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Updated: Groups Claim Yellowstone National Park Officials Abdicating Responsibility Over Snowmobile Access Issue

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 1, 2008 - 12:18pm
Officials for Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks announced Wednesday that they would prepare yet another environmental study to clear the way for recreational snowmobiling and snowcoach traffic in the parks this winter.

Public Hunt Scheduled to Reduce Grand Teton National Park Elk Herd

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 26, 2008 - 1:39pm
It's that time of year grizzly bears and hunters love in Grand Teton National Park -- time for the annual elk reduction hunt. Mandated by the park's enabling legislation and fueled, more than a few believe, by the state of Wyoming's elk feedlots and the National Elk Refuge, the hunt is scheduled to open October 11.

Yellowstone, Grand Teton Officials Searching For Snowmobile, Snowcoach Solution

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 19, 2008 - 6:23pm
Officials at Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, concerned about a judge's ruling that blocks recreational snowmobiling and snow coach use in the parks, are searching for a way to get around that ruling.

How Did The National Park Service Err So Badly On the Yellowstone Winter-Use Plan?

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 16, 2008 - 10:22am
How did the National Park Service err so badly in developing a winter-use plan for Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks? According to a federal judge who blocked the plan from taking effect, the agency overlooked its own science and its own mission.

Fall Colors: What Can We Expect Across the National Park System?

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 9, 2008 - 3:30am
A Labor Day weekend cold front dropped snow levels in some parts of the Rockies to below 10,000, which is a pretty good indicator that fall is not far off. And so, with that warning, it's only natural to wonder how the fall color displays will be in the national parks.

Mountain Pine Beetles Chewing into Grand Teton National Park Forests

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 8, 2008 - 3:01am
There are splashes of fall color showing up in Grand Teton National Park, but the reds and rusts are not associated with the changing of the seasons. Rather, they're a dire harbinger of what climate change could exact from the park's forests.

Is Climate Change Driving A New Forest Regimen in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 7, 2008 - 3:29am
As ecological drivers go, you wouldn't think an insect roughly the size of a rice grain would be that significant in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. And yet, the mountain pine beetle, aided by a warming climate, is poised to send quite a shudder through the ecosystem.

Landscape Painting Donated to Grand Teton National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 7, 2008 - 3:02am
Grand Teton National Park's art collection has grown by one. A landscape painting of the Tetons by the late Harrison R. Crandall, who made a career photographing and painting the Tetons, has been donated to the park by his daughter, Quita Crandall Pownall, and her husband, Herb Pownall.

Video: Birds and Bike Paths in Grand Teton National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 28, 2008 - 10:27am
It was big news when the decision was announced to install some bike paths in Grand Teton National Park. But how might those affect ground-nesting birds and other park wildlife? This video looks into that question.

MSNBC’s Top 10 National Park Lodges List Draws Curmudgeonly, but Gentle Criticism

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on August 14, 2008 - 4:00am
MSNBC has compiled a Top 10 National Park Lodges list for the purpose of helping us choose where to “sleep in style on a summer escape to our nation's national parks.” They might want to re-state that. Two of the lodges aren’t in the United States and another is said to be in a park that, technically speaking, doesn’t exist yet.