What animals make up Greater Yellowstone ecosystem:
The amount of wolves living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are 400-450 Out of the whole world the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the best places to go wolf watching. Currently there are about 13 wolf packs who are using the land for home. During 1994 there were no wolves living in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The wolves came back 1995-1996 and thrived.
There are 61 different species mammals living here in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem There are more than 500 bears living in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem including both grizzlies and black bears ( the risk of you encountering a bear is low )
One rarest mammals to spot here are the Wolverines and lynxes Elk, mule, deer, bison, moose, bighorn sheep, pronghorn and white tailed deer ( the seven native species of hoofed mammals ) live here Otters, badgers and fox also live here
Plants:
A large amount of windflowers make living in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Conifers trees: lodge pole pine, whitebark pine, Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, doughlas fir, Rocky Mountain juniper, and limber pine.
Deciduous trees: quaking aspen and cottonwood.
Shrubs: common juniper, sagebrush ( many species ), Rocky Mountain maple.
The Ross'sc case bentgrass, the Yellowstone sand verbena, and the Yellowstone sulfur wild buckwheat can only be found in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
There are 218 nonnative plant species growing there.
There are over 1,000 native plants living there.
Birds: Trumpeter swan, gulls, Canadian goose and ravens. The Greater yellowstone ecosystem is home to 225 species.
Some of the Minerals mines: picket pin deposit, Benbow mine, Mouat mine, JM reeapsks howland reef still water complex, Copper king mine; Cooke city; goose lake, New world; homestake, New world; crown butte; Cooke city.
Some of the forestry/foresting: The trees need to feed off water ( sunlight and soil, butt is provided in the land ) and water is scarce in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Some of the hydro's are: Yellowstone lake, heart lake, Jackson lake, Lewis lake, Shoshone lake, snake river, firehole river, quzal creek, moose creek etc.
A couple of fish living here are: salmon and other fish.
oil resources located on this land are: Bighorn Basin and bever creek
Find what's unique about our area: One of the most unique parts are its geysers, Yellowstone has the biggest geyser field in the entire world and houses the largest geyser in the world. Yellowstone also has very large rivers: Missouri (4,740 km or 2,962 mi), Snake River (1,670 km or 1,004 mi), and Yellowstone River (1,600 km or 1,000 mi). They form spectacular waterfalls, the most important is Yellowstone Falls, the Upper Falls being 33 m (110 ft) tall and the Lower Falls being 93 m (310 ft) tall. And Yellowstone has one of the most diverse megafauna in North America.
The amount of wolves living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are 400-450 Out of the whole world the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the best places to go wolf watching. Currently there are about 13 wolf packs who are using the land for home. During 1994 there were no wolves living in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The wolves came back 1995-1996 and thrived.
There are 61 different species mammals living here in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem There are more than 500 bears living in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem including both grizzlies and black bears ( the risk of you encountering a bear is low )
One rarest mammals to spot here are the Wolverines and lynxes Elk, mule, deer, bison, moose, bighorn sheep, pronghorn and white tailed deer ( the seven native species of hoofed mammals ) live here Otters, badgers and fox also live here
Plants:
A large amount of windflowers make living in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Conifers trees: lodge pole pine, whitebark pine, Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, doughlas fir, Rocky Mountain juniper, and limber pine.
Deciduous trees: quaking aspen and cottonwood.
Shrubs: common juniper, sagebrush ( many species ), Rocky Mountain maple.
The Ross'sc case bentgrass, the Yellowstone sand verbena, and the Yellowstone sulfur wild buckwheat can only be found in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
There are 218 nonnative plant species growing there.
There are over 1,000 native plants living there.
Birds: Trumpeter swan, gulls, Canadian goose and ravens. The Greater yellowstone ecosystem is home to 225 species.
Some of the Minerals mines: picket pin deposit, Benbow mine, Mouat mine, JM reeapsks howland reef still water complex, Copper king mine; Cooke city; goose lake, New world; homestake, New world; crown butte; Cooke city.
Some of the forestry/foresting: The trees need to feed off water ( sunlight and soil, butt is provided in the land ) and water is scarce in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Some of the hydro's are: Yellowstone lake, heart lake, Jackson lake, Lewis lake, Shoshone lake, snake river, firehole river, quzal creek, moose creek etc.
A couple of fish living here are: salmon and other fish.
oil resources located on this land are: Bighorn Basin and bever creek
Find what's unique about our area: One of the most unique parts are its geysers, Yellowstone has the biggest geyser field in the entire world and houses the largest geyser in the world. Yellowstone also has very large rivers: Missouri (4,740 km or 2,962 mi), Snake River (1,670 km or 1,004 mi), and Yellowstone River (1,600 km or 1,000 mi). They form spectacular waterfalls, the most important is Yellowstone Falls, the Upper Falls being 33 m (110 ft) tall and the Lower Falls being 93 m (310 ft) tall. And Yellowstone has one of the most diverse megafauna in North America.