National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service: U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
 
 
Support the National Park Service
Yellowstone National ParkRoosevelt Arch is at the park's North Entrance
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Yellowstone National Park
W is for Wolf
A black wolf runs and leaps in a meadow.

 

Wolves were brought back to Yellowstone in 1995. Visitors who look carefully can sometimes see a pack of wolves running together in the distance. 

 
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.

Disclaimer Accessibility Privacy Policy FOIA Notices USA.gov

Last Updated: July 10, 2007 at 16:54 EST