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.
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Yellowstone superintendent offers to work with Montana on fourth potential option for new bison planThe offer comes after the state asked the park service to throw out all of the potential options it previously put forward.
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States neighboring Yellowstone National Park have eased rules on hunting wolves, resulting in the most being killed in nearly a century
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Yellowstone is proposing increasing its bison population to as many as 8,000 animals. But Montana is asking that the park withdraw – or at least reconsider – the options it's put forward and come up with new ones.
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For decades the park has worked to restore its herds, from fewer than 25 animals in the early 1900s, to more than 5,000 today — enough that the park is now expanding a program that transfers live bison to Native American tribes to help restore populations on reservations.
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The season closed Tuesday with 272 wolves killed out of the state’s total threshold of 450.