Yellowstone National Park

Giantess Geyser Offers Winter Visitors To Yellowstone National Park A Rare Treat

Winter visitors to Yellowstone National Park who were fortunate enough to be in the Old Faithful area last week were treated to a rather rare display by Giantess Geyser—the geyser's first reported eruption in well over two years.

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By Jim Burnett - February 3rd, 2014 3:30am

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Photo History From National Park Lookouts Shows Landscape Changes Over 70+ Years

There's an intriguing page within the vast nps.gov domain that opens a wonderful portal of history, one that allows us to compare today with yesteryear. The site, within the National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management section, compares historic photos taken from fire lookouts in the National Park System with today's landscapes.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2014 2:30am

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Yellowstone National Park Officials Want Someone Else To Tend To Beartooth Highway

The Beartooth Highway that rambles between Red Lodge, Montana, and Yellowstone National Park's Northeast Entrance is the most scenic approach to the park. Unfortunately, this maintenance-heavy route is in need of someone other than the National Park Service to care for it.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 30th, 2014 5:46pm

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Just How Accurate Are National Park Concessionaires' On-Line Reservation Sites?

Are you making your summer park vacation plans? Don't place full faith in on-line reservations sites, as they don't always tell the full story of what's available.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 26th, 2014 4:46am

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Study Points To Value Of Protecting Migrational Routes Between National Parks

The need to prevent national park units from turning into biological islands, cut off from other wild lands by development, is not a new worry. But a recent study reinforces the value of ensuring migrational corridors survive.

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By NPT Staff - January 22nd, 2014 2:15am

Photography In The National Parks: Going Inside

In early November of every year the gates are closed and the rest of Yellowstone National Park seems to cease its existence for six whole months.

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By Deby Dixon - January 21st, 2014 3:30am

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A View From The Overlook: The First National Park (We Think)

After doing a bit of volunteer time last summer at Yellowstone National Park, I decided to do a column on dear old Yellowstone, established way back in 1872, “The World’s First National Park." Or so I thought.

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By PJ Ryan - January 21st, 2014 7:26pm

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Yellowstone National Park Officials Opt Not To Use "Remote Vaccination" Program For Bison

Saying it doesn't "make sense," Yellowstone National Park officials have opted not to use a "remote vaccination" program in a bid to prevent the spread of brucellosis on the park's bison herds.

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By NPT Staff - January 14th, 2014 9:58am

Reactions To Yellowstone Supervolcano Study Ranged From Hysteria To Ho-Hum

News from the parks in 2013 offered some fine opportunities for reporters, but for those inclined toward dramatic headlines, few stories could match the release of an updated study on the "Yellowstone Super-Volcano." Depending upon the source, readers might conclude that the end is near...or it's no big deal.

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By Jim Burnett - January 1st, 2014 9:36am

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Inspiration For 2014: My Top 10 Family Adventures

If you’re looking for some ideas and inspiration for 2014, here are my 10 favorite family adventures at The Big Outside (another list that will keep growing and evolving), as well as a bonus 11th trip that made this list last year but saw its spot usurped this year.

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By Michael Lanza - January 1st, 2014 3:15am

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