This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the eponymous Yellowstone National Park. Our topics include the geological formation of Yellowstone and its history, the ecological efforts to reintroduce wolves into the region, and the park’s world renowned geysers.

Land Acknowledgement:

Yellowstone National Park lies on the homeland of the Eastern Shoshone, Apsáalooke (Crow), and Tséstho'e (Cheyenne). Listeners are encouraged to learn more at native-land.ca

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This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Ole (e/em or they/them)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Bears

Transcripts and sources used for each episode are hosted on our google drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

Park History (01:55)

The Natural Formation of the Park 

The History of Humans in the Park

The Founding of the National Park

Wolves (15:35)

Specific Information on the 1995 Experiment

The Ongoing Effects of Reintroducing Wolves

Geysers (23:08)

Geysers, How Do They Work?

Cool Geysers

Shoutout Zone:

Geyser Cam: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

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