The winter season begins this weekend in Yellowstone National Park. Beginning at 7:00 am Saturday morning, visitors will be able to travel to the park’s interior roads on commercially guided snowmobiles or snowcoaches from the North, West and South Entrances. Travel through the park’s East Entrance over Sylvan Pass is … Continue Reading
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee wraps up its 3-day winter meeting today in Missoula, Montana. Topping the committee’s agenda on the first day was the question of using regulated hunting as a management tool once the grizzly population in an ecosystem has recovered. Spokesman Gregg Losinski says … Continue Reading
Retired national park rangers are warning the impending “fiscal cliff” sequester could have dire consequences to our nation’s already budget-strapped parks. Failure of The Congress to resolve the national budget would result in a mandated 8.3% cut in park budgets and most likely bring … Continue Reading
National Park Service planners have announced that beginning Saturday, they will implement a “One-Year Rule” for the upcoming 2011-2012 winter season, in order to allow time to better address significant public input regarding the proposed long-term regulation. Park Spokesman Al Nash explains … Continue Reading
Repeated waves of snow showers have been very beneficial to northwestern Wyoming which, until last week, was relatively snow-parched. According to the Natural Resource Conservation Service, snotel sites in area basins posted … Continue Reading
Officials of the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks have announced that the state is halting the hunting of wolves in areas north of Yellowstone National Park. The decision came in response to … Continue Reading
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee begins its annual winter meeting in Missoula, Montana today to hear updates on efforts made to create a Grizzly Bear Conservation Fund, and to discuss an IGBC policy statement in support of regulated hunting as a method of management for grizzly bears in … Continue Reading
Yellowstone National Park is reporting nearly 1900 more people were counted through the park’s entrances last month for a 15 ¼% increase in recreational visits over the same month a year ago. Non-recreational traffic into the park was up nominally as well. However, Spokesman Al Nash points out … Continue Reading
Caribou-Targhee National Forest has announced it is selling its administrative office in Island Park, claiming it is no longer needed for forest management there. The Island Park District Office will be offered through … Continue Reading
Gray Wolf Hunt Area 2, the Sunlight Management Area northwest of Cody, closed Thursday because the mortality quota of eight wolves was reached. That area becomes the fifth hunt area to close in the Trophy Game Zone – two in the Absaroka Management Unit and three in the Jackson Management Unit. Seven hunt areas remain open. Wolf seasons … Continue Reading
