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  Sailing in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Lake Water Levels Can Tell Us More than You Might Think A relatively simple measurement—lake level—has yielded big dividends in Yellowstone. By tracking the level of Yellowstone Lake over time, it is possible to understand more about a range of subjects, from the hydrology of stream flow to the physical properties of the magma reservoir beneath Yellowstone Caldera! Yellowstone  Caldera  Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Scott K. Johnson, Science Communication Associate the EarthScope Consortium. The strongest Yellowstone Lake seiche wave (primary mode) has a 78-minute period, but other weaker seiche waves are also present simultaneously. The importance of tide gauges is apparent to anyone who has lived near a coastline, but there are a host of reasons to measure the water level of inland water bodies, too. Sometimes that’s to monitor water cycle trends, like drou

  Buffalo Bill Exhibit Shows What Lies On Bottom Of Yellowstone Lake

Essay: The other Yellowstone

  More than 1,000 earthquakes rock Yellowstone in July

Yellowstone rattled by swarm of earthquakes

  Woman injured by bison in Yellowstone National Park flown to hospital

Henry Wood Elliott and the first map of Yellowstone Lake Release Date: June 7, 2021 Henry Wood Elliott was a dedicated conservationist and explorer who, in 1871, helped create the first bathymetric map of Yellowstone Lake. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, he declined to leave his name on any feature in Yellowstone. Geologists now honor Elliott’s legacy by referring to a very large explosion crater beneath Yellowstone Lake as Elliott’s Crater. Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Lisa Morgan, emeritus research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Henry Wood Elliott during a geological expedition in 1870.  Photo by William Henry Jackson. In 1999-2002, the U.S. Geological Survey, with support from Yellowstone National Park and Eastern Oceanics, produced the first high-resolution b

  Yellowstone seeing progress on lake trout suppression

Yellowstone to hold virtual meeting on park fish restoration work

  The Yellowstone Lake cutthroat trout recovery story

  Yellowstone’s Cool Thermal Areas Release Date: April 5, 2021 Yes, some of Yellowstone’s thermal areas are cool—as in, no longer hot.  Cooling is part of the “life cycle” of a thermal area.  And just as it’s important to keep track of where thermal areas warm up, it’s also important to keep track of where they are cooling down. Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from R. Greg Vaughan, research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey. We do not define the habitat of wolves just by observing where a wolf pack may be standing at any given moment; they move around.  Similarly, you can think of a thermal area as the “habitat” of individual thermal features, like geysers and hot springs.  Hot fluids also move around (underground), so just because a patch of ground in Yellowstone is either warm or cool d

Yellowstone announces fee increases to fishing and boating permits; Additional revenue will support conservation efforts     News Release Yellowstone announces fee increases to fishing and boating permits; Additional revenue will support conservation efforts   Fly Fishing on Nez Perce Creek NPS / Jacob W. Frank Subscribe | What is RSS News Release Date: March 24, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Beginning today, fees for fishing and boating permits in Yellowstone National Park will increase. Anglers will be able to purchase fishing permits online via  Recreation.gov starting today for the upcoming season in addition to in-park stores and surrounding communities beginning this spring. See Yellowstone’s fee schedule below for details: Yellowstone Fee Schedule 2020 Fees 2021 Fees Last Fee Increase Fishing   3-day $18 $40 2012 7-day $25 $55 Season $40 $75 Boati

Yellowstone's Lower Geyser Basin may have looked much different 4,000 years ago     The sunset is reflected in pools along the Firehole Lake Drive at the eastern edge of the Lower Geyser Basin. Neal Herbert/National Park Service