Yellowstone National Park's Wildlife: Bison (Buffalo)
The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds - millions. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.
Bison were hunted almost to extinction in the late 19th century primarily by market hunters and were reduced to a few hundred by the mid-1880s. They were hunted for their skins, with the rest of the animal left behind to decay on the ground.
The US federal government promoted bison hunting for various reasons, to allow ranchers to range their cattle without competition from other bovines, and primarily to weaken the North American Indian population by removing their main food source and to pressure them onto the reservations. Without the bison, native people of the plains were forced either to leave the land or starve to death.
For a decade from 1873 on, there were several hundred, perhaps over a thousand, such commercial hide/market hunting outfits harvesting bison at any one time, vastly exceeding the take by American Indians or individual meat hunters. The commercial take arguably was anywhere from 2,000 to 100,000 animals per day.
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A Family Vacation at Jellystone Park: One Family’s Cabin Adventure
A family vacation unfolds, beginning with breakfast in their cabin followed by a day full of adventure.
This family starts their vacation waking up in a deluxe cabin, which features a separate bedroom for Mom and Dad and loft for the kids. After a hearty breakfast, they begin a day of adventure. Find out all the fun things they do at Jellystone Park Resort – from visits with Yogi Bear to jumping on a giant, inflatable pillow. Their day of adventure ends around the campfire, roasting s'mores and catching fireflies. It's the quintessential family vacation and one that is full of precious memories. Your family can experience this type of family vacation too at 82 Jellystone Park Resort locations. All Jellystone Park Resorts offer cabin rentals, RV campsites and tent camping. Plus, we are known for providing activities that are fun for the whole family. Find your next adventure at:
We have 82 Camp Resort locations in the U.S. and Canada. Look for Jellystone Park Resorts in these states: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin. We have five Camp Resorts in Canada: Woodstock, New Brunswick; Kingston/Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island.
Camping, Cabin rentals and Family Fun at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp Resorts: You’ve never camped like this before! From resort-style amenities to theme weekends, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp Resorts are a great family vacation destination. And at Jellystone Park, we’ve been entertaining families for 45 years. Sure we have traditional favorites like campfires and s’mores, but with Yogi Bear there is so much more! Enjoy visits with Yogi Bear and friends, scheduled activities, theme weekends, swimming pools, wagon rides, playgrounds, mini-golf, and arcades.
Looking for family fun? Jellystone Parks are famous for providing fun, family activities and themed weekends that include everything from crafts and games to wagon rides, birthday parties with the characters and daily appearances by Yogi Bear.
In addition to activities with Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Cindy Bear and Ranger Smith, Jellystone Parks offer themed weekend activities, such as Hawaiian weekends, which often include limbo contests, sand castle building, and a luau; Mardi Gras themed weekends, with parades, cookouts and dances; Christmas in July weekends, with campsite decorating contests, campsite caroling, cookie and ornament making activities, visits by Santa Claus; and the increasingly popular Halloween themed weekends, which include costume and campsite decorating contests and trick or treating activities.
Cabins and Vacation Rentals: Don’t consider yourself a “camper?” Jellystone Park Camp Resorts have the solution for you! We offer rustic cabins or deluxe cabins with all the comforts of home. In addition, some Resort locations offer yurts, teepees, or safari tents. You can download a free Jellystone Park campground directory at:
About Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™Camp-Resorts
Launched in 1969, the Jellystone Park system is the second largest chain of campgrounds in the United States, boasting 81 campgrounds with more than 17,000 campsites and vacation rentals in 32 states and three Canadian provinces. Its Camp-Resorts are among the best campgrounds in the industry with a quality reputation for being fun, friendly, clean and service-oriented parks. Additionally, each Jellystone Park is themed with Yogi Bear elements providing instant recognition and consumer appeal. It is truly a place “Where You Camp With Friends.”®Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts are franchised through Leisure Systems, Inc. (LSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Park River Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Yellowstone Grizzly Bear - Attacks Car
This grizzly bear was really hoping to have lunch with my friend David Peters, his wife Valerie, their niece Sage, and my daughter Elise *in* their car...or maybe it was just interested in that open bag of beef jerky.
This was filmed by Valerie Peters, just outside Yellowstone National Park, June 19, 2015 on Beartooth Highway, Montana. Following some sensationalism and inaccuracies in a few news reports, Elise wanted to tell her full story here:
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