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Yellowstone Rangers catch tourist peering into Old Faithful, where water temperature at the vent is 204°F

USGS Caldera Chronicles The 1959 Madison Slide, Part 1: A deadly consequence of the Hebgen Lake Earthquake As the ground started shaking due to the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, a mountain in Madison Canyon collapsed, devastating the area and causing numerous fatalities. The effects of that landslide are still evident today. Yellowstone   Caldera   Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mike Stickney, Director of the Earthquake Studies Office at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Sources/Usage: Public Domain.   View Media Details View of the Madison Slide on August 21, 1959 with rapidly filling Earthquake Lake. Rock Creek Campground was near the flooded trees. Camping gear was left behind by survivors who sought high ground following the slide. Photo by Professor William B. Hall, Montana School of Mines Geology Department. The landscape of the greater Yellowstone region has

Yellowstone’s "Limpy The Coyote" [aka "Tripod"] Now Teaching Other Critters To Beg

Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly receives American Forests' Forest Resilience Champion Award

  Yellowstone creates new bear management area in Hayden Valley

Low snow hampers Yellowstone wolves

  NEWS RELEASE Pierce Brosnan fined for foot travel in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park News release from the U.S. Department of Justice District of Wyoming People enjoying the views of Palette Spring, located in Mammoth Hot Springs, from the boardwalk. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  March 14, 2024 Contact:   Lori Hogan (Contractor) , 307-772-2124 News release from the U.S. Department of Justice District of Wyoming Pierce Brosnan, 70, of Malibu, California, was fined $500, and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, a $30 court processing fee, and a $10 special assessment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick imposed the sentence on March 14, in Mammoth, Wyoming. Mr. Brosnan pleaded guilty to foot travel in a thermal area. According to court documents, on or about Nov. 1, 2023, Brosnan uploaded pictures to his Instagram page of himself standing on a Yellowstone National Park thermal feature at Mammoth Ho

  NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone National Park increases protection for bears and visitor safety by implementing changes to two bear management areas Skiers spot Yellowstone’s first grizzly bear of 2024 Grizzly boar walks along the edge of Blacktail Ponds NPS / Jacob W. Frank Subscribe    |  What is RSS News Release Date:  March 13, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – To protect bears and increase visitor safety, Yellowstone National Park will create a new  bear management area  (BMA) in Hayden Valley, which will prohibit off-trail travel July 15-Sept. 15. The park also decommissioned an existing BMA in the Firehole River area. Additionally, skiers observed the first grizzly bear of 2024 on March 3. Changes to Two Bear Management Areas Yellowstone is implementing a new 16,453-acre Hayden Valley BMA, located on the west side of the Grand Loop Road in Hayden Valley in the central part of the park. In this BMA, Mary Mountain Trail will remain open for recre

  NEWS RELEASE Public input sought on proposed measures to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species into Yellowstone National Park 30-day public comment period starts today AIS technicians decontaminating a motorized boat and trailer NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  March 7, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  Yellowstone National Park seeks public comment on proposed measures to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) into park waters. The proposals include a 30-day mandatory dry time for some types of motorized boats and sailboats before entering park waters and the prohibition of watercraft previously fouled by mussels regardless of dry time.   Yellowstone faces an increased risk of invasion by highly invasive  zebra and quagga mussels  following recent detections (2022 Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota, and 2023 Snake River, Twin Falls, Idaho) in waterways within a day’s drive of the park. Mussels have caused irreversib

  Yellowstone snowpack declining