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Nature & Science

Nature-Related
Fish and Fishing Northern Range Controversy
Geology Wildland Fire in Yellowstone
Hydrothermal Features Online Nature Tours
Natural Highlights

Q & A Regarding Volcanic Activity in Yellowstone

Yellowstone Resources and Issues Handbook: The handbook our naturalists use to answer many basic park questions.

Natural Resource Vital Signs, 2011 (3.5 MB pdf): Yellowstone National Park's report to help park managers and scientists more fully understand the status of important ecological "health indicators."

Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center: The most up-to-date scientific information about resources in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Bighorn Canyon.

Research Permits: Information for scientists on how to obtain a Research and Collecting Permit.

Spatial Analysis Center uses computerized geographic information to track cultural and natural resources of Yellowstone National Park.

Science-Related
Wildland Fire Wetland Resources
Archeology Investigators' Annual Reports
Archive of Biennial Scientific Conference Proceedings
10th Biennial Scientific Conference


Coming fall 2012:

11th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Yellowstone Science - A journal devoted to the natural and cultural sciences
Science Talks in Yellowstone

Online videos of talks presented by scientists involved in research in Yellowstone


Yellowstone Science-Related Links From Non-NPS Sources

Yellowstone Park Science Bibliographic Database - Searchable database containing over 16,700 bibliographic citations to scholarly and professional studies and publications dealing with science in Yellowstone and its immediate surroundings (maintained by the Washington State University Libraries).

The Greater Yellowstone Bibliography - Searchable database containing over 28,900 bibliographic citations to scholarly, popular, professional, and creative literature about the greater Yellowstone region (maintained by the University of Wyoming Libraries).

U.S. Geological Survey site:Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

The following come to us courtesy of Bob Smith, University of Utah:

And courtesy of David Montieth & Contributors:Yellowstone Geysers

National Academy of Sciences & National Research Council Reports

Other Contributors:

Did You Know?

Bison in Yellowstone.

There are more people hurt by bison than by bears each year in Yellowstone. Park regulations state that visitors must stay at least 25 yards away from bison or elk and 100 yards away from bears.