What Makes Yellowstone Unique is at Risk

Yellowstone National Park attracts close to 5 million visitors every year for a major reason. Yes, it has spectacular geysers and world-class trout rivers, but what makes the park unique is that it's home to wild animals native to the area, from grizzly bears and wolves to elk, deer, and bison.

That they flourish is due to Yellowstone's huge expanse of wildlands - you'd have to drive 1,000 miles to circle what's called the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

But new policies from Washington, D.C., would dramatically reduce the size of these wildlands and threaten wildlife's ability to survive.

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