Yellowstone National Park

National Park Unit Should Remain a Sanctuary for Newly Recovered Species

Tom Kiernan | Posted 05.17.2012

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Tom Kiernan

National parks are special places; they should serve as safe refuges for native species and especially for those that have just now recovered enough to be taken off the Endangered Species List.

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PHOTOS: The Grizzlies Of Yellowstone

Posted 05.07.2012

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From Douglas H. Chadwick: On a midsummer tundra day in Alaska, I hiked to a hillside overlooking a cascade. The waters thrummed and thundered, some...

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WATCH: America's Bear Capital

Kari Haugeto | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Yellowstone National Park, Jackson Hole, Alaska, Wyoming, Black Bears, Tennessee, Girdwood, Big Bear Lake, Gatlinburg, California, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Video, Travel News
Kari Haugeto

It turns out Grizzlies roamed these mountains more than a century ago. The black bears were actually introduced to the region in 1933 and can sometimes be seen lumbering through the neighborhoods foraging for food.

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Will Yellowstone Bison Repopulate The West?

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.19.2012

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Sixty-four bison from Yellowstone National Park were shipped almost 500 miles to northeast Montana's Fort Peck Reservation on...

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'Grizzly Expert' Mauled To Death By Bear

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

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By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho, March 5 (Reuters) - A man killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park had been warned abou...

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Yellowstone Bear Attack Remains A Mystery

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 05.05.2012

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An investigation into the second of two fatal grizzly bear attacks last summer at Yellowstone National Park was unable to concl...

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Dozens Of Yellowstone's Bison To Be Moved

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 02.13.2012

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BILLINGS, Mont. — For the first time in decades, the federal government is considering moving bison captured leaving Yellowstone National Park t...

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7 Bears Captured In Yellowstone Mauling Probe

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 11.27.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Seven grizzly bears have been captured near the scene of a fatal mauling of a Michigan hiker in Yellowstone National Park, but...

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Screaming Couple Possibly Triggered Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Attack

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 11.20.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Newly released recordings of 911 calls from hikers who came upon a fatal bear mauling in Yellowstone National Park reveal a ha...

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Becoming a Skunk

Casey Anderson | Posted 11.06.2011

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Casey Anderson

This summer in Yellowstone National Park, on two separate occasions, two men lost their lives from encounters with grizzly bears. Both of these men did not carry bear pepper spray, and if they would have, they would likely still be alive.

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Michigan Man Mauled By Bear In Yellowstone

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.29.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife agents were trying to capture a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park on Monday after it killed a Michigan hiker ...

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Rangers Investigate Yellowstone Hiker Death, Possibly Grizzly Attack

AP | Posted 10.27.2011

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Rangers investigated Saturday whether a Michigan man was the victim of a grizzly attack in Yellowstone Nationa...

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National Parks Should Open Their Trails to Corporate Funders

Joe Waters | Posted 10.24.2011

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Joe Waters

These popular places are a national treasure, but government funding is bottoming out. They need to diversify to raise more money.

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Yellowstone Oil Spill Reveals Gaps In Oversight: 'We're Asking For Another Catastrophe'

AP | MATTHEW BROWN and GARANCE BURKE | Posted 09.20.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Three weeks after a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline spilled 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River, federal officials rem...

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Park Rangers Defend Grizzly Bear Attack: Just Protecting Cubs

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 09.07.2011

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Word spread quickly through Yellowstone National Park about a fatal grizzly bear mauling – the park's fi...

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Preparing For More Trouble In Yellowstone National Park

Posted 09.06.2011

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Yellowstone National Park is under close watch as the park's river and lake rise toward record-breaking levels. According to The Billings Gazette, the...

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Grizzly Bear Kills Man In Yellowstone

Posted 09.06.2011

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A grizzly bear killed a 57-year-old man hiking in Yellowstone National Park with his wife Wednesday. It's the first fatal bear mauling in the park sin...

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First Fatal Bear Mauling In Yellowstone Since 1986

AP | Posted 09.05.2011

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park officials say a grizzly bear has killed a hiker in the park's backcountry – th...

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For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People

Neil Mulholland | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Fort Sumpter, Pentagon, Yellowstone, Civil War, Heroes, Shanksville Pennsylvania, Park, Yellowstone National Park, National Park Week, Flight 93, Shanksville, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, Memorial, United Flight 93, American, National Parks, Green News
Neil Mulholland

This week we celebrate National Park Week. The crash site of United Flight 93 sits in waiting, destined to become one of our newest national parks -- the Flight 93 National Memorial.

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Government Shutdown Worries Workers At Yellowstone National Park

AP | By MATT VOLZ | Posted 06.06.2011

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HELENA, Mont. -- Business owners dependent on the tourists headed to Yellowstone National Park are concerned about a possible government shutdown clos...

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A Look At One Of The World's Most Magnificent Natural Wonders

Posted 05.25.2011

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From BBC Earth: Once hailed as 'America's best idea', Yellowstone was the world's first national park. Changing the way we interact with nature, the...

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With Yellowstone's Bison, Why Aren't the Times A-Changin'?

Matt Skoglund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Montana, Yellowstone, Buffalo, Yellowstone National Park, Conservation, Idaho, Animals, Cute Animals, Bison, Green News
Matt Skoglund

Don't you think it's time for your tax dollars to stop funding the needless harassment and slaughter of the icon of the West?

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Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Deaths Near Record Levels

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Grizzly bear deaths neared record levels for the region around Yellowstone National Park in 2010, but government biologists sa...

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WATCH: Incredible Chase! Bear Hunts Bison Down A Highway

Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Wypyzinski was in for a surprise while driving down an empty highway in Yellowstone National Park. Upon hearing a loud noise that he thought "wa...

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Escaped Arizona Fugitives Believed To Be Hiding In Yellowstone National Park

AP | MATT VOLZ and JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — An escaped killer with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign expressed relief at his capture on Monday after 10 day...

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