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YELLOWSTONE WEATHER Highs 30s, Lows 10s Partly Cloudy More Weather ROAD REPORT Roads subject to closure due to weather. More Info THE DAILY CARTOON ONLINE GREETING CARDS PUBLISHER Yellowstone Net Company EDITOR-IN- CHIEF Bruce Gourley MORE LINKS Discussion Newspaper Archives Send us your comments		YELLOWSTONE NET RECEIVES HOMEPAGE REDESIGN by Bruce Gourley BELGRADE, Mont. (YNET) -- The critically-acclaimed and popular Yellowstone Net website (www.yellowstone.net) has received a complete homepage redesign by award-winning photographer Russ Finley. Russ Finley is author of numerous Yellowstone and other national park videos, including his latest, Winter in Yellowstone. Russ' videos and photographs are known worldwide and have been featured in numerous television specials, magazines, calendars, post cards, and other media. Russ' website features much of his stock photography as well as many video clips. Yellowstone Net's newly designed homepage reflects the evolution of video and audio on the Internet. Russ' extensive picture and video galleries complement the comprehensive information content of the site. Some of the more popular site content includes the Yellowstone Net Newspaper, reservation information and services, maps and weather. In addition to photos, videos and information content, Yellowstone Net offers reservations services for the entire Yellowstone region via one toll-free phone number, as well as Montana real estate listings. Yellowstone Net also features free Internet access and free email available to the Internet public. The company has garnered more than 10,000 ISP customers since introducing ISP services nine months ago. The newly redesigned homepage reflects Yellowstone Net's commitment to providing comprehensive and reliable information to visitors of America's first national park. BACK TO TOP
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Ralph Maughan Kim Steinbacher Kevin Sanders Steve Brashear Clint Wilkes Tim Gourley Hon. Bob Gammage Ruth Colter-Frick Lee Whittlesey Tom Mazzarisi Russ Finley David Monteith Denise Elmer Dr. Bob Bara Matthew McLean		YELLOWSTONE OFFICIALS: NO MORE WARNING SIGNS News Brief YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Yellowstone officials, following the August death of a park employee, Sara Hulphers of Oregon, who fell into a hot spring and was scalded to death, have noted that it is impractical to post more warning signs throughout the Park. Yellowstone features over 10,000 thermal features, many of which are away from roadways and boardwalks. Trying to post warning signs throughout the Park would be virtually impossible. Numerous signs already warn Park visitors of the danger of thermal areas, and accidents are rare. The August death of Hulphers, along with her two companions who fell into the hot spring and were seriously injured, was the first and only hot spring incident of this past summer. BACK TO TOP
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		BISON PROPOSAL COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED News Brief YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- The National Park Service has extended until October 17 the public comment period on the final environmental impact statement addressing management of Yellowstone's bison. Currently, the Montana Department of Livestock reserves the right to shoot stray bison who wander out of the Park during the winter months, based on the fear that brucellosis, a disease carried by some of the bison, might be transmitted to domestic cattle in the area. Although scientific studies do not support the fears of the DOL, well over one thousand bison have been slaughtered since 1996. The Park Service's EIS falls short of demanding that the DOL cease the killing of bison, but rather suggests that the wild bison and domestic cattle remain separated enough to reduce the killing of bison. Environmentalists decry the proposal as not doing enough to protect Yellowstone's bison. The EIS is available for viewing by clicking here. Comments on the EIS should be sent to Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190. BACK TO TOP
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		WOLF UPDATE News Brief LANDER, Wyo. -- Recent wolf sightings in the Yellowstone area have raised the prospect that Yellowstone's wolves have strayed further from their home range in and around Yellowstone National Park. Although it is a little early to determine whether or not the few wolves spotted far south (assuming they are wolves; no photos or tracks are available for verification) of Yellowstone represent a significant dispersal of Yellowstone's wolves, several area ranchers claim that at least some wolves have indeed wandered into the area. BACK TO TOP