Wyoming (Page 4 of 4): Yellowstone National Park
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Yellowstone National Park is found primarily in northwest Wyoming but small portions are also found in the states of Idaho and Montana. Yellowstone became a national park on March 1, 1872 and is the first and oldest national park in the world. All but one percent of Yellowstone's more then two million acres remains untouched by human activities.
Old Faithful Geyser
The Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
The scenery and wildlife at Yellowstone is spectacular!
1988 was a year of extreme drought for the United States and one of the consequences of this drought was a series of tremendous forest fires in Yellowstone National Park. These fires began in July of 1988 and continued until September of 1988. Nearly 800,000 acres of the park (which is approximately one-third of the total area of the park) were consumed! The following pictures were taken on June 13 and 14 of 1999 and show numerous dead trees standing even after eleven years. The new trees are slow to grow. Notice in the first picture that the new pines are only three or four feet high.
