Nature Photography
Winter in Yellowstone offers excellent wildlife viewing and respite from the large crowds that visit the park in the summer months. The following images were captured by Nat Hab Adventure Specialist Simon Krejcik during a Yellowstone: Ultimate Wolf & Wildlife Safari.
News & More
Later this month, in late July 2017, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears outside Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park will lose their Endangered Species List protections. Jurisdiction over the bears will be handed over to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. In general, that will mean fewer restrictions on killing the bears.
News & More
One hundred and eleven years ago, the American Antiquities Act of 1906 was passed. It authorizes the president to designate federally managed lands as national monuments in order to conserve important archaeological, historic and scientific sites.
Nature & Wildlife
Once a national monument is designated to conserve a landscape and its cultural history, once a natural habitat is legally protected to save wildlife, or once an oil pipeline is stayed to safeguard a community’s clean water, you can breathe a sigh of relief, right? The battle is won; end of story.
News & More
Grizzly bears and wolves. Other than bison, does America have any mammals more representative of our nation? Unfortunately for them, grizzly bears and wolves are predators, and that sets them apart from bison. It also sets them up to be on the receiving end of some of our most heinous laws and regulations. H. J.
Travel Tips
Grand Teton National Park supports a rich array of wildlife and stunning scenery, including the iconic, rugged mountain range that gives the park its name. Sometimes overlooked due to its proximity to Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton is a hidden gem teeming with history, geologic mystery and majestic creatures.
Videos
The end of 2016 marks the closing of the National Park Service’s centennial year. For the past 12 months, we Americans have been appreciating, celebrating and visiting all of our 413 national park units, large and small.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a scene from Grand Teton National Park. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this moment between a bison mother and calf (also known as a “red dog”).
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a moose out at dawn. Photographer Jennifer Leigh Warner took this photo on a cold fall morning in Grand Teton National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Videos
Simply defined, zero waste is a goal where all discarded materials become resources for others to use. It eliminates all discharges to air, land or water that are a threat to animal, human, plant or planetary health. All products are reused, repaired or recycled back into nature or the marketplace.
Conservation
Just about a year ago, on June 8, 2015, the carmaker Subaru of America Inc. and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) announced a partnership.
Conservation
When President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service on August 25, 1916, I doubt he anticipated that one of the statute’s words would cause a lot of controversy 100 years later.
