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7/25/02 On the introduction of legislation in the United States Senate to protect National Forest roadless areas (by William H. Meadows President The Wilderness Society) 
7/18/02 "The best available protection": The White House hears from its own EPA that removing snowmobiles will improve Yellowstone's health (by Greater Yellowstone Coaltion)--Appeared in Spring 2002 newsletter but is only being made available online now. 
7/11/02 Latest Yellowstone Park pup info: Swan Lake Pack blossoms with 11 pups (by Ralph Maughan) 
7/11/02 Update from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign as reported by Ralph Maughan) 
7/6/02 Update from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign as reported by Ralph Maughan) 
7/4/02 "Control" of Washakie Pack reveals fatal injury to wolf 147M (by Ralph Maughan) 
7/3/02 Congress must step in to protect Yellowstone (by REP America in ENN)--REP stands for "Republicans for Environmental Protection" 
7/2/02 Anti-snowmobilers quick to attack Park Service decision to keep snowmobiles in Yellowstone(by BlueRibbon Coalition)
 
7/31/02 Surviving alone in the mountains (by Deborah Kadin Daily Herald--Suburban Chicago)
7/31/02 Clinic expected to replace Lake Hospital next year (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/31/02 Injured climber rescued from Grand Teton (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
7/31/02 Man charged with starting wildfire (AP story in Billings Gazette)--4th article
7/30/02 A Map of all 2002 Fire Starts in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)--I will continue to move this map up the headlines as it is updated. The date shown signifies the last updated map.
7/30/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/30/02 Injured hiker rescued (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)--Two separate cases of missing hikers found but the tragedy of a plane crash in the Absarokas. What's more--announced closing of the Lake Hospital. Big news day.
7/30/02 Missing park hiker found (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/30/02 Park hiker found in good condition (AP story in Billings Gazette)--2nd article
7/30/02 Plane crash kills two in northwest Wyoming (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article. 25 miles north of the star (Crowheart, WY)
7/30/02 Moose shooting admitted (by Dan Burkhardt Billings Gazette)--Retired priest pleads guilty in bizarre story out of Red Lodge
7/30/02 Study says grizzlies' survival hinges on specific food supply and room to roam(by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/29/02 Wild about cookies: Yosemite animals shape up as culinary winners (by Mark Grossi The Fresno Bee)--cookie idea began in Yellowstone
7/29/02 Search successful in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/29/02 Last park hospital to expire (by Stephen Speckman Deseret News--UT)--This is also big news. Wow, what a day.
7/29/02 History of Yellowstone's Lake Hospital (by Deseret News--UT)
7/29/02 Officials estimate 40 percent loss of bighorn herd (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)--Due mostly to pneumonia probably caused by the long-term drought.
7/29/02 G&W: Grizzly plan will stand (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
7/29/02 Lightning starts Yellowstone fire (AP story in Billings Gazette)--1st article
7/29/02 Wolf manager changes stance on cattle operation (AP story in Billings Gazette)--5th article
7/28/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/28/02 Wilderness activist turns 100 (by Becky Bohrer Billings Gazette)
7/28/02 4 fires burning in Yellowstone (AP story in Billings Gazette)--1st article
7/28/02 Yellowstone talks focus on Nez Perce history (by Billings Gazette)
7/28/02 Feds shoot 2 wolves near Dubois (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/28/02 Parks director to give talk (AP story in Billings Gazette)--5th article
7/28/02 Americans returning to an old summer staple: a driving vacation (by Peter Corbett The Arizona Republic in The Seattle Times)
7/27/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/27/02 Rules exemption tied to fire safety (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/27/02 Yellowstone fire nearly contained (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/27/02 Moose killing upsets Red Lodge (by Dan Burkhart Billings Gazette)
7/26/02 Status of gray wolf recovery, week of 7/19 - 7/26, 2002 (by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
7/26/02 State key to plan for delisting wolvies (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/26/02 Snowplanes banned from Jackson Lake (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
7/26/02 Yellowstone fire nearly contained (AP story in Billings Gazette)--2nd article
7/25/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/25/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/25/02 Activist convicted of misdemeanor in bison protest (by Mick Holien The Missoulian)
7/25/02 House panel OKs Teton land swap (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/25/02 Special fire units set to leave park (by Billings Gazette)
7/25/02 Peak week of the walking up Washburn (by Peggy O'Neill The Independent Record--Helena)--Believe it or not, I never saw the common sight of a bighorn sheep in Yellowstone in five summers and multiple climbs up Mt. Washburn. Why was my luck so bad?
