Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Within Yellowstone's 2.2 million acres, visitors have unparalleled opportunities to observe wildlife in an intact ecosystem, explore geothermal areas that contain about half the world’s active geysers, and view geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.
Plan Your Visit - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park …
Jun 12, 2024 · Download the official, free NPS app and Yellowstone National Park content to help plan and enrich your trip before you arrive, during your visit, and even after your Yellowstone experience.
Birth of a National Park - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National ...
Thanks to their reports, the United States Congress established Yellowstone National Park just six months after the Hayden Expedition. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law. The world’s first national park was born.
Bison Ecology - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park …
Nov 25, 2024 · Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States. Learn more about the near extinction and recovery of these remarkable animals, how they make it through harsh winters, and what their survival says about our ability to share the landscape with another species.
Wolverine - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
In the Greater Yellowstone Area, wolverines have been studied using live traps, telemetry, and aerial surveys. A group sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society has documented ranges that extend into Yellowstone National Park along the northwest and southwest boundary.
Yellowstone National Park: World Heritage Site - NPS
Mar 29, 2021 · Yellowstone National Park was established as one of the two first U.S. World Heritage sites along with Mesa Verde. In 1978, just over one hundred years later, it was inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage list -- the United States' first World Heritage Site.
Wolf Ecology - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Dec 17, 2024 · The Northern Range is the hub of wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. Occupying just 10 percent of the park, it is winter range for the biggest elk herd in Yellowstone and is arguably the most carnivore-rich area in North America.
Bison Management - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National …
Nov 26, 2024 · Yellowstone works with its partners to control numbers, limit bison migrating out of the park, and help Tribes restore Yellowstone bison to their livelihoods. We develop the best available science to preserve our national mammal.
Old Faithful - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Yellowstone preserves the natural geologic processes so that visitors may continue to enjoy this natural system. Watch eruptions from the Old Faithful viewing area or along the boardwalks that weave around the geyser and through the Upper Geyser Basin.
Fountain Paint Pot Trail - U.S. National Park Service
Feb 15, 2024 · Yellowstone National Park NPS / Jacob W. Frank Along Fountain Paint Pot Trail you will see various hydrothermal features that are expressions of Yellowstone’s still active volcano.