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Yellowstone National Park proposes big changes to concession contract

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 10:38pm

MAMMOTH - The National Park Service is looking to create a new concession contract in Yellowstone National Park late next year, and it will ask the winning bidder to complete $134 million in improvements to visitor lodging and other services as part of the bargain.

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New smartphone apps pinpoint Yellowstone wildlife

Mead Gruver The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 7:06am

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Pretty soon, the best place to be on the lookout for wolves, grizzly bears, bison and other wildlife in Yellowstone National Park could be your phone.

Just don't be surprised if lots of other people get the same idea and most of the creatures you see are the two-legged variety.

New smartphone apps enable people to pinpoint where they've recently seen critters in Yellowstone. People who drive to those locations can -- at least in theory -- improve their odds of seeing wildlife compared to the typical tourist's dumb luck.

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FILE - This June 2011 file photo shows Grizzly bear No. 399 crossing a road in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., with her three cubs. People now can use their phones to find out where somebody has just seen a bison, wolf or grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. The new apps take wildlife viewing to a new level but not without raising concerns for the well-being of wildlife, park rangers and the tourists themselves. (AP photo/Tom Mangelsen, File)

App can help you spot wildlife in Yellowstone

Mead Gruver The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 10:10am

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Pretty soon, the best place to be on the lookout for wolves, grizzly bears, bison and other wildlife in Yellowstone National Park could be your phone.

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Report: Unclear what prompted Yellowstone mauling

Matt Volz The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 4:40pm

HELENA, Mont. -- An investigation into the second of two fatal grizzly bear attacks last summer at Yellowstone National Park was unable to conclude if the same bear was responsible for both deaths, a report released Monday said.

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Investigation unclear what prompted Yellowstone maulings

Matt Volz The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 2:51pm

HELENA, Mont. — An investigation into the second of two fatal grizzly bear maulings last summer at Yellowstone National Park was unable to conclude if the same bear was responsible both deaths, a report released Monday said.

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Second fatal Yellowstone bear attack of summer confirmed

Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 3:58pm

A Yellowstone National Park hiker whose body was found last week was mauled and killed by a grizzly bear, authorities confirmed Monday.

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Grizzly may have killed another Yellowstone hiker

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Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 8:55am

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Investigators have been searching a swath of Yellowstone National Park by air and foot as they try to determine whether a man whose body was found on a backcountry trail was the victim of a grizzly bear attack.

Rangers and wildlife biologists hoping to find clues as to how the man died continued to comb a central portion of the park Saturday on foot. He was found a day earlier by two hikers on Mary Mountain Trail, which runs northeast of the iconic Old Faithful geyser.

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A sign at the head of the Wapiti Trail in Yellowstone National Park warns visitors of bear danger on July 7, 2011 in Wyoming. Park officials closed this and surrounding trails after a grizzly sow killed a man who was hiking with his wife a mile and a half up the trail the day before. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Parts of Yellostone closed following deadly grizzly attack

Matt Volz The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 1:08pm

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A Yellowstone National Park official says authorities won’t try to capture a female grizzly bear that killed a backcountry hiker because it was trying to defend her cubs when she was surprised by the man.

Park spokesman Al Nash said Thursday the mauling of a 57-year-old man was a purely defensive act by the bear. He said Yellowstone typically does not try to capture or remove a bear in what he calls a wildlife incident.

Wednesday’s attack occurred about 1-1/2 miles up a popular backcountry trail and was the first fatal grizzly attack inside the park in 25 years — but the third in the Yellowstone region in just over a year.

Rangers blocked tourists from visiting one of Yellowstone National Park's most popular destinations Thursday. It was the first fatal grizzly attack inside the park in 25 years -- but the third in the Yellowstone region in just over a year.

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A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Wednesday July 6, 2011. A grizzly bear killed a man who was hiking with his wife in Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after the couple apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs on Wednesday, park officials said. It was the park's first fatal grizzly mauling since 1986, but the third in the Yellowstone region in just over a year. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Grizzly bear attack kills Yellowstone hiker

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Last updated Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 9:29am

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A killer grizzly is roaming Yellowstone National Park’s backcountry after mauling a man who apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs while hiking with his wife.

Officials closed remote campgrounds and trails near the scene of Wednesday’s attack close to Canyon Village, which sits in the middle of the sprawling park. The identity of the 57-year-old victim was being withheld until his family could be notified, said Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash.

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Grizzly kills man in Yellowstone

Julie Cart Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 5:49pm

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo -- A hiker in Yellowstone National Park was killed by a grizzly bear Wednesday morning after he and his wife surprised a sow and her cubs on a popular trail.

The unidentified couple were about a mile and a half from the trailhead of the Wapiti Lake trail when they encountered the sow and her cubs. The bear, apparently reacting to the perceived threat to her cubs, fatally attacked the man, park officials said.

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