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- By NPT Staff - December 3rd, 2012 9:29am
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Elk Management Proposals Near Yellowstone National Park Include Reducing Numbers of Elk ... and Wolves
Few recent national park wildlife management issues have been more contentious than those involving bison and brucellosis concerns by ranchers near Yellowstone National Park. Now those same concerns have prompted new proposals by Montana officials for managing elk populations in the Greater Yellowstone Area, with options including reducing numbers of both elk and wolves.
Creature Feature: Some Squirrels Really Can Fly
Humans weren't the only ones stocking up for a feast this month. Flying squirrels, which call a number of national parks home, have been busy with their own meals with winter coming.
- By Maggie Gonsiewski - November 29th, 2012 3:03am
National Park Service Urged To Follow The "Precautionary Principle" In Overseeing Cultural, Ecological Systems In The Parks
Can the National Park Service more fully embrace the "precautionary principle," the concept that it err on the side of "science-informed prudence and restraint," as suggested by Revisiting Leopold: Resource Stewardship in the National Parks?
Photography In The National Parks: Reading The Book Of Nature
National parks are a great place to experience wildlife in their natural element, and to photograph them. But at times the plight of nature can generate pangs of helplessness, as nature photographer Deby Dixon realized in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
- By Deby Dixon - November 28th, 2012 10:29am
Public Comment Period Extended On Cell Phone Tower Proposal At Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park officials have extended for 30 days the public comment period on a proposal to erect a 100-foot-tall cell tower to serve the Lake and Fishing Bridge areas of the park.
- By NPT Staff - November 20th, 2012 3:03am
Were Seven Killed Wolves With Ties To Yellowstone National Park Targeted By Hunters?
Wolves roaming Yellowstone National Park don't discriminate between park drainages, meadows, and woods and those features in the national forests rimming the park. They head where the scent takes them, and when they do, they sometimes find themselves in the gunsights of hunters. Such was the case recently for seven wolves whose lives came to an end in the forests outside Yellowstone.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - November 18th, 2012 3:03am
Interns Helping National Park Service Study Climate Change At Lassen Volcanic National Park And In Rocky Mountain Forests
Food chains in alpine lakes in parks such as Lassen Volcanic National Park and changing fire regimes at Rocky Mountain parks such as Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Teton, and Rocky Mountain, are among the climate-change studies under way in the park system.
More Than 300,000 Lake Trout Hauled Out Of Yellowstone Lake This Year In Yellowstone National Park
Fish fry, anyone? That could have been the question at Yellowstone National Park this year, where crews removed more than 300,000 non-native lake trout from Yellowstone Lake in a bid to protect smaller endemic cutthroat trout.
- By NPT Staff - November 10th, 2012 3:03am
Yellowstone National Park Staffer Blends Armed Forces Veteran With Park Service Career
These days Dan Hottle works in the public affairs office at Yellowstone National Park. But prior to his Park Service career, he was a Marine on active duty in the Middle East. Join him in honoring other armed forces veterans in the national parks during the Veterans Day Weekend.
- By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2012 2:03am
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