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Yellowstone National ParkJuvenile Bighorn Sheep casually amble along a precipice near Tower Falls.
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Yellowstone National Park
What's New on the Yellowstone Website?

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We are constantly updating the contents of this website. This page was created to assist you in finding recent additions.

• The Wireless Communications Services Plan FONSI is online - April 2009

• There are frequent additions to our News Releases page.



Ranger Adventure hikes schedules and descriptions are available for summer 2009 - April 2009

2009 Resource & Issues is online - April 2009

• Visitor Center Hours have been updated for the spring season - March 2009

Yellowstone Today Spring 2009 issue is online - March 2009

• The latest edition of Yellowstone Science was posted online - March 2009

• Teacher Workshops for 2009 have been posted - March 2009

• Opening dates for facilities in Yellowstone are online - February 2009

• Maps for Bear Management Areas were added - March 2009

• The official 2008 Wolf Population Count was updated - February 2009

• Take a online interactive tour of the campgrounds in the park. Click on the campground name to take a tour. - January 2009

• A link to U.S. District Court Ruling of September 15, 2008 (Winter Use) was added - Oct 1, 2008

•Twenty-two new Inside Yellowstone videos just went online - Oct. 1, 2008

• The Old Faithful Virtual Visitor Education Center is online - August 11, 2008

• Our new live streaming video webcam at Old Faithful is now available for public viewing - January 23, 2008

• A new link was added on the Nature page to the Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center: Connecting scientists to parks and science to people by sharing information on many of Yellowstone's, Grand Teton's, and Bighorn Canyon's resources.

Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988  

Did You Know?
The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.

Last Updated: April 21, 2009 at 14:52 EST