Happy Birthday Yellowstone National Park

On today’s date, March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National park was formed by an act of Congress “as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.”  In 2016, on “Super Tuesday,” it’s difficult to imagine a time where our politicians could actually work together for the benefit of the people.  But it must have happened. We have the Park.

I spend a lot of time fishing and hiking in Yellowstone–usually 2 to 3 days a week from May to November. There’s no place like it on Earth.  Here’s just a few of my many Yellowstone National Park photos from last year:

 

The Yellowstone River’s Lower Falls

 

A bison enjoying an Old Faithful eruption

 

A small portion of the Grand Prismatic Spring

 

Hot springs enter the Upper Firehole

 

Dodging bison and bears on Slough Creek

 

A beautiful hopper-eating cutthroat from the Lamar River

 

A bull elk lounging in the trees

 

Empty Salmonfly shucks still clinging where the adults emerged

 

I can’t wait to see what Yellowstone 2016 will bring!

 

 

 

 

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