https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/ RSS Feed for Recent Blog Posts Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:25:09 GMT https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/an-engineers-life-in-the-mountains-a-summer-spent-surveying-in-yellowstone-park.htm For four weeks in the summer of 1905, 36 students and faculty members from the Civil Engineering Department at The Ohio State University surveyed and mapped 42 miles of roads in Yellowstone. 494EDDE8-9787-3BD5-AE9C5FCA13BC5A1A 495C44C1-F0F5-F89D-BE2338F668BEA23A Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/an-engineers-life-in-the-mountains-a-summer-spent-surveying-in-yellowstone-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/the-yellowstone-field-research-expeditions-vincent-schaefer.htm Vincent J. Schaefer, director of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York in Albany, was well-known for his development of cloud seeding, a technique that allows scientists to induce precipitation. Schaefer performed several studies in the Old Faithful area. 4A438945-E91F-742E-165BFC19CD684303 E1BED119-155D-451F-6782E6F31D2782E8 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/the-yellowstone-field-research-expeditions-vincent-schaefer.htm https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/truman-c-everts-yellowstone-s-first-unlucky-adventurer.htm Truman C. Everts spent 37 days alone in Yellowstone's wilderness, surviving against all odds. A mountain that he discovered in the modern day Yellowstone National Park still bears his name. A11A6BC9-9FCB-95C6-E713A9F39A69B940 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/truman-c-everts-yellowstone-s-first-unlucky-adventurer.htm https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/park-plants-and-herbarium.htm Information on the Herbarium and history of plant specimens in Yellowstone National Park. Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/yell/blogs/park-plants-and-herbarium.htm