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Native Cutthroat Trout Restoration Continues In Yellowstone National Park On Elk Creek

Submitted by NPT Staff on October 1, 2012 - 12:00am
Across the National Park System, habitat restoration efforts seem to be ongoing daily, and specific projects can take years to complete. One such project is ongoing in Yellowstone National Park, where crews are working to restore native Yellowstone cutthroat trout to streams.

Fall In Yellowstone ... Means Winter And Road Closures Aren't Far Off

Submitted by NPT Staff on September 25, 2012 - 1:03am
Fall visits to national parks can often turn out to be some of the best of the year. You can smell the seasonal change in the air, see it in the reds, browns, yellows and golds flecking the hillsides, feel it in the leaves crunching beneath your feet, and hear it in the bugling elk.

Google Maps: More Travelers Are Interested In Death Valley Than Yellowstone

Submitted by NPT Staff on September 18, 2012 - 1:11am
So, are more Americans looking for a vacation in Death Valley National Park than, say, Yellowstone National Park? The folks at Google Maps might have you think so.

Obama Administration Report Says "Sequestration" Would Cut $218 Million From NPS Budget

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 14, 2012 - 3:32pm
Unless Congress averts a staggering budget "sequestration" early next year the National Park System will be devastated by underfunding that could force the Park Service to shutter more than 100 parks, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.

Not Too Early To Reserve Your Winter Vacation In Yellowstone National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on September 12, 2012 - 1:11am
It's not-quite-mid-September, leaves are only starting to turn in some parts of the country, the furnace hasn't kicked on yet...but it's not too early to plan your winter adventure in Yellowstone National Park.

Groups Seek To Overturn Decision To Delist Wolves In Wyoming

Submitted by NPT Staff on September 11, 2012 - 1:47am
Not two weeks after Interior Department officials announced their decision to remove Endangered Species Act protection from wolves throughout most of Wyoming, a handful of conservation groups has announced its intention to sue the government over the move.

Mr. Hornaday's War: How A Peculiar Zookeeper Waged A Lonely Crusade For Wildlife That Changed The World

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 9, 2012 - 1:25am
Mr. Hornaday
William Temple Hornaday was a very extraordinary man who we should be honoring for his crusade to save wildlife, including bison, and yet history shunted him off to a dusty side table until Stefan Bechtel happened accidentally upon him.

Scientific Progress Could Help Share Yellowstone National Park's Pure-Bred Bison With Other Sites

Submitted by Jim Burnett on September 6, 2012 - 1:33am
One small bison calf born in New York is causing a big stir in the wildlife conservation and scientific community, and for good reason. He could represent a breakthrough in efforts to introduce genetically pure bison from Yellowstone National Park to other parts of the country.

EPA Raises Concerns Over Yellowstone National Park's Winter-Use Calculations

Submitted by NPT Staff on September 6, 2012 - 1:31am
The lexicon built around enjoying the winter season in Yellowstone National Park grew this year when park officials coined "transportation events" to help define the impacts of snowmobiles and snowcoaaches. But that phrase has even Environmental Protection Agency officials scratching their heads over exactly what it represents.

With Wolves Being Delisted, NPS Asked To Protect Them In John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 31, 2012 - 2:04pm
In the wake Friday of the federal government's removal of wolves from Endangered Species Act protection in Wyoming, National Park Service officials were being asked to act to prevent the predators from being hunted in the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway.