Election judge Kate Daigle sanitizes a voting booth after its use during the primary election Aug. 18, 2020, at the Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Center. A state legislative committee
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A wolf from the Wapiti Lake Pack surveys the scene near a roadside carcass on Feb. 20, 2021, in northern Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The park has resorted to aggressively hazing members of the pack that have shown little fear of humans, snowmobiles, snow coaches, and cars.
Image Credit: Ryan Dorgan/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP April 24, 2021 - 9:00 PM JACKSON, Wyo. - Colleen Marzluff whistled to her ornithologist husband, John, as he was looking for a raven nest in a string of trees on the low southern flank of Yellowstone’s Bison Peak. Since Colleen had taken on the “sentinel” role, John knew that something furry and large was probably entering the area.
How to plan a national park visit in 2021
Visitation to national parks exploded last year, and all indications are that theyâll be even more popular this year. Here are some tips if youâre thinking about a getaway of your own.
By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated April 8, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
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Synchronous fireflies lit up the trees along a trail at the Elkmont Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in June 2019.Angeli Wright/Asheville Citizen Times via AP/file
Visitation to national park and public lands exploded last summer and fall, as people clamored to get away safely, and spend time outdoors. Yellowstone National Park had its busiest September on record, with a 21 percent increase from the previous September. Great Smoky Mountains National Park â already the countryâs most-visited national park â logged more than 1.5 million visits in August, a nearly 10 percent jump from the same month in 2019.
The five bears, meanwhile, stood clustered near a deck, eating molasses-enriched grain from a black tub and out of hollow stumps of wood. “Numerous” birds and squirrels joined in feeding “right alongside” the bears at the Bambi-esque scene, the officers observed.
JACKSON, Wyo. - Kelly Wasenmiller was captivated from afar, tempted by photos and videos that piled up online of grizzly bear 399 and her four lined-out cub