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founded January 15, 1999
This is not news reported from The Magic of Yellowstone.  Rather, this is news that we have compiled from news gathering sources who have stories on Yellowstone.  Furthermore a story is not necessarily non-factual if the story comes from an activist group.  Indeed, some of the only news information reported on some of these topics come from these groups who have people in the field.  What we want is for this page to be a resource for those looking for current news on Yellowstone or needing to do research on current events in Yellowstone.  For more factual research, go to The Magic of Yellowstone Fact Guide or History Guide.
What are the hot issues facing Yellowstone?  The State of Montana continues its slaughter of bison.  There is a battle in the courts about the legality of the wolf reintroduction.  Yellowstone's sewage system is failing.  There are non-native Lake Trout in Yellowstone Lake.  There are loads of other issues.  Come here to find out what is making news and comment on what should be!
Help us report.  If you have a news tip or know of an online news resource, either post in our new and improved discussion forum or email Jim at jsmacdonald@yellowstonemagic.com


NOTE: Many links are probably dead. This is a record of what was active at the time of publication.
Archives Page
April 1999
News from the Newspapers:
4/30/99 Road plowing proposal in Park gets attention of congressmen by John Miller Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/28/99 Wolf pair dens in Grand Teton AP story in Casper Star-Tribune
4/27/99 Bison injuries detailed in report by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/27/99 Park delays grazing because of wolf packs AP story in Casper Star-Tribune
4/27/99 Where the fees go: Yellowstone, Bighorn unveil budget reports: New requirement gives public insight in each park's budget by Michael Milstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/26/99 Northern Rockies wolf report released by CNN
4/26/99 Wolves attacking cattle in Grand Teton may be killed AP story in Casper Star-Tribune
4/26/99 Grand Teton: Visitor-fee hike to fund park improvements: Visitor center, road, trail upgrades planned AP story in The Billings Gazette
4/26/99 Pilots use skills to land on short Jackson runway by Rachel Odell of Jackson Hole News in The Billings Gazette
4/24/99 New winter use plan dumps snowcoaches by The Billings Gazette Staff and Wire reports
4/23/99 Gray wolf recovery status report for 4/10-4/23 by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4/23/99 Yellowstone examines winter use options by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/23/99 Yellowstone Park: Arts panel chooses coin design by Michael Milstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/22/99 Gore to unveil plan for clearing haze from parks Reuters story in Yahoo
4/21/99 Multiple threats: Yellowstone Park considered among most endangered by Michael Milstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/19/99 Yellowstone National Park's fiscal year 1999 budget available for public reviewby National Park Service
4/19/99 Greening efforts continue in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by National Park Service
4/19/99 What happened to the frogs? 1950s research highlights precipitous decline of Yellowstone Park's amphibians by Michael Milstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/16/99 Additional information on Yellowstone National Park spring road openings by National Park Service
4/16/99 45 BISON SHIPPED TO SLAUGHTER; STATE NEARING FORMER SLAUGHTER LIMITAP story in Casper Star-Tribune
4/15/99 State corrals 60 loose bison, 5 protesters: animals' fate awaits results of brucellosis tests by Joe Kolman The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/15/99 Big bison day for Department of Livestock; five protesters arrested by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer (reports that the actual total of bison captured was 71!)
4/15/99 Appeals court asked to halt Yellowstone bison slaughter AP story by Aviva L. Brandt and posted by Ralph Maughan
4/15/99 Big Plans for Old Faithful: Corporate gift kicks off fund-raising for new visitor center by Michael Milstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/14/99 Spring road openings in Yellowstone National Park by National Park Service
4/13/99 Rivers group releases its list of threatened waterways: Flood control makes Yellowstone 'armored ditch' by Joe Kolman The Billings Gazette Staff Writer and Allison Stevens Medill News Service
4/12/99 Canon and Unilever sponsor 'Your Picture Of America' photo contest to benefit national parks PRNewswire story in Yahoo
4/11/99 Annual public land fee considered AP story in The Billings Gazette
4/9/99 Gray wolf recovery status report 3/27-4/9 by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4/9/99 State permit violations confirmed by Joe Kolman The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/8/99 Group wants to kayak Yellowstone park rivers by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/8/99 Rules changes sought: Whitewater enthusiasts eye park use by Joe Kolman The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/7/99 Annual pronghorn count completed at Yellowstone National Park by National Park Service
4/7/99 Total cleanuup of New World district not possible by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/6/99 Hearing today on speed limit in Gallatin Canyon AP story in The Billings Gazette
4/4/99 Residents hope 55 will be the magic number on Highway 191 by Joan Haines Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/4/99 State statistics paint picture of dangers on Highway 191 by Joan Haines Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/3/99 Possible delay in environmental impact statement  by Michael Millstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/3/99 West Yellowstone, park mark Earth Day in The Billings Gazette
4/2/99 EIGHTEEN BISON SHIPPED TO SLAUGHTER by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/2/99 Bicyclists can enjoy park without cars in The Billings Gazette
4/2/99 Respite expected: Cody-to-park trip to be free of construction by Michael Millstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/2/99 Grizzly law likely to delay delisting, official says: State legislation has no limit on number of bears killed AP story in The Billings Gazette
4/1/99 STATE USES NEW TRAP ON 29 BISON by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer
4/1/99 West Yellowstone: State nabs 29 bison, 2 protesters by Michael Millstein The Billings Gazette Staff Writer
4/1/99 3 wolves cause Jackson Hole cattle stampede; calf dies: Biologists believe wolves were looking for new area to colonize AP story in The Billings Gazette (Ralph Maughan reports that there was no wolf stampede or dead calf)
4/1/99 Doom and gloom a bit premature: Facts, figures show Yellowstone elk are doing nicely by Mark Henckel The Billings Gazette Outdoors Editor


