Yellowstone National Park

Last week Yellowstone National Park FINALLY announced hoot owl restrictions for all river watersheds in the Park, ending angling on all rivers by 2 PM each day. Water temps have been blisteringly hot in many of the Park’s waters; take for example the Upper Firehole gauge temps (not the typically much warmer lower Firehole gauge) […]

Today is the 149th anniversary of one of the best ideas ever conceived on this planet – Yellowstone National Park. YNP remains a life-list, must-visit fly fishing destination of cold water fly fishers world wide, and contains a collection of natural wonders rarely seen so closely gathered together in one very special region. The thinking […]

Those that tried to tune into the MGTU presentation last week – guide and owner Shane McCaflin of the Sunrise Pack Station – were unable to connect due to to some technical issues. Thankfully a video of the presentation was recorded and is available for your perusal here – we’re still making the case this […]

Despite it feeling like the earth had been quaking beneath our feet for much of 2020, in the Greater Yellowstone region, earthquake numbers were more or less average (even on the low side) for 2020. More from this issue of Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles…

For those inquiring minds still fascinated (as am I) with the wonders of Yellowstone, via the USGS’s Caldera Chronicles – read it here.

When a reasonably well read, and well traveled, fly fisher hears the word Yellowstone, I’d bet you dollars to donuts they immediately conjure up images of the Firehole, the Gibbon, the waters of the Northeast Corner, maybe even the upper Gallatin along 191 north of West Yellowstone. I sure as hell do, though as I […]

The Caldera Chronicles weekly post update continues to provide those interested in learning more about the abundant science on display in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The Missoulian recently featured a nifty piece the CC published on roads in the GSE, evermore encroaching on the island of wonder in the Park. Image via the Caldera Chronicles.

Missed this one a few month’s back – here’s a nifty look at how actual scientists practice their trade and monitor the health of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; read it here.

A regional update via the BDC covering the ongoing laker battle in YNP…

What the heck is that? From the article linked below – CLICK TO ANIMATE! Cross-section through the Old Faithful area showing the location of hydrothermal tremor with depth over time, spanning an Old Faithful eruption cycle. The triangles denote the seismic stations, gray lines are the back-tracked directions from the seismic stations to the tremor […]

The Return from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. Dave Sweet has spent over a decade helping to bring back the Yellowstone Cutthroat from the brink of extinction. Along with his daughter, Diana, a fisheries biologist, he will travel into the infamous Thorofare area of Yellowstone, the most remote wilderness in the lower 48, to see if […]

An update last week from NatGeo on efforts to eradicate lakers out of Yellowstone Lake and her tribs; not “new” news, but the most recent update we’ve seen, along with some great images. (Image from the article.) Their angle kinda’ reminds me of this scene from MP and the Holy Grail…

A friend from France we’ve met through Chi Wulff recently emailed this article to me asking if he should cancel the trip he’s planning with friends coming to fish the Northern Rockies, including significant time in Yellowstone during the traditional late spring mayfly hatches. He’s a delightful guy with a well-developed and very wry sense […]

In honor of Yellowstone National Park’s 146th birthday today, take two minutes and click through this quick slide deck of Ten Yellowstone Milestones over on Yellowstone Forever.

RT3 Trailer from Waist Deep Media on Vimeo.