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Park Highlights 2 Fort Yellowstone 12 Tower Fall Enjoy a walking tour of historic sites Overlook the 132-foot drop of Tower at Mammoth Hot Springs, from the Creek, framed by eroded volcanic 13 Lamar Valley pinnacles. The Lamar Valley has been a wolf 1 Mammoth Hot Springs time of U.S. Army, 1886–1918. watching mecca since the wolves Explore along the boardwalks were reintroduced in 1995. winding through ever-changing North Entrance travertine terraces and enjoy a scenic Northeast Mammoth 1 Fort Yellowstone Entrance drive through the Upper Terraces. Hot Springs 2 12 Tower 13 Lamar Fall Valley Norris 3 11 Canyon Area Hayden West Entrance Valley Madison 4 Lake Village9 10Fishing 3 Norris Geyser Basin Midway Bridge Bay Bridge Explore the hottest, most dynamic Geyser 5 Basin East geyser basin. Norris includes 6 Yellowstone Entrance 7 Lake Steamboat, the world’s tallest geyser, Old Faithful West 8 and a variety of other geysers and hot Thumb Grant springs. Village 11 Canyon Area North View the colorful Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River and the Upper South Entrance and Lower Falls from overlooks and walkways. 4 Madison The Madison River is formed at the junction of the Gibbon and Firehole rivers. The Information Station dates from 1929 and is a National Historic 9 Lake Village Yellowstone Landmark. 7 West Thumb Geyser Basin Lake is the largest high-elevation lake The boiling springs in this basin, (above 7,000 feet) in North America. including the famous Fishing Cone, It has 141 miles of shoreline and is discharge their waters into chilly more than 400 feet deep. Yellowstone Lake. 6 Old Faithful Area The world’s largest concentration of active geysers is here. View Old 5 Midway Geyser Basin Faithful Geyser, then walk past Midway hosts two of the largest hundreds of active geysers and hot hydrothermal features of their types springs along the Firehole River. found anywhere in the world. Grand Old Faithful Historic District 8 Grant Village 10 Fishing Bridge Prismatic is a huge hot spring and Enjoy a tour of this historic district, The Grant visitor center interprets A popular place to observe fish, shore Excelsior Geyser is one of the largest which includes Old Faithful Geyser, fire’s role in the environment, using birds and other wildlife. geysers. the Inn, and other historic buildings. the fires of 1988 as the example. 5.

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Piscivorous Birds of Yellowstone Lake: Their History, Ecology, and Status
Piscivorous Birds of Yellowstone Lake: Their History, Ecology, and Status Terry McEneaney Yellowstone Lake is truly one of the most recognizable geographic features of the Greater Yellowstone area, and, most importantly, the ecological nucleus for native fishes and piscivorous birds in Yellowstone National Park. It is home to the only current nesting colony of American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhyn - chos) in the National Park System. It is also unique for having the highest-eleva- tion nesting records in North America for colonial nesting birds such as the American white pelican, double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritis), California gull (Larus californicus), common loon (Gavia immer), and Caspian tern (Sterna caspia). In excess of 50% of Yellowstone’s bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and osprey (Pandion haliaetus) nesting pairs are currently asso- ciated with Yellowstone Lake and its piscine prey. The magnetism of this unique area for birdlife rests on its remoteness, inaccessibility, and abundant food resources. Only two native fishes are found in Yellowstone Lake: the Yellowstone cutthroat trout ( O n c o r h y n chus clarki bouvieri) and the longnose dace (Catostomus catostomus). But it is the cutthroat trout biomass that is the main attraction for the piscivorous birds of Yellowstone Lake. The piscivorous birds and the cutthroat trout of Yellowstone Lake have under- gone a kaleidoscope of management practices, public attitudes, philosophical differences, exotic introductions, population changes, and distributional shifts. This paper will intertwine these points while examining the history, ecology, and status of the piscivorous avifauna of Yellowstone Lake. History The history, ecology, and status of the piscivorous birds of Yellowstone Lake is best understood by reviewing three important timelines: those of the park itself, of fish management in the park, and of bird management in the park.
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