A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4.1 million people to Yellowstone in 2017 spent $498.8 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,354 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the…
Biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will conduct grizzly bear research and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park from nowthrough the end of July.This research is part of on-going efforts required under the 2016 Conservation Strategy for…
On the afternoon of May 1, 72-year-old Virginia Junk of Boise, Idaho, was butted in the thigh, pushed, and tossed off a trail by a bison in the Old Faithful area. The visitor did not see the animal as she…
A fossil discovered near Kemmerer, Wyoming, may be the first of its kind and is the largest mammal found to date in the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation. The discovery of this ancient tapiromorph may support a North American origin of…
For over 18 years, private citizens, industry and government groups have worked together in Wyoming to conserve sage grouse and their habitat. Recently, the long-lived collaborative process was detailed in a new paper: Wyoming sage-grouse working groups: lessons learned. The…