7/24/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/24/02 How life began: Microbes at the Extremes: They thrive on boiling heat, freezing cold, radiation and toxic chemicals - and they have triggered a revolution in biology (by Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea DorfmanTime)
7/24/02 Grazers benefit from fires: The myth that nothing good can come from a fire is a perpetual myth (by Gary Voet Sacramento Bee)
7/24/02 Judge again tells state to produce bison documents (by Jennifer McKee Billings Gazette)
7/24/02 Crew gets break as park fire eases (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/24/02 Park fires settling down (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/24/02 Restored ferry launched in Tetons (AP story in Billings Gazette)--1st article
7/24/02 Scenic park drive reopens to tourists (AP story in Billings Gazette)--4th article. Firehole Lake Drive is a beautiful little drive.
7/23/02 Park seeks more time for snowmobile plan (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/23/02 Yellowstone fire nearly contained, 2 trails reopened (by Billings Gazette)
7/23/02 Fires cool down (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/23/02 Wildlife habitat protected in Taylor Fork drainage (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/23/02 Prime grizzly bear land sold to government (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/22/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/22/02 Some backcountry trails open in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/22/02 Yellowstone National Park to conduct commercial vehicle inspections (by National Park Service)
7/22/02 Couple enjoys 'calling' to Yellowstone (by Jeff Hunter Herald Journal--Logan, UT)
7/22/02 Travel Council touts increased tourism (by Buzzy Hassrick Cody Enterprise)
7/22/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/22/02 Environmentalists won't compromise on snowmobile controversy (by Michael L. Betsch Cybercast News Service)
7/22/02 4 teens hurt in Teton car crash (AP story in Billings Gazette)--1st article
7/22/02 Firefighters prepare for resurgence (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/21/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/21/02 Wyoming fire crews struggling (AP story in Billings Gazette)--Misleading headline. They aren't struggling in Yellowstone but in central Wyoming.
7/20/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/20/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/20/02 Fire crews make big gains in B-T (AP story in Billings Gazette)--Broad Fire 30% contained; all other fires contained.
7/19/02 Status of gray wolf recovery, week of 7/12 - 7/19, 2002 (by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
7/19/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/19/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/19/02 Hottest spot in the area located at Norris Basin (by J.D. Edlefsen The Rexburg Standard Journal--ID)
7/19/02 Teton rangers do another rescue (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
7/19/02 Lightning fires break out in Bridger-Teton (AP story in Billings Gazette)--Also, more news on Yellowstone fires.
7/19/02 Last-minute trips boosting tourist-related businesses this summer (by Kayley Mendenhall Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/19/02 Volcanos a bigger threat than comets: A volcanic super-eruption could pose twice as much of a threat to civilization as a collision with an asteroid or comet (by ABC NEWS Australia)
7/18/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/18/02 Yellowstone National Park lifts fire use restrictions (by National Park Service)
7/18/02 Chip seal road project scheduled for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/18/02 Park heats up: Rivers, road close in part due to thermal activity (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/18/02 Park closes some rivers to fishing (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
7/18/02 Weather aids effort to fight wildfires (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/18/02 Rain flattens big Yellowstone fire (by Billings Gazette)
7/18/02 Another small fire burning in park (by Billings Gazette)
7/17/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/17/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/17/02 Three rivers close to fishing in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/17/02 Rains cool park fires (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/17/02 Weather aids park firefighters (by Billings Gazette)
7/17/02 Lightning sparks more Yellowstone fires (by Billings Gazette)--The story of these fires is being somewhat sensationalized, I think. However, that's been the main focus of NPS press releases, and so that's what gets reported.
7/17/02 Montana lawmakers want feds to pay for wolf management (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
7/17/02 New Mexico man rescued from Tetons (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
7/16/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/16/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/16/02 Gored American faces second charge (by BBC)--Visitors need to realize that, contrary to appearances, buffalo are wild animals and can run up to 30 mph.
