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Wardens Seek Wolf Poacher Near Yellowstone Just Across Wyoming Border

  NEWS RELEASE National Park Foundation and National Park Service Announce $40 Million Gift to Meet Urgent Need for Employee Housing at Yellowstone National Park Donation intended to accelerate philanthropic investment to support new employee housing across the national park system As the first phase of Goal 1 of Yellowstone's "Focus on the Core" strategic priority, the park is replacing outdated trailers with high-quality modular homes. NPS / Jacob W. Frank WASHINGTON -  The National Park Foundation (NPF) and National Park Service (NPS) today announced a $40 million gift to expand and improve NPS employee housing at Yellowstone, America’s first national park. The new investment made possible by donors who wish to remain anonymous will fund more than 70 new modular units to address the critical shortage of employee housing at the park. Affordable housing for employees in and near national parks is increasingly scarce and expensive, reflecting a trend impacting communities

  NEWS RELEASE UPDATE: Public input sought on Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance Road Additional virtual public meetings scheduled March 1, March 6 Yellowstone flood event 2022: North Entrance Road washout NPS / Jacob W. Frank UPDATE: Public input sought on Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance Road Additional virtual public meetings scheduled March 1, March 6   MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering construction of a new permanent  North Entrance Road  in Yellowstone National Park. Goals for the new road include providing year-round access between Gardiner, Montana, and Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana, natural hazard resiliency and the protection of natural and cultural resources. Yellowstone invited the public to learn about and provide input on the North Entrance Road project by way of virtual public meetings on Feb. 12 and Feb. 14. Due to significant interest, Yellowstone will ho

  NEWS RELEASE 116 Yellowstone bison transferred to Fort Peck Tribes Bison leaving Stephens Creek, headed to Fort Peck as part of the Bison Conservation Transfer Program NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  February 14, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – During the week of Feb. 5, the National Park Service (NPS) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) moved 116 Yellowstone National Park bison to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Montana. The  Bison Conservation Transfer Program  continues to make history, having relocated the largest number of live Yellowstone bison to American Indian Tribes in the world. The bison transferred to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation included 108 males, four females and four calves.   Since 2019, a total of 414 Yellowstone bison have been transferred to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes at Fort Peck. Nearly all of those bison and their offspring have then been further distributed to 26 T

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NEWS RELEASE Public input sought on Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance Road Virtual public meetings Feb. 12 and Feb. 14; 30-day public comment period begins Feb. 12 Yellowstone flood event 2022: North Entrance Road washout NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  February 2, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering construction of a new permanent  North Entrance Road  in Yellowstone National Park. Goals for the new road include providing year-round access between Gardiner, Montana, and Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana, natural hazard resiliency and the protection of natural and cultural resources. Yellowstone invites the public to learn about and provide input on the North Entrance Road project by way of virtual public meetings on Feb. 12 and Feb. 14. A 30-day public comment period will also begin Feb. 12. Public input will help Yellowstone se