yellowstone national park: Yellowstone Park Wolf Study Provides Insight
- 12/13/11 08:03 AM
The long, howling cries of wolves broke the silence of a cold morning inside snowy Yellowstone National Park on Monday. A group of people gathered on the side of a park road heard the calls. One of them was Doug Smith, a senior wildlife biologist at the park and leader of its wolf project. “The best way to experience wolves is to hear them,” he said.
Wolves surround a bison in Yellowstone National ParkPhoto courtesy of National Park Service Smith was checking in with a crew that’s spent the last month observing the Blacktail wolf pack, which is one of … (2 comments)
yellowstone national park: Over 900,000 Visitors to Yellowstone Park in July!
- 08/04/11 07:24 AM
Yellowstone Park Bison with an Old Faithful Backdrop The number of July visitors to Yellowstone National Park topped 900,000 for only the third time in the park's history this year, the National Park Service said Thursday. The park had 906,935 visitors last month, the second-highest monthly total ever recorded. The total is down from July 2010, which set the single-month record at 957,785. Yellowstone recorded 1,848,658 recreational visitors from January to July of this year. That's about 163,000 fewer visitors than the same time period in 2010, which was a record year. … (3 comments)
yellowstone national park: Arch or no arch? Second entrance explored to reduce traffic near Yellowstone Park
- 07/16/11 07:53 AM
Roosevelt Arch - Yellowstone Park(Photo by Eric Peterson) Every day at the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, cars stream under the historic Roosevelt Arch, a stone structure inscribed with a well-known phrase: For the benefit and enjoyment of the people. It's a popular place to stop for photos, and it's also a place where traffic congests as long lines form to enter the park. But the park has a plan to abate that traffic. Thursday, the park released a proposal that calls for adding a second entrance so visitors can choose to use a new access road to avoid the … (3 comments)
yellowstone national park: Things to Do on Your Trip to Yellowstone
- 06/07/11 06:26 AM
Trips to Yellowstone National Park are often undertaken due to the sheer scenic beauty and phenomenal wildlife that can be easily experienced while there. The recreational activities are also extraordinary; hiking, biking, fishing and horse pack trips in the summer with cross-country skiing, snowmobile tours and snow-shoeing in the winter.
In addition to the natural splendor of the area, there are several man made destinations that are highly recommended to visit while on your trip to Yellowstone: The Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center is a portal to information about the natural and cultural resources of Yellowstone and Grand Teton (including … (4 comments)
yellowstone national park: Beartooth Highway Among Memorial Day Weekend Routes Still Closed
- 05/26/11 10:55 AM
Beartooth Highway Among Memorial Day Weekend Routes Still ClosedHoliday Travelers Should Prepare For Sun, Rain, or Snow A season of unusually heavy snowfall is making access to Yellowstone more challenging than normal this Memorial Day holiday weekend. For the first time since 2005, the Beartooth Highway will not open in time for the holiday weekend. Each year, Yellowstone crews plow 31 miles of the famed, scenic highway linking the communities of Cooke City and Red Lodge, Montana. But this year the road was buried under more than 25 feet of snow in some spots, pushing back the plowing schedule as crews … (2 comments)
yellowstone national park: Yellowstone National Park Sees Record Traffic in 2010
- 01/12/11 03:53 AM
Yellowstone National Park Sees Record Traffic in 2010 Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park Three of the last four years have set an annual visitation record for Yellowstone National Park, and 2010 marks the second year in a row this milestone has been eclipsed. In 2010, over 3,640,000 came through our nation's first National Park, which was over a 10% increase from the previous attendance record set in 2009. The park set record attendance levels in 5 separate months of the year as well, starting in June and lasting through October. Double digit percentage increases were recorded in Gardiner, MT, the park's north … (9 comments)
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The long, howling cries of wolves broke the silence of a cold morning inside snowy Yellowstone National Park on Monday.
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