News from Activist Groups:
4/28/99 Wolves now allowed to migrate out of Northern Rockies experimental area? by Ralph Maughan
4/25/99 Den update late April 1999 by Ralph Maughan
4/24/99 More buffalo casualties in DOL hazing operations by Buffalo Field Campaign
4/24/99 Buffalo petition update by Buffalo Field Campaign
4/20/99 NPCA's 1999 List of 10 Most Endangered National Parks: Muddying the Waters: Yellowstone National Park by National Parks and Conservation Association
4/19/99 Update from the front lines by Buffalo Field Campaign
4/17/99 94 Buffalo killed this year by DOL: Forest Service could prevent further slaughterby Buffalo Field Campaign
4/14/99 DOL captures over 60 buffalo on Horse Butte: 4 BFC volunteers illegally detained and 5 arrested by Buffalo Field Campaign and posted by Ralph Maughan
4/13/99 Yellowstone wolf update: Three females have "localized" by Ralph Maughan
4/9/99 Online National Save the Buffalo Petition '99 by Buffalo Field Campaign
4/1/99 Wolves roaming around: Soda Butte back at Elk Refuge by Ralph Maughan
4/1/99 Department of Livestock hazes illegally: 29 buffalo captured in New Horse Butte Trap: Two volunteers arrested: Volunteers liberate 5 buffalo from Duck Creek Trap last night by Buffalo Field Campaign

Weather from The Weather Channel

Opinion Pieces: (as always, you are encouraged to comment on anything regarding Yellowstone in our discussion forum)
4/30/99 ‘Preferred’ winter-use plan should be scrapped by Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Staff
4/29/99 River deserves protection by Heidi Barrett in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/27/99 Elizabethan Economics by Virginia Ravndal
4/27/99 Columnist didn't do homework by Mike Clark, executive director of Greater Yellowstone Coalition in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/26/99 The Serbs have Kosovars as Montana has our bison by Todd Wilkinson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/25/99 Take care of our treasure by Tom Murphy, Park County Environmental Council Member in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/22/99 Take a hike by Brett French The Billings Gazette Outdoors Columnist
4/20/99 Don't blame the road; it's the nut behind the wheel by Derald Delin in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/19/99 On grizzlies, closed meetings and bureaucratic waffling by Todd Wilkinson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/18/99 No proof of grizzly glut by Edward Dobson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/18/99 Yellowstone River cries out for integrated policy by Robert Ebinger in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/15/99 Park shouldn't add kayaking to its worries by Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Staff
4/15/99 Let Yellowstone River have its wild side by The Billings Gazette
4/14/99 Park river proposal must be kept in perspective by Dennis Schafer in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/13/99 Ranchers, environmentalists should be allies by Jefferson Goethals in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/8/99 Forest Service doesn't get it on bears by Sherm Janke Montana Chapter of Sierra Club in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/8/99 U.S. 191 solution can't come from emotion by Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Board
4/7/99 Diversa ruling premised on meaningless moral dilemma by J. Bishop Grewell Research Assistant for Political Economy Research Center in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/7/99 Raise money to feed stranded elk near Hebgen Lake by Alfred Abelin in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
4/5/99 HB 643 a step in the right direction by Cris Mulvey in The Billings Gazette (final opinion)
4/2/99 Let public into park process by Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Staff


*96--Overall number of bison dead in Montana Department of Livestock activities
90--Number of Yellowstone Bison Shipped to Slaughter in 1999
*4 bison died en route to slaughter, 2 others D.O.L takes responsibility for

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