Yellowstone National Park

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10 sunny summer sights from Yellowstone and Grand Teton

June 11, 2013

Summer has arrived in Wyoming’s national parks. The visitors have come, but the residents are in shorter supply.

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Study: Decline of cutthroat trout forces grizzlies to eat more elk

May 21, 2013

The decline in the Yellowstone Cutthroat trout population has caused grizzly bears to shift their diet to elk calves in Yellowstone National Park.

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Grizzly bear delisting uncertain despite strong numbers

April 30, 2013

Wildlife managers are looking at white bark pine and new ways to track grizzly populations as they look to delisting the animals.

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Prepare for bears

April 2, 2013

Bears are emerging from hibernation. Make sure you are bear aware when recreating in grizzly country.

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Served Warm

March 1, 2013

Steam rises from the Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming.

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Yellowstone Park seeks compromises on snowmobiles

February 26, 2013

A new winter-use plan may finally strike a balance between environmental concerns and tourism interests in the long-running dispute over snowmobiles.

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Winter Wildland

January 29, 2013

Winter transforms Yellowstone National Park. The quiet and scenery provides a park experience different from in summer.

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Fat bike festival aims to increase winter access

January 23, 2013

This weekend fat bike enthusiasts gather near Yellowstone National Park to ride and raise awareness about how bikes can share winter roads and trails.

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Is there a War on the West’s National Parks?

Commentary by Lisa McGee and Richard Garrett December 9, 2012 December 9, 2012

If Wyoming abandons the tourism-based segment of its’ economy, it risks the perpetuation of the boom-and-bust cycle that has plagued the state for generations.

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Beamed Buffalo

November 30, 2012

The clouds behind a small group of buffalo near Fountain Flats in Yellowstone National Park.

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Underwater war: Killing lake trout to save cutthroat in Yellowstone

September 25, 2012

Lake trout have devastated Yellowstone’s cutthroat trout population for years, but the National Park Service is fighting back.

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Frankly Yellowstone

September 14, 2012

Dewey Vanderhoff brings his camera with him to Yellowstone Lake, the largest freshwater high-elevation lake in North America and a world unto itself.

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Twilight on Yellowstone Lake

September 14, 2012

Twilight on Yellowstone Lake

The sun sets on Yellowstone Lake. (Dewey Vanderhoff/WyoFile — click to enlarge)
This photo is one of several shot by Dewey Vanderhoff for …

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Fall hikes to fall for

September 4, 2012

Crisp mornings, bright colors and fewer crowds make fall one of the best times to get out on Wyoming’s trails.

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FWS delists Wyo. gray wolves

September 3, 2012

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it had approved Wyoming’s proposal for managing wolves in most of the state as predators, allowing the animals to …

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Yellowstone’s Mirror Plateau: A world away from the boardwalks

August 21, 2012

Open to only a handful of overnight hikers, Yellowstone’s Mirror Plateau is one of the most remote and untrammeled areas of the park.

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Yellowstone pronghorn find sanctuary among wolves

July 24, 2012

Wildlife biologists say pronghorn may be taking advantage of the buffer coyotes leave between themselves and wolves, possibly spurring population growth.

Photo Friday

Sleeping Giant

July 20, 2012

Sleeping Giant
 

The sun rises behind  Sleeping Giant Mountain east of Yellowstone’s Sylvan Pass. (Dewey Vanderhoff/Flickr – click to enlarge)

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Disaster Recovery

June 22, 2012

Data center owners have shied away from bringing their servers to northwestern Wyoming on account of potential volcanic activity under Yellowstone, a scenario which might …

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Wyoming data center efforts hindered by Yellowstone volcano concerns

June 19, 2012

An unlikely roadblock is hampering Wyoming’s efforts to bring in large-scale data centers for economic diversification.