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Established in 1872, **Yellowstone National Park** is the first national park in the USA.

Located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk, the most abundant of the big animals in the park. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of extraordinary geysers and hot springs.

Nearly 3 million people visit each year.

July is typically the park’s peak visitation month, followed by August, June, September, and May. Additional visitation information is available online []. Reservations and information on in-park campgrounds and lodging is available by contacting Xanterra Parks and Resorts at 866-GEYSERLAND or online [|www.travelyellowstone.com].

Information on lodging, camping, services, and activities near the park in the Montana communities of Gardiner, West Yellowstone, and Cooke City, is available by contacting their respective Chambers of Commerce or from Travel Montana at 800-847-4868 or [|http://visitmt.com]. Those interested in visiting the Wyoming communities of Cody and Jackson should contact the Chambers of Commerce, or Wyoming Travel and Tourism at 800-225-5996 or [|wyomingtourism.org].

While not the largest in the park, the Old Faithful is undoubtedly Yellowstone National Park’s most popular geyser.

Yellowstone National Park has the largest concentration of free-roaming wildlife in the lower 48 states.

Yellowstone is home to two-thirds of the world’s geysers.

Key Links
[] [] [] [|Blog: In the Shadow of the Arch] https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/soundlibrary.htm

Wilderness Stewardship Plan
December 16, 12pm PST [|Wilderness Stewardship Plan] http://parkplanning.nps.gov/meetingNotices.cfm?projectID=47112 []

Headlines
https://qz.com/1101967/yellowstone-supervolcano-science-doesnt-support-an-imminent-caldera-eruption/ http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-yellowstone-grizzly-bear-protections-20170622-story.html http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2016/11/yellowstone-national-park-lone-dissenter-plan-managing-grizzly-bears-if-they-are-delisted https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/05/16/baby-bison-dies-after-yellowstone-tourists-put-it-in-their-car-because-it-looked-cold http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2015/10/yellowstones-2-major-charitable-support-groups-to-merge http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-ice-yellowstone-revealing-ancient-artifacts-180956488 [] [|Putting the color in Yellowstone's famed thermal springs - LA Times] [|Yellowstone's Thermal Springs, Their Colors Unveiled - OSA] [|Geysers In Yellowstone National Park? There's An App For Them!] [|Talk Of $30 Million Fiber Optic Network At Yellowstone National Park Renews Debate] - [|@ParksTraveler] [|Yellowstone cracking down use of aerial camera drones] - [|@YellowstoneGate] [|Drone crashes into famed hot spring at Yellowstone National Park]

Bison
[|Bison Management] [|http://parkplanning.nps.gov/YELLBisonPlan] [|Public Scoping Comment Report] was released on November 19, 2015 [|Conserving Wild Bison: Finding Space for an American Icon]

Weather
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Apps
 NPS Yellowstone National Park App

Use this official National Park Service app on your visit to help you discover the stories behind the scenery. Find useful information about visitor centers and other services. Free from [|the App Store]. Android coming soon.

 Geyser App  Discover the natural wonder of Old Faithful and other geysers, view eruption predictions and watch streaming video on your mobile device. Free download from [|iTunes] or [|Google Play].

Facebook
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Flickr
[|YellowstoneNPS] [|Firehole Springs, Yellowstone National Park]

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Periscope
https://www.periscope.tv/YellowstoneNPS https://www.periscope.tv/YellowstoneNPS/1mnxeYwVejExX

Wikipedia
[|Yellowstone_National_Park] [|Old Faithful Geyser] [|Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem] [|Ecology of the Rocky Mountains] []

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Elsewhere on the Web
[|Planning a Trip to Yellowstone? Lessons learned... - Outbounding] [|yellowstonegate.com] - [|@YellowstoneGate] http://sustainabledestination.org Yellowstone Association Yellowstone Park Foundation http://www.yellowstonepark.com

Twitter
[|@YellowstoneNPS] [|@YellowstoneGate] [|@YellowstonePF] [|@yellowstoneYA] [|@CodyYellowstone]

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Misc
Kudos to [|Yellowstone Park for providing the basics in tourism info] and for engaging on social web channels including Facebook ([|YellowstoneNPS]) Twitter ([|@YellowstoneNPS]), Flickr ([|YellowstoneNPS]). That said, I agree with [|@5wa] that's what missing is an online concierge service. Does the park answer questions from potential visitors? I haven't engaged them on this front myself.

My personal interest lies in the connection to local communities and learning about the history of conservation and tourism in the region. I haven't done that much research on Yellowstone and have not visited for some 20 years, but I'll be interested in learning what other [|Outbounding] members recommend.

Resurgent buffalo herds

History
The National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916. But the United States was creating national parks long before this date. The first national park — Yellowstone — was dedicated in 1872. Its enacting legislation declared it was to be "set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people."

Yellowstone's staff of superintendents and rangers had no way of protecting Yellowstone's thermal features and wildlife from developers and poachers until the U.S. Army arrived in 1886. The Army didn't cede management of the park to the National Park Service until 1918.

Buzzword Bingo
Bison - Expedition - Geysers - Mud Pots - National Park - River Otters - **Yellowstone**

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