Environment
Celebrating 150 years of Yellowstone National Park
It was 150 years ago on March 1, 1872 that President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone Park Protection Act. It spawned national parks in the U.S. and inspired land conservation around the world.
“What an audacious idea it was,” said Ryan Hauck, executive director of Cody Yellowstone, the marketing arm for Park County, Wyoming. “The very thought of setting aside 2.2 million acres of natural resource-rich land must have seemed outrageous. But a few visionaries convinced Congress and President Grant that it was the right thing to do. And the entire world is fortunate they did.”
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