New phone applications are becoming available to help visitors to Yellowstone National Park know where wolves, bears or other wildlife have been spotted and improve their odds of also viewing the animals. The results potentially could be mixed; not only … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park offers free admission and more during National Park Week from April 21st through the 29th. Several activities and events are planned for the whole family and these are also free of charge. Visitors and local residents are encouraged to … Continue Reading
Roads into Yellowstone National Park from the north and west entrances to the Old Faithful Area are reopening to automobile travel for the season beginning Friday morning. While the park is still experiencing early spring conditions, including continuing snowfall, Park Spokesman Al Nash says … Continue Reading
Federal land managers in the Greater Yellowstone Area have signed an interagency agreement to coordinate inventory, monitoring, and management of whitebark pine and explore new collaborative projects to help protect and restore the species throughout the region. Spokesperson Mary Cernicek explains that … Continue Reading
While surrounding states are looking at drought and near-drought conditions as they go into the spring and summer season, the river basins in northwestern Wyoming are still in respectable conditions, while not as well off as last year at this time. The snow water equivalent measurements in the Madison and Yellowstone Basins are still … Continue Reading
The Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee is holding its spring meeting in Teton Village Wednesday and Thursday this week. The Yellowstone ecosystem grizzly bear recovery area includes all of Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks, as well as portions of northwest Wyoming, eastern Idaho, and southwest Montana. According to Subcommittee Spokesman Gregg Losinski, … Continue Reading
Summer Travel Regulations went into effect Monday for the Palisades Ranger District of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Local conditions are becoming suitable to support vehicle traffic on most roads and some trails without … Continue Reading
This fire management region of the country will likely face generally normal fire potential over the next several months according to the report issued in early April by the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise. The Eastern Great Basin Region typically has little significant fire potential in April according to … Continue Reading
Wyoming Severe Weather Awareness Week begins today. As severe weather and tornadoes erupt across the nation’s Midwest and plains it’s an appropriate time to discuss weather hazards and mitigation efforts here in the Cowboy State. Tomorrow, Jackson Hole Radio will visit with Dan Burk of the National Weather Service about preparing for the upcoming season of severe weather here in Wyoming.
Teton Interagency Fire personnel were able to accomplish much of the work on three prescribed fires on the northern end of Bridger Teton National Forest before the turn in the weather this week. Forest Spokesperson Mary Cernicek says while a little work might still remain for this spring, … Continue Reading
