Yellowstone National Park Headlines 2006
   
December 29 Yellowstone Plants Offer Hint of Future (Billings Gazette)
  FWS Biologist Acknowledges Wolf Debate (Billings Gazette)
December 27 Snowcoach Visits Nearly Match Snowmobiles (Casper Star-Tribune)
December 26 Yellowstone's East Entrance Opens (Billings Gazette)
  Some Animals Already Deep in Hibernation Cycle (Billings Gazette)
December 24 Bison's Long Recovery Road (Billings Gazette)
  Idaho Starts on its Wolf Plan (Billings Gazette)
December 20 Yellowstone Opens for Winter Season (National Park Service)
  County Commissioners Fighting Winter Closing of Sylvan Pass (Billings Gazette)
  Feds May Delist Wolves in Two States (Billings Gazette)
December 19 Electricity Returns to Nearly All of Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
December 18 Workers Scramble for Park Opening (Billings Gazette)
December 17 Express Snow Travel Planned (Billings Gazette)
December 15 Yellowstone Domes Rising at 'Really Pronounced' Pace (Billings Gazette)
December 13 Parks' Funds Don't Reflect Their Benefit, Report Says (Billings Gazette)
December 12 Law Extends Snow Sled Rules (Billings Gazette)
  Trail System by Park Draws Skiers (Billings Gazette)
December 7 Park Service Extends Comments (Billings Gazette)
December 5 Agents, Landowners Killing More Wolves (Billings Gazette)
  Experts Herald Return of Trumpeter Swans (Jackson Hole Daily)
November 30 Park to Give 1880s Skull to Indian Tribes (Billings Gazette)
  Eight Bison Escape Quarantine Site (Billings Gazette)
  Six Bulls Shot So Far in Bison Hunt (Billings Gazette)
November 27 Nature Writers to Speak at Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
  Analysis Weighs Economic Effects of Snowmobile Plan (Bozeman Chronicle)
November 26 Park Plan to Close Pass Draws Fire (Billings Gazette)
November 22 Proposal: Wire Park to Predict Volcanic Rumbling (Billings Gazette)
November 21 Plan Allows 720 Sleds a Day in Park (Billings Gazette)
  January Classes at the Yellowstone Association Institute (Press Release)
November 19 Wolves Threaten Elk Hunting (Billings Gazette)
November 15 Grizzly Soon to be Delisted (Billings Gazette)
November 13 Government Policy Thins Herd, But Park Bison Numbers Up (Billings Gazette)
November 12 The 2nd Season: Number of Bison Hunting Permits Increased (Billings Gazette)
November 10 Park County Joins Wolf Dispute (Billings Gazette)
November 7 Parks Giving Free Admission (Billings Gazette)
November 2 Parks Need More Money, Candidates Agree (Casper Star-Tribune)
November 1 Study Sees Shift Away From Ranching Near Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
October 31 Diseases Affecting Yellowstone Wildlife (Billings Gazette)
October 26 Professor to Discuss Yellowstone Trout (Billings Gazette)
October 24 Snowmobile Noise in Yellowstone Exceeds Goals (Helena Independent Record)
October 22 Costs Aside, Yellowstone Visitation Holding Steady (Billings Gazette)
October 20 Three Wolves Killed in Madison Valley (Billings Gazette)
October 16 Teton County Tops in Wyoming Tourism (Billings Gazette)
October 13 Park to Limit Howitzer Use During Winter (Billings Gazette)
October 11 Wyoming Sues Federal Government Over Wolf Plan (Billings Gazette)
October 5 Wyoming: Wolf Program Analysis Flawed (Billings Gazette)
September 29 Park Bison Represent Success Story (Billings Gazette)
September 28 Wolf Population Thriving Since Reintroduction (Billings Gazette)
  Montana Licenses 140 Bison Hunters (Billings Gazette)
September 27 Park Service May License Microbe Use (Billings Gazette)
September 26 Yellowstone River a Centerpiece of Yellowstone Park (Helena Ind. Record)
  Yellowstone Park Gets Into Recycling (Billings Gazette)
September 22 Two Bison Captured Outside Park (Billings Gazette)
September 21 Yellowstone Visitor Center Postponed (Billings Gazette)
September 19 Beaver Upsurge in Yellowstone Park a Mystery (Billings Gazette)
September 17 Gillnetting Effort Making a Dent in Lake Trout in Yellowstone Lake (Billings Gaz.)
