Yellowstone at 150
The world’s first national park is turning 150 years old this year. While many of the natural wonders like Old Faithful and Yellowstone Falls look the way they did then, a lot has changed in the last century and a half.
The climate has altered how we interact with the park. Wildlife populations have fluctuated while human visitation has boomed. The park is further acknowledging Native American connections to the park as it explores its human history. These are the exciting challenges and opportunities facing the park as it marks its 150th year.
Over the next several months, Yellowstone Public Radio will look at how the park is learning from its past and how it’s bringing in new perspectives and ideas that will shape the future. Throughout the year, we’ll also bring you special coverage of happenings inside the park related to the 150th milestone.
The climate has altered how we interact with the park. Wildlife populations have fluctuated while human visitation has boomed. The park is further acknowledging Native American connections to the park as it explores its human history. These are the exciting challenges and opportunities facing the park as it marks its 150th year.
Over the next several months, Yellowstone Public Radio will look at how the park is learning from its past and how it’s bringing in new perspectives and ideas that will shape the future. Throughout the year, we’ll also bring you special coverage of happenings inside the park related to the 150th milestone.
Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection (Library of Congress)
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Four months after damaging floods hit south-central Montana, Gardiner’s connection to Yellowstone National Park was restored this weekend. -
An Indigenous opera singer has written a song that she hopes will be a new anthem for Yellowstone National Park. -
As Yellowstone National Park turns 150 years old, a group of Indigenous artists and scholars is bringing a teepee village and other public art to the park to highlight its Native American history. -
When people think of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, the critters that usually come to mind first are bison, bears or elk. But the park's most prolific organisms are too small to see with the human eye. -
“It’s just fun to see them laugh and relax and have fun and realize how much they actually learned," said AP biology teacher Kim Popham, who recently guided her students on a tour of Yellowstone National Park.
