• 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

Yellowstone Resources and Issues

In this book, updated for 2013, you will find concise information about the park's history, natural and cultural resources, and issues.

 

Chapters

Pages
Contents, Welcome, Park Facts i (712 KB pdf)
Frequently Asked Questions 3 (610 KB pdf)
History of the Park 13 (1.2 MB pdf)
Preserving Cultural Resources 29 (1 MB pdf)
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem 43 (1.5 MB pdf)
Geology 101 (3.6 MB pdf)
Life in Exteme Heat 121 (812 KB pdf)
Vegetation 133 (726 KB pdf)
Fire 151 (984 KB pdf)
Wildlife 165 (5 MB pdf)
The Whole Book (12 MB pdf)

Did You Know?

Seventh Cavalry Ensignia Pin.

Prior to the establishment of the National Park Service, the U.S. Army protected Yellowstone between 1886 and 1918. Fort Yellowstone was established at Mammoth Hot Springs for that purpose.