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‘America’s largest Petri dish’ – Yellowstone National Park threatened by diseases

Infectious and sometimes deadly wildlife diseases are inching closer to Yellowstone National Park, and few of its most famous animals seem immune from the threat.

The Yellowstone Park Foundation http://www.ypf.org/, a private nonprofit group that helps fund park projects, hopes to raise $222,220 for the program by the end of the year so it can get under way next spring, said Michael Cary, the foundation’s director.

The five-year project is a chance to learn about diseases in Yellowstone and to get insight into how wildlife diseases operate elsewhere in the country.

By MIKE STARK
Billings Gazette

Full Story: http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/11/01/news/wyoming/d4dc01f3cdbded358725721900011112.txt

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Study sees shift away from ranching near Yellowstone

By MIKE STARK
Of The Gazette Staff

Owning a slice of paradise isn’t what it used to be.

Generations of ranchers on the rural fringes of Yellowstone National Park passed their land to offspring or sold it to likeminded people.

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/01/news/state/20-ranchers.txt

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