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Perusing fly fishing sites these days it seems you hardly have time to sip through your first cup of coffee before running across mention of threats to native fish and their fisheries. As counterintuitive as it might seem at first glance, we think that’s a good thing. No question, reading another angst inducing story about […]

For those so inclined, the full investigative report of the fatal bear encounter 6 July has been released. The full report with images and scans of at least some of the documents generated by the investigators is available here. Almost all of the friends and neighbors back home who do anything (not just wandering streams […]

From the YNP newswire yesterday…… Date: September 19, 2011 Contact: Al Nash or Dan Hottle, 307-344-2015 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2011        11-099 Al Nash or Dan Hottle (307) 344-2015 New Westslope Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project […]

Yep, today be a hallowed day. It’s the opening day of the season in Yellowstone. Though not at all beyond the realm of reasonable season expectation, today’s weather will be a bit blustery and Yellowstoner reports a little new snow on the ground. This will be the first day in some time that one or […]

Yellowstone National Park’s Native Fish Conservation Plan has cleared a major administrative hurdle with the recent posting of the FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact). So the battle to contain the lake trout beast continues. Read all about it here; the link will take you to the Project page, click on the Document List link […]

Here’s a copy of an email received this morning from the Madison Gallatin Chapter of TU regarding the Yellowstone fisheries issue we noted a few days ago.  Take a couple of minutes today and fire off an email to support YNP’s native cutthroat.  You’ll want to chase these fish some day……. ACTION ALERT! Please take […]

Like many ‘traditional’ blue line fly fishers we’re always in somewhat of a funk this time of year. Winter has its icy grip firmly in place, the post-holiday hangover is slowly abating and daylight hours are still in the distinct minority. That said, during our self imposed exile from home country in Montana it’s always […]

Yellowstone Lake’s bulging floor has made the news again – Natl Geo’s Daily News blog featured the story on the 19th. Yawn. No, there’s nothing new to report.  No, there hasn’t been another swarm of earthquakes attracting ‘end of the worlders’ by the busload. Turns out additional research regarding the bulge and associated magma bubble […]

More and more folks are enjoying the goodness that YNP has to offer, albeit most from the comfort of their vehicle and the pavement. From Al Nash at the park HQ last Friday: Yellowstone 2010 Visitation Tops 3.6 Million For the second year in a row, and for the third time in the last four […]