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IN THE NEWS TODAY: Winter Season Begins -- by Bruce Gourley People and Places -- by Clint Wilkes Yesteryear in Yellowstone -- by Bruce Gourley New Russ Finely Video -- by Bruce Gourley |
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WINTER SEASON
BEGINS THIS WEEK by Bruce Gourley YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- This week marks the start of Yellowstone's winter season. Although not as heavily visited during the winter months, many (if not most) who have come to Yellowstone in the winter months find the experience even better than that of the summer season. During the winter months, crowding is not such a problem, and the winter scenery is sparkling and breathtaking. Snowmobiling, snowcoaching, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are favorite winter activities in the Park during the winter months. Certain of the park roads are open to snowmachines, while other areas of the Park are accessible only via skies or snowshoes. The only section of roadway open to traffic is the Mammoth to Cooke City leg in the northern portion of the Park. The start of the winter season also marks an increased awareness of the plight of Yellowstone's bison. In recent years, bison have been threatened with death at the hands of the Montana Department of Livestock if they leave Park boundaries to forage for food during the winter months. Montana ranchers are hostile to the bison because they are carriers of the disease brucellosis, which can cause abortions in domestic cattle. Despite the hostility, however, there has never been a documented case of brucellosis being transmitted from wild bison to domestic cattle. In 1996-97, some 1100 bison were killed. Last year, only 11 were slaughtered. Thus far this year, the Montana Department of Livestock has been hazing stray bison back into the Park, and has not as of yet killed any of the stray bison.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Ralph Maughan
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 PEOPLE AND PLACESby Clint Wilkes Every Wednesday Clint Wilkes will offer a story of interest to everyone who loves Yellowstone and the surrounding area. Some stories will be humorous, others will illustrate a point. You the reader are invited to respond by email.
The "Hams" store online offers almost everything you can find in the stores in the Park. The one thing they do not offer are those HUGE ice cream cones they sell that taste just as good as those teeny tiny cones my partner Bruce loves from the Amfac ice cream shops.
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IN YELLOWSTONEby Bruce Gourley YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- On March 1, President Ulysses Grant signed into existence the world's first national park -- Yellowstone Park. The 2.2 million acres of wilderness was set aside for "the benefit and enjoyment of the people." Nathaniel Langford, one of the most outspoken proponents of the national park idea, was appointed the first superintendent of the Park. He was immediately assigned the task of making a "thorough exploration" of the Park, and decided to make his investigation as a guest of the Hayden Survey party, which was returning to Yellowstone for further research. Langford thus spent a memorable summer in the newly commissioned Yellowstone Park. Click here for the 125th anniversary archived stories from NPS. |
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YELLOWSTONE VIDEO by Bruce Gourley YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (YNET) -- Russ Finley's Winter in Yellowstone, a new Yellowstone video being heralded as the best Yellowstone film yet, has just been released. Russ Finley is Yellowstone's top cinematographer and author of numerous Yellowstone and national park videos. A preview of the video can be seen online by clicking here (you will need Real Video software on your computer to watch the preview). More information about the video will be forthcoming. |
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