Aftershocks of 1959 earthquake rocked Yellowstone in 2017-18

May 23, 2019

On Aug. 17, 1959, back when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, the U.S. had yet to send a human to space and the nation’s flag sported 49 stars, Yellowstone National Park shook violently for about 30 seconds. The shock was strong enough to drop the ground a full 20 feet in some places. It toppled […]



Authors to discuss Yellowstone and the national parks

March 1, 2016

In the centennial year of the National Park Service, the University of Utah Environmental Humanities graduate program hosts authors David Quammen and Terry Tempest Williams in a discussion about the national parks’ past and future, entitled “Yellowstone: Paradox of the Cultivated Wild.” The event will be held March 9, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the […]