A wildlife arch, recently erected on the Rosie’s Ridge section at milepost 10.5, was hydro-mulched Wednesday afternoon to encourage wildlife use of the arch, by muffling the sound from traffic passing on the highway overhead. The mulching spray used inside the arch is … Continue Reading
Earthjustice will represent Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club in a lawsuit opposing the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s plan to de-list wolves in Wyoming later this month. The groups maintain Wyoming’s management plan may not … Continue Reading
Yellowstone National Park officials are reminding hunters that with the opening of hunting seasons on lands surrounding the park, they need to be sure not to stray over the park boundary in their hunting efforts. Most of the park boundary is well marked, but … Continue Reading
August visitation to Yellowstone National Park was down slightly compared to levels a year ago. The National Park Service Public Use Statistics Office reports 780,286 recreational visitors in August 2012, down 3.1 percent from last year. Still, last month ranks as … Continue Reading
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are being cautioned that the Interagency Grizzly Bear Team’s studies of the park’s grizzly bear population are under way again and continue through the end of October. Park Spokesman Al Nash says study team members will … Continue Reading
The Snake River-Calamity Road north of Palisade Reservoir will be closed from the junction with Gravel Flats Road to near the junction of Bear Creek due to construction there between now and late fall. Access to the Calamity area will be … Continue Reading
The comment period on plans by Yellowstone National Park to extend the so-called “one year rule” regarding the management of snowmobiles and snowcoaches in the park for the upcoming 2012-2013 winter season has begun. This proposal would implement … Continue Reading
Fire crews will continue the battle against the Little Horsethief Fire which began yesterday afternoon and forced the evacuation of Deer and Elk Drives and a portion of the Little Horsethief Subdivision.
While those evacuation orders were lifted last night. Authorities warned residents that they might be reissued at anytime and that people who lived in Game Creek should also be prepared for a possible evacuation.
Fire officials flew over the scene and have declared the blaze a Type 2 incident which indicates a high level of complexity and allows the interagency team to call in additional resources to help fight the fire.
Several fire-retardant air tankers, helicopters and ground crews worked the fire yesterday and crews conducted night operations.
There were reports that one fire-fighting vehicle was destroyed in the fire, but no personnel were injured.
Officials will conduct a briefing this morning.
Official information is available at inciweb.org.
As you might guess, the announcement of plans to de-list wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Area at the end of the month has brought threats from environmental groups to level legal challenges against the decision. Greater Yellowstone Coalition Executive Director Mike Clark calls it … Continue Reading
The Board of Directors of Friends of the Teton River (FTR) have appointed Amy Verbeten as the organization’s Interim Executive Director. Verbeten’s appointment follows the resignation of Adonia Ripple last month to accept a position with the Four Seasons Resort in Teton Village. Ripple has served … Continue Reading