  In This Lake, It's a Fish Out of Water (Billings Gazette)
September 15 Rare Wolf Pays Visit to Utah, Dies in Trap (Salt Lake Tribune)
September 13 Yellowstone Bear Tally Up Over Last Year (Billings Gazette)
September 12 Yellowstone Road Re-Opened (Billings Gazette)
September 11 Rockslide Closes Park Road (Billings Gazette)
September 10 Beware of Roadside Bears (Planet Jackson Hole)
September 9 Thomas Seeks More Money for National Parks (Billings Gazette)
September 8 Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Doing Well (Ralph Maughan's Wildlife News)
September 6 Yellowstone Park's Bison Population Declines (Billings Gazette)
  More Than 100 Domestic Elk Escape Near Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
September 3 Danger on the Range at Yellowstone (Charlotte Observer)
September 1 Bear Removed to Remote Area of Park (Billings Gazette)
August 31 New Park Guidelines Push Conservation (Billings Gazette)
  Crews Clean Spill by Park Lodge (Billings Gazette)
August 30 Complete Yellowstone Wolf Update (Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report)
  Oil Spills Near Old Faithful (Billings Gazette)
August 28 Thousands of Items Land in Yellowstone Park's Lost and Found (Billings Gazette)
August 26 Bush Backs New Park Projects, Interior Chief Says During Visit (Billings Gazette)
August 25 Volcanic Life on Display in New Education Center (Billings Gazette)
  Kempthorne Stops in Yellowstone on Western Tour (Idaho Statesman)
August 23 Events to Inaugurate Yellowstone Visitor Center (St. Lake Tribune)
August 22 Interior Secretary to Visit for 3 Days (Billings Gazette)
  Teton Park Accident Hurts 10 People (Billings Gazette)
August 21 Stinky Fire Grows, Magpie Fire Quiet Over Weekend (National Park Service)
August 18 Old Faithful Webcam, Larger and Improved, Back Online (Yellowstone Net)
August 15 Study Details Parks' Effects on Montana, Wyoming Economy (Billings Gazette)
  State Officials Kill Grizzly Captured Near West Yellowstone (Great Falls Tribune)
August 14 Magpie Fire Continues to Burn in Yellowstone Backcountry (NPS)
August 10 Yellowstone Beauty Back Since 1988 Fire (Grand Forks Herald, ND)
August 9 Yellowstone Ecosystem Talk Scheduled (Billings Gazette)
  3-Day Hiking Course in Yellowstone in Late September (Yellowstone Institute)
August 6 Geyser-Gazing in Yellowstone (Deseret Morning News)
August 1 Comments Run Against Bison Hunt (Billings Gazette)
July 30 Saturday Magpie Fire Activity Inside Existing Perimeter (National Park Service)
July 28 Montana, Idaho Still Seek Delisting of Wolves (Billings Gazette)
July 24 Researchers Find Clues Pointing to Lewis Lake (Billings Gazette)
  Climber Injured in Grand Teton Fall (Billings Gazette)
July 22 The Eaglets Have Fledged (West Yellowstone News)
  Yellowstone's Magpie Fire Continues to Grow; No Threat to Visitors (NPS)
July 17 Mangy Wolves (Ralph Maughan Wolf Update)
  Climate Change Puts National Parks at Risk (Billings Gazette)
July 13 Update on Yellowstone Wolves: Pups are Doing Well (Ralph Maughan)
  Art, Science and Music Celebrated Together with Nature (Yellowstone Institute)
July 6 Montana Senator Aiming to Keep Snowmobiles in Park (Billings Gazette)
July 5 Child Advocacy Group Plans Fundraising Ride to Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
  Stones Cast Light on Lake Trout Mystery (Jackson Hole News)
July 1 Druids Have Eleven Pups (Ralph Maughan Wolf Report)
June 30 Old Faithful Webcam Not so Faithful (Billings Gazette)
  91% of Trucks, Buses Fail Park Inspection (Billings Gazette)
  Wildfires Flare Up in Forests, Yellowstone (Jackson Hole Daily)
  Yellowstone Road Work Halted for Holiday Weekend (National Park Service)
June 29 Yellowstone North Entrance Landslide Cleared (National Park Service)
June 28 Wildfire Knocks Out Power Across Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
June 27 Old Faithful Inn Opens for Business (Billings Gazette)
June 26 Historic Old Faithful Inn Opens for Season (Billings Gazette)
June 25 Old Faithful Opens for Summer Monday (Billings Gazette)
  Monster Fish Caught on the Madison (West Yellowstone News)
June 23 Twin Eaglets in Danger, Rangers Cracking Down (West Yellowstone News)
June 20 Revised Parks Policy Boosts Conservation (Billings Gazette)
  Budget Pressures Frustrate National Park Officials (Billings Gazette)
  Groups Oppose Bison Plans (Billings Gazette)
June 19 Woman Killed in Park ID'd (Billings Gazette)
  Yellowstone Bear Captured (KPAX TV, Mont.)
