[…] brink. In recent decades, as it has become affordable to get bison to the dinner table, commercial herds of bison have grown to over 500,000 head. Today, Yellowstone is home to nearly 5,000 wild bison, descendants of the last free-roaming herds. In the summer months, the bison are a huge draw for tourists, even […]
Throwback Thursday: From the Vault Mammoth Hot Springs is a popular tourist destination in Yellowstone National Park. Image courtesy of Todd Cravens. This Saturday is National Public Lands Day, a day to celebrate the beauty and resources of our public lands and inspire environmental stewardship. Groups across the country are hosting work days to […]
AUDIO: Terry Anderson shares the story of entrepreneur Jay Cooke, who saw the opportunity to set Yellowstone aside as a tourist attraction.
Though beautiful, invasive knapweed is capable of taking over pastureland. Image courtesy of loriejeanne. An invasive parasite recently killed off thousands of mountain whitefish in the Yellowstone River. In response, authorities shut down the river and its tributaries, costing individual recreation outfitters tens of thousands of dollars in forgone profits. Off the Florida coast, […]
[…] during the regular season. The public trust argument has even been put forward as a solution to the recent fish kill that closed 200 miles of the Yellowstone River to recreation. Writing in the Billings Gazette, George Wuerthner contended that the low water levels and high temperatures giving rise to the parasite killing whitefish […]
[…] chance to talk with William Penn Mott, Ronald Reagan’s National Park Service director. He said, “The single most important action that conservation groups could take to advance Yellowstone wolf restoration would be to start a compensation fund. It’s economics that makes ranchers hate wolves. Pay them for their losses and the controversy will subside.” […]
North Entrance, Yellowstone National Park. Photo: NPS/Jim Peaco Originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on August 24, 2016. As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary on Thursday, Americans should take a moment to consider how they can ensure the health of their national treasure for many generations to come. Few federal agencies […]
[…] and produced three major annual fundraisers for the organization. She has also worked as a part-time event planner for the Joe Foss Institute as well as the Yellowstone Club Private Ski and Golf Community. Born and raised in Minnesota, Suzi spent her childhood on the lakes and trails throughout the state. Upon high school […]
[…] front of colonizers and pioneers.”18 Suppression effort and organization evolved differently across the country. Wildfire control programs were developed for the Adirondacks Reserve in New York and Yellowstone National Park in the 1880s (Chambers 1987). Around the same time, private forest protection associations emerged to coordinate and cooperate in wildfire suppression for the protection […]
[…] are numerous bison ranches, some of which produce bison for the meat market. Herds also live on public preserves such as Custer State Park in South Dakota, Yellowstone National Park, and the National Bison Range in Montana. The National Bison Association reports that there are 450,000 bison in North America, with about 220,000 of […]