Aug 11, 2017
The 50-Year Legacy of Glacier's Night of the Grizzlies
How one tragic evening revolutionized bear management in our national parks
Yellowstone National Park
Jun 26, 2017
The People Who Call Yellowstone Home
A new photo book documents the diverse community behind the original national park
Sep 29, 2016
Yosemite Chief Resigns Amid Sexual-Misconduct Claims in Park
The reports of sexual harassment among NPS employees continue, with new revelations about Yosemite and Yellowstone
Sep 29, 2016
How Global Warming Is Changing How We Play Outside
Climate change is affecting America’s recreation meccas—from Yosemite to Yellowstone—in profound ways. As the planet heats up and weather patterns shift, so will the ways we interact with the outdoors.
Sep 2, 2016
Five Excellent National Park Campgrounds
Fit in a last-minute camping trip at one of these iconic parks before summer ends
Jun 16, 2016
A Brief History of Deaths in Yellowstone’s Hot Springs
A young man who died this month in a boiling hot spring in Norris Geyser Basin is just the latest casualty of the park’s main attraction
Jun 9, 2016
Montana’s Off-the-Grid Bison Scavengers
When Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872, hunting was strictly banned within it—even for the the Native Americans who had lived and hunted there for generations. It wasn’t until 2006 that the Nez Perce, Confederated Salish, and Kootenai tribes successfully petitioned the government to be able to hunt bison when they left the park and within the annually regulated cull—a federal initiative started to manage and combat bison from spreading diseases to other livestock outside the park. Every winter, groups of Native American hunters wait near Gardiner, Montana, near the park’s northwest corner, for the herd to leave the park in search of food, so the hunt can begin. Accompanying them are a group of scavengers who collectively call themselves Buffalo Bridge that live off the remains of bison from the hunt. Working with the Native American hunters, Buffalo Bridge members offer their skills and help in field dressing the animal after the kill. They are often given parts of the animal for their work. Photographer Matt Hamon spent a few days with them this winter.
Jun 5, 2016
Ski to Secret Spots in Yellowstone
The best way to see a Yellowstone few people ever do
May 11, 2016
Op-Ed: Calling the Bison Our National Mammal Is the Worst Kind of Greenwashing
While some groups celebrate the American bison as a conservation success story, we're slaughtering the animals by the thousands