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IN THE NEWS TODAY: Protecting Yellowstone -- by Bruce Gourley Wolf Update -- News Brief New at Yellowstone Net -- by Bruce Gourley Yellowstone WebMaster Resources -- by Bruce Gourley NEW! Daily Environmental News -- from ISyndicate |
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 PROTECTING YELLOWSTONEby Bruce Gourley Yellowstone is a national treasure which is owned by the American public. Protecting Yellowstone is the responsibility of the American public. This weekly feature will help identify and explore the issues which are crucial to the ongoing, healthy existence of the "Crown Jewel" of America's National Park system. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- Although the Winter Use Issue continues to attract the most attention in the Yellowstone region this fall, other issues continue impacting Yellowstone's future remain. One of these "other" issues is the state of the Grizzly in the Yellowstone ecosystem. There are currently an estimated 400 to 600 grizzlies in the Yellowstone ecosystem, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing plans to delist the Grizzly from the Endangered Species list within a few years. The plan considers the Grizzly population to be approaching a healthy level and outlines parameters for the wilderness areas which constitute the grizzlies range. Some environmentalists, however, contend that the Grizzly population is far from being sustainable. They especially point to the expanding range of the bears into areas which do not afford enough protection for the animals and the current threats to the bears' food sources (such as trout, a staple food source of grizzlies, but a food source which is threatened by disease and non-native predator fish within the Yellowstone ecosystem). Although no one need fear that the Grizzly will be delisted from the Endangered Species list anytime very soon, it is nonetheless the discussions which are now taking place within federal agencies and the views of the American public which will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Grizzly in both the Yellowstone ecosystem and beyond in the coming years. Yellowstone Net provides you opportunity to voice your opinion regarding the Grizzly and other issues to your congresspersons and to editorial sections of magazines and newspapers by clicking here. |
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WOLF UPDATE News UpdateLIVINGSTON, Mont. -- A wildlife group called Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd has been seeking to pressure the state of Montana to reduce the number of wolves in the Yellowstone ecosystem. According to the group, wolves have pushed the elk herd to near extinction, leading towards (as one group member stated) the "greatest ecological disaster in the history of the U.S." These claims, however, are greatly exaggerated, according to statistics from the National Park Service and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Park, which indicate that the Northern Yellowstone Elk herd was comprised of some 12,000 animals as of last winter. Some 2000 female elk are killed annually by hunters, while some die from winter conditions (the last severe winter was 1996-97). The Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd nonetheless has scheduled meetings with Montana Gov. Marc Racicot and the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks this week in an effort to air their concerns. |
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YELLOWSTONE NET by Bruce Gourley BELGRADE, Mont. (YNET) -- Yellowstone Net continues to add new online resources for fans and supporters of Yellowstone National Park. Within the past two weeks, the Yellowstone Net site has introduced the Yellowstone Net Community Center (providing numerous ways to interact with fellow Yellowstoners and show support for Yellowstone) Yellowstone Online Email (an online, full-featured email service which allows users to show their support of Yellowstone), a Yellowstone-only search engine (allows users to search multiple Yellowstone websites simultaneously), a Yellowstone Net co-branded desktop search engine and web directory (resides on the users desktop and adds keyword capabilities to the users web browsers), and the Yellowstone Webmasters Resource Center. In addition, the site has added a revised Online Greeting Card feature (featuring Russ Finley's work and more), a Daily Cartoon feature (computer humor), an Online Shopping Mall (composed of three stores and thousands of Outdoor and Travel-related items), and a Buffalo Warning feature (a light-hearted look at those famous flyers which are handed out to Park visitors). Many of these new additions can be accessed from the updated Yellowstone Net Free Stuff page. Yellowstone Net also encourages you to submit your Yellowstone stories for inclusion on the website. |
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WEBMASTERS RESOURCE CENTER by Bruce Gourley BELGRADE, Mont. -- Yellowstone Net announces the availability of the first online resource center designed exclusively for webmasters of Yellowstone National Park websites. Yellowstone Net recognizes that many Yellowstone websites exist and believes that the existence of many Yellowstone websites is helping raise public awareness about the need to protect and preserve Yellowstone National Park for future generations. As such, Yellowstone Net believes that Yellowstone webmasters can work together for the common goal of supporting Yellowstone National Park and raising public awareness about the Park. The purpose of the Yellowstone Webmasters Resource Center is to provide free content and services to enhance Yellowstone websites and support Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone Webmasters Resource Center is a tool for working together to support and raise awareness about Yellowstone. The Resource Center contains various available free resources which will be useful to webmasters of the many Yellowstone websites in existence. Initial offerings include a Yellowstone-specific Internet search engine, professional photography from world-renowned photographer Russ Finley, online-based Yellowstone email from Yellowstone Net, and stories and articles from the Yellowstone Net Newspaper. The Yellowstone Webmasters Resource Center welcomes the submission of other content and services resources which are freely available and are useful to webmasters of all Yellowstone-related websites. All Yellowstone site webmasters are encouraged to contribute to the Resource Center. For more information, or to contribute resources to the Resource Center, click here. (NOTE: Yellowstone Net is a commercial entity and is not affiliated with the National Park Service.) |
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