Topic: Yellowstone National Park
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Jessica Ridgeway's memorial draws more than 2,000 (+video)
On Tuesday, community members remembered the life of Jessica Ridgeway, a Colorado girl who was killed on her way to school. In the meantime, police continue to search for her murderer.
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Open season: Will rebounding Wyoming wolves thrive without US protection?
The US Fish and Wildlife Service dropped federal protections for reintroduced wolves in Wyoming Friday, part of a decades-long plan to bring back the howling of wolves while allowing ‘trophy hunts’ for the apex predator.
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Mars rover: Scientists target huge crater in the search for signs of life (+video)
NASA's Curiosity probe is scheduled to make landfall on Mars early Monday. If the nail-biter landing goes according to plan, the $2.5 billion probe will be looking in a massive crater for conditions that may have once hosted life.
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Cover Story
New breed of ranchers shapes a sustainable WestThese green cowboys try to marry good stewardship of the land with making money.
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Top Picks: 'Once' as a musical, 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,' and more
PBS's romance 'Birdsong' will appeal to 'Downton Abbey' fans, 'Revenge of the Electric Car' explores why the plug was pulled on the electric car, and more top picks.
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Bison reach Montana as part of relocation plan
The American Bison (also known as buffalo) were taken from Yellowstone as part of an effort to repopulate the West with the iconic animals.
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Dog survives Montana avalanche, returns after four days
A Welsh Corgi, named Ole, was lost in a Montana avalanche Saturday. Four days later, the loyal dog arrived back at the motel where his owners had stayed.
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From Russia's rarely seen 'Yellowstone,' a plea for tourists
As Russia invests $3 billion to attract visitors, it could open a nature preserve with the largest concentration of active volcanoes and geysers in Eurasia to tourism.
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For tourist and grizzly bear, a team of referees
Bear '399,' the Angelina Jolie of grizzlies, attracts much attention at Grand Teton National Park. A volunteer brigade helps to maintain peace – and separation – between man and beast.
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Yellowstone River oil spill: US to test air in nearby homes
Yellowstone River oil spill: About 150 people showed up at an EPA meeting Wednesday night with questions about health risks, the duration of the cleanup, and whether the oil will permanently damage their livestock or property.
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Yellowstone grizzly attack: Why did it happen?
Yellowstone grizzly attack may result from two converging trends: More visitors to Yellowstone National Park and the rebounding grizzly bear population.
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In Pictures: Yellowstone wildlife
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In Pictures: Can there be peace in the Wolf Wars?
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Budget bill cuts federal wolf protection. Environmentalists howling.
After being hunted to near-extinction, wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains have recovered due to federal management under the Endangered Species Act. But wolves will be "delisted" under a rider to the recent budget bill, and environmentalists are howling.
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In Pictures: National parks in winter
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Mysteriously swelling Yellowstone supervolcano 'not a portent of doom,' finds mostly reassuring study
For reasons that are not clear, the huge volcano under Yellowstone National Park has been rising at an unprecedented rate during the past several years. But that doesn't necessarily mean that a massive, doomsday eruption is about to happen, finds a study that manages to put everyone at ease, more or less.
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Mountain goat attack in Washington kills hiker
After a deadly mountain goat attack in Washington, authorities say the goat was known as aggressive.
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Yellowstone Lake yields thriving colony of life at bottom
Yellowstone Lake, previously thought to be devoid of life, has been discovered to contain thousands of species, mostly clustered around the geothermal vents at the bottom.
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Yellowstone: Arizona fugitives believed to be in national park
Yellowstone National Park may be the hideout for two convicted killers who escaped from an Arizona prison and their suspected accomplice.
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Yellowstone-area bears rounded up in Montana deadly attack
Yellowstone-area deadly bear attack prompted state game officials to hunt and capture sow and her three cubs. The attacks that killed one man and injured two others did not occur in Yellowstone National Park.
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Difference Maker
'Wolf man' Doug Smith studies Yellowstone's restored predators'Nature without wolves is not nature,' says the field biologist and project leader
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Acadia National Park to host Obama family on vacation. Will it get disrupted?
Acadia National Park will receive Obama and his family today. But will this vacation, like seemingly every other outing, get cancelled or interrupted?
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Claiming Ground
A minister’s daughter seeks peace and meaning in a hardscrabble corner of Wyoming.
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Melting ice reveals ancient atlatl dart
Used by a Native American hunter some 10,000 years ago, the atlatl dart was discovered in a melting patch of ice high in the Rocky Mountains.
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In Pictures: Yellowstone National Park
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