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Wolves killed outside the Park, Prospects 9-27-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 27, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ Another clear, beautiful day in the park. It was a bit frosty early at the Blacktail but no wind raises the comfort level Read more >

Wolves killed outside Park, Prospects and other critters 9-26-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 26, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ Wolves hunted ~ From Laurie ~ There were three wolves shot on the Buffalo Plateau on Saturday. They were, I guess, Read more >

Wolf hunting near Yellowstone closed after quota exceeded

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 26, 2016 — Montana wildlife officials have closed wolf hunting for the season in an area north of Yellowstone National Park after hunters exceeded the quota of w Read more >

13th Biennial Scientific Conference of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 26, 2016 — Conference registration is now open for the 13th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). Held October Read more >

Prospects, Wapiti 9-25-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 25, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ From Doug ~ It was a very cool morning with 35 degrees leaving Gardiner this morning. I stopped and looked on the B Read more >

Lamars, Prospect group of 4, Blacktail Prospect, Wapiti 9-24-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 24, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ The temps were moderate this morning, however, the wind was howling so it felt very nippy out there. I looked and looked Read more >

Yellowstone River reopens after deadly parasite killed thousands of fish

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 24, 2016 — Montana reopened a stretch of the Yellowstone River to fishing and other recreational activities on Friday after a month-long closure prompted by th Read more >

Prospects in Lamar, Prospects on the Blacktail, Wapiti 9-23-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 23, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ From Doug ~ It was 50 degrees leaving Gardiner this morning. Another night of rain has things really greening up in Read more >

Prospects in Lamar, Junctions, Wapiti 9-22-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 23, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ From Doug ~ It was cool again this morning with more fog on the Blacktail Plateau. The big event was that it rained Read more >

Prospects in Lamar with carcass this evening

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 21, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ A late addition to the report. I was not with my phone when writing the report so I just got Larry's and Linda's report. Read more >

Prospects on the Blacktail, Prospects on Jasper Bench, Wapiti 9-21-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 21, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ From Doug ~ It was cooler again this morning heading into the park, still not winter cool, but definitely fall cool Read more >

�16 Yellowstone fire season biggest since �88 — Blazes in and around park run up tens of millions in cost, burn 200 square miles.

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 21, 2016 — A larger percentage of Yellowstone National Park burned this summer than in any year since 1988, and the wildfires in the region have racked up bill Read more >

Yellowstone hawk watch is Sunday in Hayden Valley

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 21, 2016 — Visitors are invited to celebrate the spectacle of raptor migration in Yellowstone National Park’s Hayden Valley with Yellowstone Raptor Initi Read more >

Prospects, 755M 9-20-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 20, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ Another warm morning and a stop at the Nature Trail on the Blacktail Plateau. Prospects ~ Man Read more >

Prospects 9-19-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 19, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ From Doug ~ It was cooler this morning but no wind on the Blacktail so it seemed considerably warmer than yesterday. Read more >

Prospects 8-31-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 18, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ It was 59 degrees leaving Gardiner this morning but I'm glad I was prepared for cooler temps. The wind was vicious on the Read more >

Prospects, bears 9-17-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 17, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ Clear skies to start out with today and we did have some sunshine. As the day went on the winds got stronger and the clou Read more >

Montana lawmakers push for tribal bison hunts in Yellowstone

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 17, 2016 — Montana legislative committee that wants to limit Yellowstone National Park's growing herds of bison from leaving the park sent a recommendati Read more >

Prospects, 2 ? wolves 9-16-16

posted by Laurie Lyman

Sept. 16, 2016 — Hi Everyone ~ Doug was without Internet today so I am winging from our conversation. He said that it was another day in paradise with t Read more >

YNP Deputy Superintendent to retire...

posted by Dave Hornoff

Sept. 16, 2016 — Yellowstone National Park's deputy superintendent Steven Iobst is set to retire after four decades with the National Park Service. lobst, who w Read more >

Features

2016 Wildfire Season — Health & Benefit of the Park

posted by Editor of Yellowstone Reports

Sept. 23, 2016 — As of September 21, 2016, 22 fires (human and lightning-caused) have burned more than 62,000 acres in Yellowstone National Park, making it t Read more >

2017 Seasons of Yellowstone Calendar now Available

posted by Sandy Sisti

Sept. 7, 2016 — Our Seasons of Yellowstone 2017 Calendar is now available for purchase. This 14"x22" calendar features some of our favorite images of wildlife from Read more >

Guest Writer for Dan Hartman; Joe Allen — A Yellowstone Experience

posted by Dan Hartman

Sept. 5, 2016 — Hot, but no fires yet. Up on Mt. Washburn and Beartooth Pass, the air was gin clear. Less snow on the Beartooth Range Read more >

2nd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival — In Gardiner!

posted by Leo Leckie

Sept. 3, 2016 — Join us Thursday night, September 15, in the Multipurpose Room of the Gardiner School, 6-8:30PM (doors open at 5pm). Tickets are $10, and dinner Read more >

Bear Awareness — Presentation & Spray Training

posted by Leo Leckie

Sept. 2, 2016 — Join us on September 10, 2016 for a special Gathering of Naturalists presentation by Danielle Oyler of the Southwest Montana Bear Education Working Gr Read more >

Wapiti Daughter

posted by Leo Leckie

Aug. 30, 2016 — With the Wapiti Lake Pack out of touch for several days now, I thought I would share a story about one of the pack’s amazing members. Known as t Read more >

Wrap Up — Finishing touches on a summer long project

posted by Dan Hartman

Aug. 29, 2016 — After finding the chicks just below the nest site on July 16th, it would be more than two weeks before I would find them again on Read more >

An Insiders Take on Yellowstone National Park's Failure to Close Its Waters

posted by Michael Leach

Aug. 25, 2016 — I wept Saturday morning as I read the Bozeman Daily Chronicle article detailing the disaster that has recently struck the Yellowstone River, decimatin Read more >

Searching for the Lost Arch — Hiking with Whitewater

posted by Dan Hartman

Aug. 17, 2016 — I hiked above Pebble last week with George and his two dozen students from WhiteWater. Our main objective was to locate the Read more >

Saving Four Wolves

posted by Rick Lamplugh

Aug. 15, 2016 — On a fine spring evening a few days after we followed the 8-Mile pack around, Mary, Leo, and I walk through the double doors of Gardiner School. We ar Read more >

Climate Change in Yellowstone — A Report

posted by Editor of Yellowstone Reports

Aug. 14, 2016 — Yellowstone is becoming a warmer, drier place. Scientists have forecasted dramatic, and in some cases, rapid change of the ecosystem we know and Read more >

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