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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
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