June 18 Yellowstone Tourist Dies in 500-Foot Fall (CNN)
  Parks Becoming Islands in Sea of Development (Billings Gazette)
June 16 2 Alleged Bank Robbers Caught in Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
June 15 Yellowstone National Park Osprey Numbers Hit 20-Year Low (Billings Gazette)
June 14 Parks to Release Names of Victims (Billings Gazette)
  Wolf May Have Been Killed By Car (Billings Gazette)
  Hoodoo Basin and Geyser Geology Backcountry Courses (Yellowstone Institute)
June 13 Ledge Geyser, Inactive Since '98, Erupts (Billings Gazette)
  Boy Out of Hospital After Slip (Billings Gazette)
June 12 Boy Burned After Fall Off Boardwalk (Billings Gazette)
  Follow the Yellowstone Roads (Casper Star-Tribune)
June 10 Governor's Bison Ideas Irk Ranchers (Billings Gazette)
  Park Biologists Stepping Up Efforts to Save Cutthroat Trout (Billings Gazette)
June 8 Yellowstone Grizzly Killed by Vehicle (Billings Gazette)
  Boy Kicked by Charging Moose in Grand Teton (Billings Gazette)
  Parks May Quit Providing Accident Victim Details (Billings Gazette)
June 2 Missing Park Visitor Found (Billings Gazette)
  Officials Urge Improved Road in Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
June 1 Patagonia Co-Founder to Speak (Billings Gazette)
May 30 Report: Yellowstone Air Shows Some Degradation (Casper Star-Tribune)
  Study Finds Plume Extends Far Under Park (Billings Gazette)
May 28 Yellowstone Seeking Public Input on Proposed Changes at Tower (NPS)
  Beartooth Highway Opens to Cold, Fog (Helena Independent Record)
May 27 Park Visitors Warned of High Water (Billings Gazette)
May 25 Holiday Weekend Kicks Off Summer Season (National Park Service)
  Officials Propose Doubling Number of Bison Hunt Licenses (Billings Gazette)
May 24 Except for Two Packs, Yellowstone's Wolves Have Dens (Ralph Maughan)
May 17 Unexploded Shell Closes Pass (Billings Gazette)
May 12 Shakeup in Jackson Hole Area Wolf Packs (Ralph Maughan Wolf Report)
May 10 Yellowstone Park Plan Calls for Reviving Trout (Billings Gazette)
  State Biologist Keeps an Eye on Wolves Through Tracking (Billings Gazette)
May 6 Money Runs Low for Beartooth Road Work (Billings Gazette)
May 3 Yellowstone Considering Additional Cell Towers (Billings Gazette)
  Black Canyon Wildlife Backpack (Yellowstone Association Institute)
May 2 Yellowstone Project Wins Award (Billings Gazette)
  Indians and Geysers (Yellowstone Association Institute)
April 29 Filmmakers Call New Park Fees to High (Billings Gazette)
  Yellowstone, Other Parks Raise Pass Price (Billings Gazette)
April 25 Tests Show 44 Percent of Slaughtered Bison Had Brucellosis (Billings Gazette)
April 23 Yellowstone Wolves Slow to Den (Ralph Maughan Wolf Report)
  Yellowstone Field Courses Offered at MSU (Billings Gazette)
April 22 Beartooth Highway Prepped for Opening (Billings Gazette)
April 21 Yellowstone Changes Fish Regulations to Enhance Native Species (NPS News)
April 19 Bears: Bones, Signs, and Stories (Yellowstone Institute)
April 18 Pastured Bison Return to Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
April 16 Parks Trim Services as Budgets Ebb (Billings Gazette)
April 14 Yellowstone Given $15M For Visitor Center (Billings Gazette)
  Old Faithful Facility 'A Really Cool Project,' Architect Says (Billings Gazette)
  Schweitzer Explains Bison Idea to Ranchers (Billings Gazette)
April 13 Bison Held Near Park's Borders Released (Billings Gazette)
  YNP Wolves Are Denning (Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report)
April 9 Costs Climb as Wolf Suits Continue (Billings Gazette)
April 7 Wolves Mean Money (Bozeman Daily-Chronicle)
  Number of Elk Calves Up (Bozeman Daily-Chronicle)
  GAO: Yellowstone, Teton Costs Outpace Funding (Billings Gazette)
