Yellowstone National Park


Yellowstone national park

With almost three million visitors per year, Yellowstone National Park is the most visited National Park in America. It also became America's first ever National Park when the United States Congress embodied it as such in 1872. It was said by Congress to establish the park as being "for the preservation of" and "for the enjoyment of the people". Yellowstone is a very large park. It covers 2.2 million acres and contains over 370 miles of paved roadways. This national park sits in beautiful Wyoming's northwestern area and will be celebrating a 136th anniversary in 2008.

Yellowstone is considered to contain jaw-dropping natural beauty through its famous geysers. There are actually about 250 active geysers at Yellowstone National Park which makes it the best area in the world to see these in action. Yellowstone is home to thousands of natural thermal features, including the most popular, Old Faithful Geyser.

Not only is Yellowstone known for its geysers, but it also has an extremely beautiful spectacle known as Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. It has a gorgeous mountain-range with lots of wildlife, including elk, American bison, wolves, moose, and of course grizzly bears. The Greater Yellowstone Area is a name that was given to Yellowstone and the surrounding areas in recent years as it becomes recognized as a large biological unit.

General Information and History of Yellowstone national park

Yellowstone is one of the most popular national parks in the United States. Since the mid-1960s, at least 2 million tourists have visited the park almost every year.

Yellowstone Activities

Geyser gazing, driving through the park, Camping and hiking etc.

Latest news about Yellowstone

Yellowstone County: Roadkill not our job - Billings Gazette


Yellowstone County: Roadkill not our job
Billings Gazette
Commissioners agreed Monday that they will not pay to have roadkill picked up after Yellowstone County's garbage service provider said it would begin ...

Yellowstone Bison Going to Turner's Ranch - ABC News


Yellowstone Bison Going to Turner's Ranch
ABC News
AP Billionaire Ted Turner is getting 88 Yellowstone National Park bison from a faltering Montana program that was supposed to put ...
Yellowstone bison to be loaned to Ted TurnerCNN
Montana: More Bison for Ted TurnerNew York Times
Yellowstone Bison Going to Turner RanchKECI-TV
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Colorado rancher hopes for wolves - Los Angeles Times (blog)


Colorado rancher hopes for wolves
Los Angeles Times (blog)
"It seemed logical to me, based on what happened in Yellowstone National Park, that keystone species like wolves might have a positive effect on ...
Biologists check report of wolf pack in ColoradoKJCT8.com
Biologists check report of wolf pack in ColoradoAspen Times

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Jury selection starts again at triple-murder trial - Billings Gazette


Jury selection starts again at triple-murder trial
Billings Gazette
The first of 500 potential jurors gathered Monday at the Yellowstone County Courthouse for the triple-murder trial of a Billings man. ...
Triple Murder Jury SelectionKULR-TV
Jury selection begins in triple slaying trialGreat Falls Tribune

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Hundreds of Quakes Are Rattling Yellowstone - New York Times


Cleveland Leader

Hundreds of Quakes Are Rattling Yellowstone
New York Times
DENVER — In the last two weeks, more than 100 mostly tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote area of Yellowstone National ...
Scientists on Alert After Hundreds of Earthquakes Daily Rattle Yellowstone ...Cleveland Leader
More than 1200 tiny quakes hit Yellowstone ParkBefore It's News

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Yellowstone is Rumbling. We are NOT Doomed. - Discovery News


Star Valley Independent

Yellowstone is Rumbling. We are NOT Doomed.
Discovery News
If we're lucky, it might even convince some of the people waiting for the end of days to come roaring forth from Yellowstone Caldera that they're wasting ...
Record numbers visited Yellowstone in 2009Big Sky Weekly
Yellowstone rumbles with swarm of earthquakesKSL-TV
Want to Comment on Yellowstone Winter Plan? Here's Your ChanceYellowstone Insider
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Scout camp receives face-lift - Cody Enterprise


Cody Enterprise

Scout camp receives face-lift
Cody Enterprise
Camp Buffalo Bill, the Boy Scout camp on the North Fork near Yellowstone Park, will undergo a $150000 renovation this winter and ...

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Gazette opinion: How will state fund defense for indigents? - Billings Gazette


Gazette opinion: How will state fund defense for indigents?
Billings Gazette
The 13th Judicial District, which is Yellowstone County, is the busiest in the state. It's part of a defender office region covering Carbon, ...

LeMond plans bid for Yellowstone Club tract - Boston Herald


LeMond plans bid for Yellowstone Club tract
Boston Herald
The 160-acre tract is tucked between a private ski hill and golf course at the millionaires-only resort near Yellowstone National Park. ...
Champ Considers Yellowstone ClubKULR-TV
Cyclist LeMond Plans Bid for Yellowstone Club LandNew York Times

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Researchers report Yellowstone earthquake swarm - Salt Lake Tribune


Researchers report Yellowstone earthquake swarm
Salt Lake Tribune
AP YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. » Add another small earthquake to the swarm of temblors that have rattled Yellowstone National Park in recent days. ...
Earthquake swarm suggests just another day in YellowstoneThe Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Yellowstone continues to experience an ongoing earthquake swarmExaminer.com
Four additional quakes felt in YellowstoneStar Valley Independent
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