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A Permanent Site for a Field Station
In the fall of 2003, YERC purchased the former campground site in Cooke City, Montana, roughly three miles outside the northeast boundary of Yellowstone National Park, as the location of the permanent YERC Field Station. The site is ideal for research access to the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone’s Northern Range, Yellowstone Lake, Absaroka Wilderness, and the Beartooth Mountains. Additionally, travelers between Cooke City and YERC’s home office in Bozeman, MT, pass through Mammoth Hot Springs, home to the Yellowstone Center for Resources, the main research arm of Yellowstone National Park.
YERC's field station is currently outfitted with ten graveled camper pads, a small A-frame, a small laundry facility, and two travel trailers. YERC has also added two new modular homes to the site. The site can currently house up to 13 people, sufficient to hold YERC's year-round field crew. Collaborating scientists use the trailer pads or one of many motels in the area.
Visit our pages (in the left side bar) about the new field station to learn more...
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