April 5 Wyoming Wolf Lawsuit Loses Again (Billings Gazette)
April 4 Experts Split Over Delisting Grizzly Bear (Billings Gazette)
April 1 More Detailed Description of Six YNP/GTNP Winter Plans (West Yell. News)
March 31 Additional Work Planned for Sylvan Pass This Summer (Cody Enterprise)
March 29 Yellowstone Comes Alive (Yellowstone Institute)
  Crow Tribal Culture and Yellowstone National Park (Yellowstone Institute)
March 28 Four Bison Shot Outside Park (Billings Gazette)
  Who Will Pay for Wolf Costs Undecided (Billings Gazette)
March 27 Historic Facelift: Improvement Planned for Yellowstone Buses (Billings Gazette)
March 25 Snowmobile, Coach Numbers Up in Park (Billings Gazette)
March 23 300 Bison to be Held for Weeks (Billings Gazette)
  Wildlife Group Backs Taking Grizzly Off List (Billings Gazette)
March 21 Scientists Opposed to Grizzly Delisting (Billings Gazette)
March 20 How Many Bears are There? (Jackson Hole Star-Tribune)
March 16 More Bison Caught, Shipped Off (Billings Gazette)
  Agreement Ends Sheep Grazing in Area Rife With Wolves (Billings Gazette)
March 15 $100M Cut to Parks Proposed (Billings Gazette)
  Park Seeks Opinions on Winter Access (Billings Gazette)
March 14 Park Elk and Bison Struggle in Concrete-Like Snow (Ralph Maughan)
March 13 Park Service Schedules Open House for Winter Use Plan (Billings Gazette)
March 12 Park Service Goes High Tech (Billings Gazette)
  Contamination Found at Tank Site (Billings Gazette)
March 10 1st Elusive Wolverine Trapped in 4-Year Study (Billings Gazette)
  Region's Gray Wolf Population Tops 1K (Billings Gazette)
March 7 Yellowstone Winter Tourism Slow Despite Uptick (Billings Gazette)
March 4 Park Bison Numbers Drop Sharply (Billings Gazette)
March 3 Travels Over for Notable Park Bison (Billings Gazette)
  The Spring Wildlife Show (Yellowstone Institute)
  The Magic of Waterfowl Migration (Yellowstone Institute)
March 1 Dome Could Explain Activity in Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
  County  Backs Delisting Plan (Billings Gazette)
February 28 Yellowstone's Wolves in Decline (Wildlife Conservation)
February 27 Snowmobile Accident Kills Woman (Billings Gazette)
  Federal Protection Has Led to Wolves Unafraid of People (Jackson Hole Tribune)
February 25 Yellowstone's Example Helps Scientists Hunt for Life on Mars (Bozeman D.C.)
  Gone! Snowmobile Herds and Tourists (New York Times)
February 23 Snowmobile E-mail Leads to Call for Ouster (Billings Gazette)
February 22 Bison Roundup Costs Park $35k (Billings Gazette)
February 21 Agency Reaffirms Cutthroat Isn't Endangered (Billings Gazette)
  The Lesser Known Carnivores of Yellowstone (Yellowstone Institute)
February 20 Bison Facility Closed Again (Billings Gazette)
  Sled Supporters Rally for Access (Casper Star Tribune)
February 19 Park Official Apologizes for Joke (Billings Gazette)
  2 Bison Hunters Plead Not Guilty of Violations (Billings Gazette)
February 18 More Than $181,000 Spent on Yellowstone Bison Slaughter (Helena Ind. Record)
  Officials Capture 17 Percent of Yellowstone Bison (Jackson Hole Star-Tribune)
  Park Stands Behind Employee (Jackson Hole Star-Tribune)
  Yellowstone Drug Busts Jump (Billings Gazette)
  Use Killing to Manage Grizzly Dispersal, Official Says (Jackson Hole Star-Trib)
  Parks Endangered Due to Climate Change, Organizations Say (Billings Gazette)
February 16 935 Bison Rounded Up This Year (Billings Gazette)
  Yellowstone Visitors Choose Coach (USA Today)
February 15 Grizzly Comment Deadline Extended (Billings Gazette)
February 14 More Park Bison Sent to Slaughter (Billings Gazette)
  Grizzly Delisting Controversial (Billings Gazette)
February 12 Upset with Bison Slaughter, Nez Perce Assert Treaty Rights (Billings Gazette)
