as it develops yet another Winter Use Plan for Yellowstone National Park, and now's the time for you to suggest alternatives to the existing temporary plan.

The 2010 Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm saw a slight resurgence of activity Tuesday, but has been quiet since then, with no activity at all Wednesday and Thursday morning.

With only three recorded quakes in the last 24 hours, the Yellowstone earthquake swarm appears to be dying down, paralleling the slowdown in seismic activity around the globe.

The swarm of small earthquakes rocking the western part of Yellowstone National Park appears to be abating, with a series of small quakes reported yesterday and nothing since midnight.

After two moderate quakes on Wednesday night, the most recent Yellowstone National Park earthquake swarm appears to be shifting, with more quakes recorded on Thursday and Friday morning, but most of the small were of a very minor magnitude.

Most of Yellowstone National Park may be closed for the winter, but that doesn't mean the job of preserving the Park's historic buildings ends. Here's a look at how restoration efforts go on in the offseason.

 
A visit during the winter season shows a completely different -- and refreshing -- side of the Park. Parts of the Park are dormant, as many species retreat into dens and nests for hibernation. But other parts seem even more majestic than during the summer months.