{"id":80,"date":"2009-10-19T15:33:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2010-04-09T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T13:59:38","slug":"yellowstone-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/yellowstone-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wildlife in Yellowstone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can see a variety and abundance of wildlife at Yellowstone. The diversity of animals within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is as great as that found anywhere in the contiguous 48 states. All the large mammals present when Yellowstone became a park are here today:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/yellowstone-wildlife\/grizzly-bears\/\">grizzly bears<\/a>, black bears, wolves, mountain lions, elk, bison, pronghorn, moose, and bighorn sheep. You\u2019ll also see a large variety of birds, including bald eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The best Yellowstone Wildlife viewing locations are Mammoth Hot Springs, Lamar Valley, Mt. Washburn, and Hayden Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Yellowstone has one of the largest elk herds in North America.<br \/>\nYellowstone has the largest free-roaming, wild herd of bison in the US. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellowstone National Park has<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>67 mammals<br \/>\n322 bird species, 148 species nest in Yellowstone<br \/>\n16 fish species, 11 native, 5 non-native<br \/>\n10 reptiles and amphibians<br \/>\n12,000+ insect species, including 128 species of butterflies<br \/>\n1,500+ species of native vascular plants<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Careful around Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wild animals are dangerous. To protect yourself and wildlife, follow these guidelines whether you are alone or in a wildlife jam:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tPark in a turnout and make sure your car is completely off the road.<br \/>\n\u2022\tPut your vehicle into park and engage your parking brake.<br \/>\n\u2022\tStay near your vehicle so you can retreat if the animal approaches.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not stand in the road.<br \/>\n\u2022\tNever surround, crowd, approach, or follow wildlife.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDon\u2019t block an animal\u2019s line of travel.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not run or move suddenly\u2014this may cause predators to attack.<br \/>\n\u2022\tIf other people in the area are putting you in danger, leave the scene and\/or notify a park ranger.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not ever feed wildlife, including birds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Safe and Legal around Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay at least 100 yards (91 m) away from bears.<br \/>\nStay at least 25 yards (23 m) away from all other animals\u2014including bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, wolves, and coyotes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px; font-weight: bold\">References<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 0px 25px 50px\">\n<p>This post incorporates&nbsp;text from:<\/p>\n<p><i>Yellowstone \u2013 Mammals In the Park, 2007<\/i> http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/planyourvisit\/upload\/yell287.pdf<\/p>\n<p><i>Yellowstone National Park, 2010. Yellowstone Resources &amp; Issues.<\/i><br \/>NPS Division of Interpretation. Mammoth, WY<\/p>\n<p><i>Yellowstone National Park Trip Planner 2010.<\/i><br \/>http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/planyourvisit\/upload\/10tripplanner.pdf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife in Yellowstone You can see a variety and abundance of wildlife at Yellowstone. The diversity of animals within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is as great as that found anywhere in the contiguous 48 states. All the large mammals present when Yellowstone became a park are here today:grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, mountain lions, elk, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonenationalpark.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}