February 11 193 Bison Corralled at Facility (Billings Gazette)
  First Photos of Pacific Creek Pack (Ralph Maughan)
February 10 Back from the Brink (Missoula Independent)
February 9 Governor Opts to Release Bison (Billings Gazette)
February 8 Schweitzer Backs Snowmobiling in Park (Billings Gazette)
  Bison Hunt Halted West of Park (Billings Gazette)
  Bison Captured Near West Yellowstone (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
February 7 Bison Hunt Nears End; Officials Call it Success (Billings Gazette)
February 6 Walking on the Wild Side With Wolves (Salt Lake Tribune)
February 5 "Freakish" Fire Burns Snowcoach (West Yellowstone News)
February 4 The Mysteries of Yellowstone National Park Exposed (National Park Service)
February 3 Delisting Wolf Hinges on Wyoming (Billings Gazette)
February 2 Doc Warns of Park's Noise in Winter (Billings Gazette)
  Elk Researchers Look at Dynamics in Park (Billings Gazette)
February 1 State Recognizes Tribal Hunt (Billings Gazette)
  Officials: Some Wolves "Fearless" in Search of Human Food (Casper Star-Trib)
January 31 Park Suspends Bison Capturing (Billings Gazette)
January 30 Wolf Recovery Coordinator Leaving (Billings Gazette)
January 29 Solutions Hard to Find in Yellowstone Bison Controversy (Bozeman Chronicle)
January 27 Study: 4-Stroke Snowmobiles Easier to Park (Billings Gazette)
Janaury 26 More Bison Shipped to Slaughter (Billings Gazette)
January 25 64 More Bison to Go to Slaughter (Billings Gazette)
  Both Sides of Buffalo Debate Irate About Roaming Charges (Denver Post)
January 24 State to Look Anew at Buffalo Planning (Billings Gazette)
  Donation Helps Wolf Research (Billings Gazette)
  Research Site Full of Yellowstone Bison (Forbes)
January 23 Report: No Progress in Snowmobile Emissions Since '01 (Casper Star Tribune)
January 22 Jackson Hole Wolf Packs Using National Elk Refuge More (Ralph Maughan)
January 21 Tribes Given Custody of Yellowstone Park Remains (Billings Gazette)
  Bison Wranglers Continue Work, Capture Another 82 (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
January 20 45 Bison Captured; 36 Shipped Off (Billings Gazette)
January 19 46 More Bison Off to Slaughter (Billings Gazette)
  Wolf Populations Down by a Third (Bozeman Daily Chronicles)
  Refuge Begins Feeding Elk in Jackson Hole (Billings Gazette)
January 18 Logistics of Bison Slaughter Complex (Billings Gazette)
January 17 Agents Round Up 200 More Bison For Slaughter (Billings Gazette)
January 16 Father, Son's Death Still Unexplained (Billings Gazette)
  Bison Hunt Called Success (Billings Gazette)
January 14 Another 50 Bison Near Park Sent to Slaughter (Billings Gazette)
  Park Winter Visits Rise (Jackson Hole Star-Tribune)
January 13 Bison Hazing Goes Awry: 14 Animals Fall Through Ice (Billings Gazette)
  Study: Hunters, Drought Hit Elk Hardest (Casper Star Tribune)
  Yellowstone Birds of Winter (Yellowstone Institute)
January 12 Park Bison to be Killed (Billings Gazette)
January 11 Yellowstone Park Bison Hunt Halted (Billings Gazette)
  Cody Meeting Draws Comment on Grizzly Plan (Billings Gazette)
January 10 Picture Framer Finds Bonanza in Park Inn (Billings Gazette)
  Grizzly Bears Choosing to Investigate New Areas, Expand Range (Missoulian)
January 9 Grizzly Delisting Divides Greens (Jackson Hole Star Tribune)
January 6 Disease Suspected in High Wolf Pup Mortality (Billings Gazette)
January 5 Wolf Shot Dead on Ranch Near Big Timber (Billings Gazette)
January 3 Buffalo Seminar to Be Held in Yellowstone (Yellowstone Institute)
January 2 Former Broadcaster Takes Over PR in Yellowstone (Billings Gazette)
January 1 Meetings Will Allow Comment on Grizzly Bears (Billings Gazette)