7/16/02 Yellowstone park buffalo gores man with camera (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/16/02 Shades of terror mark catastrophic eruption (by Zay N. Smith Chicago Sun Times)--1st Quick Take
7/16/02 Yellowstone volcanic activity slowing (by UPI)
7/16/02 Broad fire settles down (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/16/02 Mule Creek fire makes gains in hot, dry weather (AP story in Billings Gazette)--also reports somewhat on Yellowstone fires
7/16/02 Bark beetles killing more douglas fir (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/16/02 De-listing of wolves sought (by Jennifer McKee Billings Gazette)
7/15/02 The fishing report (by Madison River Outfitters in West Yellowstone News)
7/15/02 Bison gores visitor at Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/15/02 Update on Broad fire in Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/15/02 Bits & pieces (by David Warner West Yellowstone News)
7/15/02 More blasts from Yellowstone's past: Hotspot generated 142 huge eruptions, 40 percent more than previously known (by University of Utah in Science Daily)
7/15/02 Geothermal heat forces park road closure (by Billings Gazette)
7/15/02 Funding, control among wolf management issues (by Buzzy Hassrick Cody Enterprise)
7/15/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/15/02 Firefighters launch assault in Yellowstone (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/15/02 Hot, dry weather adds to Yellowstone blaze (by Carole Cloudwalker Cody Enterprise)
7/15/02 Glider wreckage could remain in mountains (AP story in Billings Gazette)--2nd article
7/15/02 Students build more efficient engine they hope will revolutionize the snowmobile industry (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
7/15/02 Heading to the front lines: Benton-based forest ranger to help fight Wyoming fire(by Keith Edwards Kennebec Journal)
7/15/02 Woman sues resort over lift accident (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
7/14/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/14/02 Top fire strategist sent to Yellowstone (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/14/02 Yellowstone wildfire burns 7330 acres (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/14/02 Logging and wildfire: How to reduce fire risk in nation's forests matter of intense debate (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/13/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/13/02 Park fire grows to 5500 acres (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/13/02 Special crew may fight park fire (by Billings Gazette)
7/13/02 Xanterra finding jobs for European students (by Ron Tschida Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/13/02 Codyites full of ideas for wolves (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/13/02 FWS has no money for prairie dog study (by Clair Johnson Billings Gazette)
7/13/02 Snake River project given go-ahead (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/13/02 Senate energy committee to hold fire-plan hearing (AP story in Billings Gazette)--1st article
7/12/02 Yellowstone National Park issues fire use restrictions (by National Park Service)
7/12/02 Status of gray wolf recovery, week of 7/05 - 7/12, 2002 (by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
7/12/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/12/02 Broad fire in Yellowstone too perilous for firefighters (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/12/02 Park wildfire doubles in size (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/12/02 Bison protester pleads guilty (by Karin Ronnow Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/12/02 Yellowstone provides living lab showing benefits of fire (by Julie Cart Los Angeles Times in Southeast Missourian)
7/12/02 Group: Forest roads need work (by Jennifer McKee Billings Gazette)
7/11/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/11/02 Fire causes closure of some park trails (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/11/02 Yellowstone Broad fire grows rapidly (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/11/02 Conservation corps introduces teens to hard work, hard play in national park (by Brett French Billings Gazette)
7/11/02 Park lodging web sites less than they seem (by Jane Engle Los Angeles Times in The News Tribune--Tacoma)
7/11/02 Nonprofit group sponsors Yellowstone tribs (by Los Angeles Times in The News Tribune--Tacoma)
7/10/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/10/02 Firefighters pulled off of dangerous park fire (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/10/02 Broad Fire advances, new fire starts in park (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/10/02 Wolf recovery doesn't mean end of debate (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)
7/9/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/9/02 Firefighters lose ground in Wind River Range, Yellowstone (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)--This story is more current than the one below. In any respect, this is not a huge fire in a remote part of Yellowstone.
7/9/02 Firefighters gaining on park blaze (by Billings Gazette)
7/9/02 Wolves are program topic at museum (AP story in Billings Gazette)--3rd article
7/9/02 Park lodges celebrate the great indoors (by Brandon Griggs The Salt Lake Tribune)
7/8/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/8/02 Xanterra, Yellowstone concessionaire, to review hiring procedures (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)
7/8/02 Colter Bay opens for season (AP story in Billings Gazette)--4th article
7/7/02 Fire information update for Yellowstone National Park (by National Park Service)
7/7/02 Learning on the job: New Yellowstone chief intent on education, not decision-making(by Chris Hunt Idaho State Journal)
7/7/02 Yellowstone's Broad fire grows to 210 acres (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/7/02 Travelers finds gems in Yellowstone book (by Christine Meyers Billings Gazette)
7/7/02 Beartooth Highway offers more than unique driving experience (by Kayley Mendenhall Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/6/02 European students stuck in Yellowstone without jobs (by Scott McMillion Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/6/02 Wolf pack doubles in size (AP story in Billings Gazette)
7/6/02 Texas man accused of chasing bison in car (AP story in Billings Gazette)--2nd article. If only they'd stop some state livestock workers in Montana from doing the same...
7/5/02 Status of gray wolf recovery, week of 6/28 - 7/02, 2002 (by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
7/5/02 The fishing report (by Madison River Outfitters in West Yellowstone News)
7/5/02 'Made for you and me' - to do what with? Balancing environmental, economic values proves difficult for the American psyche (by Brad Knickerbocker The Christian Science Monitor)
7/5/02 Man gored by bison at Old Faithful: Park Service reminds visitors to keep safe, legal distance from wildlife (by Bob Furu West Yellowstone News)
7/5/02 Chicago man drowns in rafting accident (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--1st article. This happened on the Yellowstone River near the Park in Yankee Jim Canyon.
