2. Animals

Yellowstone and Grand Teton Wildlife

Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, along with five National Forests and numerous Wilderness lands and reserves, help comprise the 28-million-acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), one of the largest intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth. The GYE is one of the world's foremost natural laboratories in landscape ecology and geology, and is the home to rich, diverse wildlife. Hundreds of species of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have been documented in the GYE, including species that are either endangered or extinct. The millions of visitors who visit the GYE every year have the amazing opportunity to point a telephoto lens, spotting scope, or set of binoculars at wild grizzly bears, bison, moose, bald eagles, elk, wolves, and other wildlife. In particular, this region is one of the few places in the Lower 48 where visitors can still encounter the full complement of large, wild mammals. The GYE has the world's largest elk herd (the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyoming), the world's largest free-roaming bison herd and the world's greatest concentration of bighorn sheep. The secretive and rarely seen wolverine and lynx are also found here. A massive multi-state conservation effort involving numerous conservation groups and agencies, landowners, and stakeholders is ongoing in order to preserve the GYE for future generations.

The collection of photographs that appear in this gallery were taken during a trip made to the Greater Yellowstone area in summer 2009 intended to serve as an introduction to the region.
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Bald Eaglet, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
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Bald Eaglet, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA

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  • Elk Cow With Her Calf, Spotted along the banks of the Madison River, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Grizzly Bear, Spotted near Mt. Washburn, on the eastern side of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Elk Lying Down, Spotted near Blacktail Deer Plateau and Lava Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Bison shows off as Old Faithful gets ready to erupt, Upper Geyser Basin, southwest part of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eagle, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eagle, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eagle, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eagle, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eaglet, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eaglet, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Bald Eagle in Her Nest, Spotted in the Madison River area, along the West Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming, USA
  • Grizzly Bear, Spotted near Mt. Washburn, on the eastern side of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Adolescent Black Bear, Spotted near the Northeast Entrance, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Bison Sticks Its Tongue Out, Spotted near the trailhead to Uncle Tom's Trail, in the South Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Bison Wallows Around In the Dirt, Spotted near the trailhead to Uncle Tom's Trail, in the South Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • Mother Bison and Child, Old Faithful Village, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • A Bison Nurses Her Calf, Old Faithful Village, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • A lone bison in his natural environment. Spotted in Gibbon Meadows, between Madison and Norris Junctions, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
  • Flock of Canada Geese in the Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
  • Elk In Velvet, Spotted in Elk Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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