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Yellowstone National Park enlisted Indigenous artists and scholars to celebrate the park’s 150th anniversary. Some say it's the start of a journey of healing from some of the park's dark history.
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U.S. Senators talked last week about the costs of climate change, and potential costs of doing nothing. Some argued we need to focus efforts on local communities and governments. They’re often paying the price when floods take out roads, wildfires pollute waterways or towns run out of water.
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Climate change can make flooding worse in a number of ways, according to Colorado State University researcher Frances Davenport. That includes warmer air carrying more moisture, causing more intense precipitation events. It could also mean more rain falling on snowpacks in higher elevations, causing floods like we saw in Yellowstone National Park.
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How can there be historic flooding when there is also a historic lack of water?
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The recent flooding around Yellowstone National Park also created challenges for gateway towns like Gardner, Red Lodge and Cooke City in Montana. That includes lost homes and possibly lost livelihoods. For travelers who can no longer access the park through those towns, there’s another Montana entrance: West Yellowstone, the most popular gateway to the park.
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The nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park is introducing the Inheritance Pass as a way of commemorating the 150th anniversary of the park.
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In honor of Yellowstone National Park's 150th anniversary, the Wyoming Geological Survey has launched a map showcasing roadside geology when traveling to Yellowstone .
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The special exhibition grapples with the idea of Yellowstone through the lens of people who have used, loved, lived and migrated through the park.
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Wyoming is moving forward in its effort to return grizzly bear management back to the states. This comes after Governor Gordon announced his commitment to put the bears back under state control.The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has approved a new management plan and is now awaiting Montana and Idaho to approve it.
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The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear population is the largest it has ever been. It's estimated that almost 1,070 grizzly bears are in northwest Wyoming and parts of Montana and Idaho. That number is much higher than the previous estimates which put the grizzly's population estimate at around 750 bears.