Quotes
Yellowstone wildlife is treasured. We understand that. We'll manage them in a way that addresses that sensitivity. - Steve Bullock
Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. -Bruce Babbitt
The grizzly bears that live in and around Yellowstone make up almost half the population in the lower 48 states, and now those bears are at risk. -Lydia Millet
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge. - Mike Leach
Yellowstone History We Didn't Know
The traditional legend says Yellowstone was a pristine wilderness unvisited by humanity until a mountain man stumbled onto a geyser and hot water ponds. Not true says anthropologist Doug McDonald of the University of Montana. "Native Americans were here hunting and gathering at least 11,000 ago.
On the road from Noris Geyser Basin and to Mammoth Hot Springs there is a huge volcanic outcrop named Obsidian Cliff. This is an important source for obsidian, a type of volcanic glass that is made when lava cools. It produces the sharpest edge of any natural substance on earth. Native Americans used it to make knives, scraping tools, points for spears and after it's invention about 1,500 years ago, for arrowheads. Obsidian Cliff was a valuable discovery along with Old Faithful, and other wonders.
Professor McDonald made an exciting discovery in 2013, at Yellowstone Lake, a broken obsidian projection point which is of Clovis telltale design approximatetly 11,000 old. The Clovis point that McDonald's party found is one of two found in the park, meaning Native Americans entered Yellowstone 11,000 years before the mountain man "discovered it."
Yellowstone wildlife is treasured. We understand that. We'll manage them in a way that addresses that sensitivity. - Steve Bullock
Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. -Bruce Babbitt
The grizzly bears that live in and around Yellowstone make up almost half the population in the lower 48 states, and now those bears are at risk. -Lydia Millet
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge. - Mike Leach
Yellowstone History We Didn't Know
The traditional legend says Yellowstone was a pristine wilderness unvisited by humanity until a mountain man stumbled onto a geyser and hot water ponds. Not true says anthropologist Doug McDonald of the University of Montana. "Native Americans were here hunting and gathering at least 11,000 ago.
On the road from Noris Geyser Basin and to Mammoth Hot Springs there is a huge volcanic outcrop named Obsidian Cliff. This is an important source for obsidian, a type of volcanic glass that is made when lava cools. It produces the sharpest edge of any natural substance on earth. Native Americans used it to make knives, scraping tools, points for spears and after it's invention about 1,500 years ago, for arrowheads. Obsidian Cliff was a valuable discovery along with Old Faithful, and other wonders.
Professor McDonald made an exciting discovery in 2013, at Yellowstone Lake, a broken obsidian projection point which is of Clovis telltale design approximatetly 11,000 old. The Clovis point that McDonald's party found is one of two found in the park, meaning Native Americans entered Yellowstone 11,000 years before the mountain man "discovered it."
