• Visitors stand on the boardwalk of Grand Prismatic, the park's largest hot spring which is ringed with orange, brown and yellow runoff channels.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

Grizzly Bear Mortality

Known grizzly bear mortalities in Yellowstone National Park, 2000 - 2011

Year

Known Natural Death

Vehicle Strike Mortality

Management Removal Euthanize

Management Removal To Zoo

Accidental Management Death

Total

2011

3

1

2

2

0

8

2010

3

1

0

1

1

6

2009

2

0

0

0

0

2

2008

5

0

0

0

0

5

2007

2

0

0

1

0

3

2006

0

1

0

0

0

1

2005

0

0

0

0

0

0

2004

2

1

1

0

0

4

2003

0

1

0

0

0

1

2002

1

2

0

0

0

3

2001

5

0

0

0

0

5

2000

2

0

0

0

0

2



Did You Know?

Bison in Yellowstone.

There are more people hurt by bison than by bears each year in Yellowstone. Park regulations state that visitors must stay at least 25 yards away from bison or elk and 100 yards away from bears.