National Park Officials made the circuit through gateway communities to Yellowstone National Park last week to present proposed changes to the draft winter use plan and seek public input to the ideas. Spokesman Al Nash says the number of people attending varied from … Continue Reading
Representatives of Yellowstone National Park last night provided anyone in Jackson interested in the redrafting of a winter use plan, the opportunity to view proposed revisions and provide additional input on the seven alternatives to be proposed. As yet, there is no preferred alternative. Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk says … Continue Reading
Yellowstone National Park is offering young people the opportunity to work in the park and experience the satisfaction of performing tasks that benefit one of the nation’s most iconic features. The Park is recruiting for the 2012 Youth Conservation Corps program, a residential work program for … Continue Reading
A public hearing regarding the National Park Service’s final winter use plan for Yellowstone National Park is set for tonight in Jackson. Among the concerns raised by participants in the last round of hearings were a proposal to … Continue Reading
More public hearings are in store for the area as National Park officials continue to work on putting together a final winter use plan for Yellowstone National Park. Among the concerns raised by participants in the last round of hearings were a proposal to … Continue Reading
The Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming are warning residents in the two states of a cookie con that is under way in advance of the scheduled cookie sale later this month. According to Council Spokesperson Anna Paige, there have been reports in parts of Wyoming of … Continue Reading
The National Park Service has released a report after an analysis of 2010 visitation to the nation’s parks, and analysts say that park visitors spent $12.13-billion in the local gateway regions. The report says this includes approximately 60-miles circumference around the parks. Half of that spending, says the report, … Continue Reading
Last week’s storm dumped copious amounts of snow on northwestern Wyoming, but the Natural Resources Conservation Service says it still wasn’t enough to bring the snowpack in the river drainages here up to 100%. This week’s report indicates … Continue Reading
Broadcasting and electricity could get a little “jiggy” today and tomorrow after a strong solar flare erupted Sunday evening and continues to affect the earth. According to the National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center, the impacts of the solar storm are likely to be minimal, but could pose an impact to power grids, where voltage corrections may be required and false alarms triggered on some protective devices. Satellite radio signals could also be briefly interrupted. The weather service also says high-latitude sky watchers could be treated to some displays of the aurora borealis.
This weekend is a holiday weekend, with Martin Luther King Jr. Day following Monday. As such, admission to the national parks is free – if you can get there. Yellowstone can be accessed by car through the northern entrances, but … Continue Reading
