“A thousand Yellowstone wonders are calling, ‘Look up and down and round about you…whatever your fate, under whatever ignorance or knowledge you may afterward chance to suffer, you will remember these fine, wild views, and look back with joy to your wanderings in the blessed old Yellowstone Wonderland.” —John Muir[1] Many of the people who participated in […]
Before I came to Cody, Wyoming; the first thing that always popped into my head about Yellowstone was Yogi Bear. For those who are unaware of the character, Yogi Bear was a cartoon grizzly bear from the 1960s. Yogi lived in a national park, called Jellystone, and was always causing trouble for the rangers as […]
Art in the Garden this year has been a lot of fun for me and the families that participate in our free activities. Our first week’s theme was Cowboys and Cowgirls. The museum guests and I had a lot of fun decorating cowboy boots, creating popsicle stick cowboy and cowgirl dolls, and making our own […]
As temperatures rise, cutthroat spawning wanes, grasses and other plants begin to dry, and elk calves become more capable of avoiding predation in summer months, many Greater Yellowstone grizzlies move to higher elevations in search of food. A key food source in mid – late summer is the army cutworm moth. It wasn’t until the late […]
At the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition program at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West March 6, the Draper’s Senior and Founding Curator Dr. Charles R. Preston delves into the world of the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear, its relationships with people, and what the future may hold for this icon of Yellowstone […]