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• With 7 national parks nearby, paradise always within reach

  April 8, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 Within a day’s drive of Spokane, there are seven national parks – Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades in Washington, Glacier in Montana, Crater Lake in Oregon, and Grand Teton and …

• Yellowstone aims to control bison

  February 5, 2012 in Outdoors, Region on Page B2 BILLINGS – Yellowstone National Park administrators plan to capture and ship to slaughter potentially hundreds of wild bison if they migrate into Montana this winter in a bid to reduce …

• Hungry wolf pack rearranges balance in Yellowstone Park

  January 15, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Typically content to stay in Yellowstone National Park’s remote Pelican Valley where they specialize in killing bison, Mollie’s wolf pack has migrated more than 20 miles to the Lamar Valley … 1

• Yellowstone wolf skeletons studied

  October 16, 2011 in Outdoors, Region on Page B3 BILLINGS – Yellowstone National Park wolves tend to be healthier than wolves in other areas, based on an examination of about 160 of their skeletons over the last three years, … 1

• Fatal grizzly attacks trigger policy review

  September 24, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Yellowstone National Park officials say they’ll review park policies following two fatal grizzly attacks this summer. One incident involved a solo hiker, John Wallace, 59, of Michigan, who died Aug. …

• Michigan man killed by grizzly in Yellowstone

  August 29, 2011 in Outdoors, Region Yellowstone National Park officials say a grizzly bear killed a 59-year-old Michigan man whose body was found by hikers last week. 5

• Rangers won’t search for bear that mauled hiker

  July 7, 2011 in News, Outdoors, Region Yellowstone National Park authorities will not try to capture a female grizzly that killed a backcountry hiker because the bruin was trying to defend its cubs when it was surprised … 2

• Man killed by grizzly at Yellowstone National Park

  July 6, 2011 in Outdoors, Region Yellowstone National Park officials say a grizzly bear has killed a hiker in the park’s backcountry — the first fatal bear mauling in the park since 1986. 12

• Mange study trims wolves

  February 20, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Paul Cross found out it takes about five people to hold down an adult gray wolf for a shave. The disease ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Bozeman was …

• $27 million visitor center taps interest at Old Faithful

  September 19, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 Like the rest of the crowd gathered for the dedication ceremony of the new Old Faithful Visitor Education Center last month, the namesake was ready for the talk to stop …

• Yellowstone gift shop encourages patrons’ care for climate

  September 5, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I5 The gift shop at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is one of a kind. Who would ever think that bison dung would be a product to purchase in a national park? …

• Hungry bears could be trouble in Yellowstone

  August 23, 2010 in City on Page A6 BILLINGS – Yellowstone’s grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area’s deadliest on … 4

• Escaped killer caught in Wyo., says he’s relieved

  August 9, 2010 in Region An escaped killer with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign expressed relief at his capture today after 10 days on the run, while authorities searched to the north of this … 2

• Yellowstone fire grows to 515 acres

  July 22, 2010 in Region on Page A7 Nearly 170 firefighters are battling a 515-acre wildfire burning in the backcountry near the center of Yellowstone National Park.

• Yellowstone fire burning 385 acres

  July 20, 2010 in Region on Page A6 A 385-acre wildfire is burning near the center of Yellowstone National Park. A research flight discovered the fire burning two miles south of Beach Lake on Sunday. Gusty winds helped …

• Elk reproduction woes tied to wolves

  March 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 After hours of watching Yellowstone elk herds through a spotting scope, Scott Creel noticed a few interesting things. When wolves appeared, the elk turned skittish. They spent more time on … 12

• Wolf stars fade

  March 21, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 After a somewhat dominating 14-year reign in the northwestern corner of Yellowstone National Park, one of the park’s most-prolific and most-viewed gray wolf packs in the world may have perished. …

• Fall ‘eerily calm’ in Yellowstone

  November 2, 2009 in City on Page A6 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Visitors to northern Yellowstone National Park have been filing a lot fewer unusual auto damage claims during this fall’s elk mating season compared with recent years. The …

• Montana suspends wolf hunting near Yellowstone

  October 8, 2009 in Outdoors, Region Montana wildlife officials suspended wolf hunting near Yellowstone National Park on Thursday, after nine kills in just three weeks pushed the area’s wolf harvest close to its season-long limit. 1

• Federal judge rules grizzlies still threatened

  September 21, 2009 in Outdoors, City, Region BILLINGS — Facing the combined pressures of habitat loss, hunters and climate change, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list … 1

• Yellowstone, Glacier featured on new quarters

  September 9, 2009 in Nation/World Quarters dropped into fountains at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas next year could feature the park itself. The U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that the first in its “America the … 2

• Obamas to visit parks in trip to West

  August 7, 2009 in Region WASHINGTON — The White House is announcing that the first family will travel to national parks in the West next week. 1

• PAINTINGS TAKE YOU THERE

  May 30, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V6 Thomas Moran made what could be called the ultimate travel adventure. He experienced a new, wondrous almost mystical travel destination. As one biographer wrote, “Moran had found himself.” Moran found …

• Paintings take you there

  May 17, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 Thomas Moran made what could be called the ultimate travel adventure. He experienced a new, wondrous almost mystical travel destination. As one biographer wrote, “Moran had found himself.” Moran found …

• Yellowstone bison may get new range to roam

  January 18, 2009 in City on Page B2 BILLINGS – State and federal officials have recommended relocating a small herd of bison from Yellowstone National Park to a Wyoming Indian reservation, part of a bid to restore a …

• Winter at Yellowstone shows park at its peak

  January 18, 2009 in Travel on Page D8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – We were expecting to see plenty of wildlife on a winter outing to Yellowstone National Park, but – silly us – we thought we might …