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Grizzly Bear Kills Man Near Yellowstone Park

(June 19) -- Authorities say a grizzly bear that killed a 70-year-old hiker near Yellowstone National Park is still on the loose, and are cautioning residents to beware. The attack happened Thursday in the same area where researchers had trapped and tranquilized a huge adult male grizzly earlier in the day, in the...

Twice-Mauled Grizzly Photographer Still Loves His Subject

(June 8) -- Jim Cole knew he had to get up and get moving. After unknowingly stepping on a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park in May 2007, Cole was knocked down and mauled by the mother bear. Bloodied and severely injured, though he didn't know how badly at the time, Cole had to flee to survive. "I just knew I had...

Too Many Deer? Call in the Wolves, Scientists Say

(Feb. 1) – Scientists are calling for a formidable new cadre of pest exterminators to prowl America's national parks: wolves. A coalition of researchers has proposed trucking wolves into parks and other wild places to curb booming populations of deer and elk, which upset the natural order by mowing down native...

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02/10/12 Yellowstone recruits teens for summer program Source: CBS - CBS 5 NewsChannel YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. Yellowstone National Park is recruiting teenagers for its 2012 Youth Conservation Corps Program.
02/08/12 Yellowstone has development plans Source: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - Seattle WA YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. A plan to manage future development of the lake area in Yellowstone National Park is available for public review.
02/07/12 Yellowstone Park releases plan for lake area Source: Post Register Online - Idaho Falls ID YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. A plan to manage future development of the lake area in Yellowstone National Park is available for public review.
02/02/12 PHOTOS: Volcanoes from around the world Source: NBC - 9 News - Denver CO Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions.
02/01/12 Toxic-time-bomb spawned two-headed Brown trout in... Source: SF Bay Area Indymedia Selenium laden toxic-time bomb triggered by 50-years of Phosphate mining in Northwest U.S. Experts claim that two-headed trout and dead livestock portend hundreds of years of surface and groundwater contamination.