7/5/02 Bison protestor gets 30-day sentence (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--2nd article. 
7/4/02 Students await elusive park jobs (by Brett French Billings Gazette
7/4/02 Retrieval of glider pilot's body was dangerous but successful (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette
7/4/02 Where's Goldilocks? (photos in Billings Gazette)--These kind of bear jams always annoyed me. Often people with very poor cameras would run through the woods trying to get closer to the bear, creating a dangerous situation. 
7/4/02 Ram poacher seeks work release (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette
7/3/02 Glider pilot's body found at Teton Park (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette
7/3/02 Griz study would span 9,500 square miles (by Jim Mann Daily Inter Lake--Kalispell, MT) 
7/3/02 Animals enter their silly season (by Tom Stienstra San Francisco Chronicle
7/3/02 Quakertown man is killed in accident in Yellowstone (by Intelligencer Record--Philadelphia)--Adds that Denver SUV driver may be facing charges. 
7/2/02 Foreign students find jobs in limbo (by Mike Stark Billings Gazette)--I'm not thrilled with the shortsighted excuses given by Xanterra in this piece. 
7/2/02 Grit triumphs in face of grizzly encounter: Frightening face-off in parking lot at Yellowstone Park (by Blaine Harden San Francisco Chronicle
7/2/02 Two more die on area roadways (by Jacob Goldstein Bozeman Daily Chronicle
7/1/02 Pennsylvania motorcyclist killed in Yellowstone Park (AP story in Billings Gazette
7/1/02 Park bison gores Texas man (AP story in Billings Gazette)--1st article. Another very common story. The man was within a yard of the buffalo; legal distance is 25 yards. 
7/1/02 Road work planned for Grand Teton (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune
7/1/02 Thomas: Teton land swap no longer tied to Martin's Cove sale (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune
7/1/02 Wolves not subject to lethal control (AP story in Billings Gazette
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7/31/02 Bioprospecting does not conflict with park mission (by John Downen Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--Whatever you think about his argument, he does correctly note that the core of this and other arguments on Yellowstone are not so much scientific arguments as they are value arguments.
7/31/02 Taylor Fork land buys a lasting achievement (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/30/02 We won't appreciate Hamilton Stores until they're gone (by Nina Sims in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--Probably true. As a five year alum, they (Nina Sims too) were very good to me. But, there is room for improvement all the same.
7/29/02 Yellowstone National Park needs a bigger budget: Stretching federal funds is good, unless it necessitates more costly 'catch-up' projects (by Idaho State Journal)
7/29/02 Park chiefs' actions fail test of democracy (by Todd Wilkinson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/29/02 Wolf reintroduction siphons resources needed elsewhere (by Bryant Higgs in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/25/02 Montana owes wolves a chance (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/21/02 Blame game a disservice to wild fire debate (by Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/20/02 Pause to reflect on future of Yellowstone River (by Linda Borque Moss Executive Director Foundation for Community Vitality in Billings Gazette)--3rd opinion
7/19/02 Triaging the endangered (by Dan Whipple UPI)
7/18/02 Equating environmentalism with terrorism shameful (by William C. Patric in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/15/02 Quiet zealot at Interior (by Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife)
7/15/02 Snowmobile plan ignores science, majority opinion (by Bob Ekey The Wilderness Society in Billings Gazette)--2nd opinion
7/14/02 A fisherman's hopes gone with the wind (by Dave McKee Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/11/02 How we talk about wildfire shows we still don't get it (by Matt Weiser in Billings Gazette
7/10/02 Norton vs. the Environment: The Secretary of the Interior has proven far more loyal to Big Industry than to the wildlife and public lands she is required to protect (by Jeff Woods Defenders of Wildlife)
7/8/02 Try to see Yellowstone, as if it were the first time (by Todd Wilkinson in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/8/02 Objectors to 'eco-terrorist' label protest too much (by Gordie Vance in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/7/02 Labor refugees treated poorly in Yellowstone (by Ray Sikorski in Billings Gazette)--This is an excellent piece that conforms with tales I have heard about Xanterra; this is by far the worst situation I have heard.
7/7/02 Snowmobile plan critical to protect national parks (by Billings Gazette
7/7/02 Take a step back and look at the future of trails (by Alison-Kate Kopinto in Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
7/5/02 Nice balance in snowmobile ruling (by Jim Berry in Billings Gazette
7/4/02 Protect a precious place (by Los Angeles Times)--You must fill out the free registration to see this op-ed 
7/3/02 Environmentalists need to learn to share the forests (by Larry G. Ellison in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
7/2/02 If elk could write, what would they say about snowmobiles? (by Drusha Mayuhe in Bozeman Daily Chronicle
7/2/02 Smokey Bear has it all wrong (by The Sun News--Myrtle Beach, SC) 


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