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Yellowstone National Park Receives $40 Million Donation for Employee Housing

Yellowstone National Park Receives $40 Million Donation for Employee Housing

The National Park Foundation (NPF) and National Park Service (NPS) recently announced that Yellowstone National Park has received a $40 million donation. The money is earmarked for improving existing housing and expanding housing for the park’s staff. The gift was given by an anonymous donor, as NPR reported. The money will help provide affordable housing […]

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    Yellowstone Visitors Shocked as 150+ Migrating Bison Surround Their Car

    Yellowstone Visitors Shocked as 150+ Migrating Bison Surround Their Car

    Every winter, the bison of Yellowstone National Park migrate up to 70 miles to lower elevations, and, this year, two astonished park visitors got caught in the middle of the journey. YouTube user Broyles Outdoors posted a video October 31 showing more than 150 of the large mammals moving along the road towards and around […]

    Court Blocks Gold Mining Near Yellowstone National Park

    Court Blocks Gold Mining Near Yellowstone National Park

    A Canadian company cannot carry out exploratory drilling for gold mining on land just north of Yellowstone National Park, a Montana district court ruled Monday. Protecting the public lands around Yellowstone has been a bipartisan effort, as Earthjustice, which argued the case against the Canadian company, pointed out in a press release. Former Interior Sec. […]

    Iconic Yellowstone Wolf Shot Dead in Legal But ‘Senseless Killing’

    Iconic Yellowstone Wolf Shot Dead in Legal But ‘Senseless Killing’

    A cherished Lamar Valley wolf known as 926F was shot dead after a legal hunt just five miles outside the sanctuary of Yellowstone National Park, prompting calls from advocacy groups for greater protection of the region’s wolves. Tragically, the 7-year-old female was the daughter of Wolf 06—”the most famous wolf in the world“—who was killed […]

    Zinke Extends Mining Ban Near Yellowstone, Protecting Land in Home State

    Zinke Extends Mining Ban Near Yellowstone, Protecting Land in Home State

    Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke extended an existing mining ban in mountains north of Yellowstone National Park on Monday. The move withdraws more than 30,000 acres of public lands in Montana’s Paradise Valley from new claims for gold, silver and other mineral extraction for 20 years. It does not impact existing mining claims on private lands […]

    Yellowstone Area Grizzlies Regain Endangered Species Protection

    Yellowstone Area Grizzlies Regain Endangered Species Protection

    A federal judge restored endangered species protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park on Monday, The Huffington Post reported, putting a permanent halt to plans by Wyoming and Idaho to launch the first Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in four decades. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen had already placed a temporary restraining order on […]

    Judge Blocks First Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years

    Judge Blocks First Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years

    A federal judge on Thursday halted the first Yellowstone-area grizzly bear trophy hunts in four decades. Wyoming and Idaho’s grizzly hunt was set to begin this Saturday, Sept. 1 and would have allowed a potential kill of 23 bears outside of Yellowstone National Park. But U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana granted a […]

    The Hiker’s Guide to Communing With Nature

    The Hiker’s Guide to Communing With Nature

    By Jillian Mackenzie If you’ve visited the wilderness recently, you may have noticed something: people. People with walking sticks, people with selfie sticks, people with more people in tow. Surging numbers of visitors are hiking, camping, and all-around loving the outdoors. A whopping 330,882,751 of them spent 1.44 billion hours in our national parks in […]